Dignified:       Like the Justice card Temperance challenges us to find balance in life. However, Temperance suggests finding a common ground or a solution that benefits both sides of the equation.  Temperance challenges us to test all that is around us so we can come to a balanced state of awareness.  Where Justice deals more specifically with making judgments, Temperance expressly deals with balancing out judgments with genuine understanding and awareness.  Temperance is a constant understanding of life and how all actions are balanced out in the larger picture.  Temperance flows like a stream and steadily finds its way through whatever difficulties life may put in its way.  With one foot in and one foot out of the water the bearer of Temperance acknowledges and understands what both worlds have to offer.

Ill-Dignified:     In a reversed position Temperance represents over-indulgence in one particular way of life or the refusal to find a happy medium.  It signifies one who is stubborn, argumentative, or refuses to come to an understanding with others.  Temperance reversed also depicts one who has impulsive, and erratic behavior.