The Actual And The Metaphorical

XIV Temperance from the Rider Waite Smith Tarot, published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

"The water ... was both actual and metaphorical, existing as springs and streams, as spiritual energy, and as a symbol of the receptive or lunar aspect of nature. The meaning of that principle is too wide and elusive for it to be given any one name."__John Carden Michell