Energy 14: Temperance in the Destiny Matrix

In the Destiny Matrix, energy 14 is Temperance, the energy of blending and balance. It stands for patience, moderation and the slow work of healing. A strong 14 in a chart often belongs to someone who is a natural peacemaker, who combines things that others consider opposites and who gets better results by being steady than by being dramatic.

The tarot card shows an angel pouring water from one cup to another, with one foot on land and one in water. Nothing is spilled and nothing is rushed. The picture says that the right mixture takes time and attention. This is the heart of energy 14.

Strengths of energy 14

Temperance finds the middle way. It is calm in conflict, patient in recovery and skilled at bringing different people or ideas together. It tends to heal what it touches, from a tense meeting to a tired body.

• Mediating between people who disagree
• Combining ideas, materials or perspectives into something new
• Staying patient with slow progress
• Creating routines that restore and balance

The shadow side

Moderation can turn into avoidance of strong feeling. When the 14 is out of balance it stays neutral, avoids commitment and keeps everything mixed so that nothing ever has to be decided. It may also lose its own opinion while blending with others.

• Avoiding conflict and calling it harmony
• Never committing to a direction
• Diluting your own needs
• Waiting for the perfect balance before acting

Energy 14 in relationships

A 14 is gentle, adaptive and caring in love. Partners experience calm and generosity, and may not always know what you want. The lesson in love is to say clearly what you need, even when it might disturb the peace, and to treat honest disagreement as part of closeness.

Energy 14 and money

Money with the 14 grows steadily, through careful management and good relationships. The energy suits healing professions, mediation, counseling, hospitality and work that needs patience and diplomacy. The money lesson of the 14 is to ask for a fair price and not to dilute your fee for the sake of harmony.

Energy 14 in each position of your chart

• As your personality, you seem calm, balanced and kind. People feel soothed around you.
• As your talent, you were born with a gift for healing, mediating and blending.
• As your material task, you learn about work and money through patience, moderation and cooperation.
• As your karmic task, the lesson is to find your own balance and to commit once you have it.
• As your core, you feel at home in harmony and in steady, nurturing work.
• In your karmic tail, there is an old pattern of avoiding extremes, or of swinging between them. Practice means a steady middle.
• As your love line, you need a partner who is gentle and who also welcomes your honest voice.
• As your money channel, income grows through steady, patient work. Do not undervalue it.

Energy 14 as your purpose by age

• As your personal purpose, from about 20 to 40, you learn to balance your many interests and find your own rhythm.
• As your social purpose, from 40 to 60, you become a bridge between people: a mediator, healer or guide.
• As your spiritual purpose, after 60, balance becomes serenity that others can feel in your presence.

Signs it is in balance, and signs it is not

• In balance: you are calm and decisive when you need to be.
• In balance: you give and receive in even measure.
• Out of balance: you cannot choose between two things for months.
• Out of balance: you disappear into other people's needs.

How to work with energy 14

• Keep one simple daily rhythm for sleep, food and movement.
• Say one clear preference every day, even about something small.
• When two people disagree, state each position fairly before suggesting a solution.
• Make one decision you have been mixing and postponing.

To see where Temperance sits in your own chart, calculate your Destiny Matrix. The energy that follows is the Devil, which tests that balance with desire and attachment.