Abrac
Here's a picture of the card.
Waite-Trinick Temperance
Waite broke with tradition in switching this card from the 25th path to the 27th in his Fellowship of the Rosy Cross. I came up with an illustration that shows how it would look on the Tree.
Temperance on Tree
If her feet are placed on the 27th path, she can be seen reaching up to Chesed and Geburah, and pouring the contents of the chalices into Yesod. Her function seems to be similar to what it was before, i.e. balancing left/right and above/below; the main difference is her introduction to the initiate in the grade of Philosophus rather than the Portal of the Inner Order, as in the Golden Dawn. From the FRC Philosophus Initiation:
In the Trinick image the orientation can be seen as reversed. You have to do some mental gymnastics and imagine you're on the opposite side of the Tree than you would normally be. For the normal view, imagine you're behind Temperance looking at her back; then you'll see Geburah on the left and Chesed on the right. Waite uses this same trick with the High Priestess. Normally Boaz would be on the left and Jachin on the right. The picture on the left is the original; in the one on the right I enhanced the J and B to make them easier to see.
Waite-Trinick High Priestess
Waite-Trinick Temperance
Waite broke with tradition in switching this card from the 25th path to the 27th in his Fellowship of the Rosy Cross. I came up with an illustration that shows how it would look on the Tree.
Temperance on Tree
If her feet are placed on the 27th path, she can be seen reaching up to Chesed and Geburah, and pouring the contents of the chalices into Yesod. Her function seems to be similar to what it was before, i.e. balancing left/right and above/below; the main difference is her introduction to the initiate in the grade of Philosophus rather than the Portal of the Inner Order, as in the Golden Dawn. From the FRC Philosophus Initiation:
"The symbol that lies uppermost on the Altar is that of the 27th path. It represents Shekinah as the Lady of Reconciliation and Lady of the Pillar of Benignity [middle pillar], intermingling and reconciling the influences of Chesed and Geburah, regarded as cleansing water [Geburah] and saving fire [Chesed]. They are poured forth from two chalices, which have a meeting point at Yesod and descend thence as a river of life in Malkuth. In the ascent of the Tree this symbol signifies the will toward rebirth, being the last mystery unfolded by the Grades of the Rosy Cross at that point where the world of formation merges in the world that is beyond. In the descent of the influences from above it signifies the virtues and graces of the Pillars on the right and the left uniting with those that come down from the middle pillar. . . ."
In the Trinick image the orientation can be seen as reversed. You have to do some mental gymnastics and imagine you're on the opposite side of the Tree than you would normally be. For the normal view, imagine you're behind Temperance looking at her back; then you'll see Geburah on the left and Chesed on the right. Waite uses this same trick with the High Priestess. Normally Boaz would be on the left and Jachin on the right. The picture on the left is the original; in the one on the right I enhanced the J and B to make them easier to see.
Waite-Trinick High Priestess