Moderation; discretion; continence; temperance; patience; calmness; sobriety; frugality; chastity; harmony; music; musical tastes; perfect happiness.
It moreover designates labor and commerce, in which capacity its signification is expressed in the synonyms:
Studious; application; work; toil; reflection; observation; meditation; occupation; trade; employment; merchant; clerk; trader; laborer; mercantile pursuits.
Still another signification is a present, whence we have:
Gift; generosity; benefit; gratification; service.
Nine of Hearts—Reversed. This card means ennui, or weariness, with secondary attributes expressed in these synonyms:
Displeasure; discontent; disgust; aversion; inquietude; lack of spirit; listlessness; trivial sorrow; affliction; uneasiness; complaining; want of energy.
It moreover is employed to signify curiosity, whence we have the secondary signification of inquisitiveness; a busybody; a marplot and intruder.
Then again an ordinary signification of this card is obstacle or hindrance with the following synonyms:
Bar; embarrassment; opposition; barrier; contrariety; inconvenience; trouble; difficulty; work; abjection; indisposition; ailment; infirmity; distress; hesitation; vacillation; perplexity; impediment; stumbling-block.