Card of the Day for April 6 - Justice
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The Justice card is represented by
the number 11/2, the need to maintain fairness, balance, and
honour. The number 11 is a master number having to do with
maintaining the law of man and the law of heaven.
Attribution - Libra
Rider-Waite Imagery
Justice sits between two gray pillars. She holds a sword of
discernment & justice and scales of balance. Her gown is red
for passion and is trimmed with the flashing/complement green for
love. These are the colors of the Emperor & Empress. The veil
is violet, a royal and spiritual color. It is also a mediating
color between red (passion) and blue (peace). Justice tries to
find balance and equilibrium. She also looks for the perfected
form of all things.
http://tarotjourney.net/tarot-cards/major-arcana/11-justice/
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
Part I: The Veil and its Symbols
11. Justice. That the Tarot, though it is of all reasonable antiquity, is not of time immemorial, is shewn by this card, which could have been presented in a much more archaic manner. Those, however, who have gifts of discernment in matters of this kind will not need to be told that age is in no sense of the essence of the consideration; the Rite of Closing the Lodge in the Third Craft Grade of Masonry may belong to the late eighteenth century, but the fact signifies nothing; it is still the summary of all the instituted and official Mysteries. The female figure of the eleventh card is said to be Astra, who personified the same virtue and is represented by the same symbols. This goddess notwithstanding, and notwithstanding the vulgarian Cupid, the Tarot is not of Roman mythology, or of Greek either. Its presentation of justice is supposed to be one of the four cardinal virtues included in the sequence of Greater Arcana; but, as it so happens, the fourth emblem is wanting, and it became necessary for the commentators to discover it at all costs. They did what it was possible to do, and yet the laws of research have never succeeded in extricating the missing Persephone under the form of Prudence. Court de Gebelin attempted to solve the difficulty by a tour de force, and believed that he had extracted what he wanted from the symbol of the Hanged Man, “wherein he deceived himself. The Tarot has, therefore, its justice, its Temperance also and its Fortitude, but, owing to a curious omission, it does not offer us any type of Prudence, though it may be admitted that, in some respects, the isolation of the Hermit, pursuing a solitary path by the light of his own lamp, gives, to those who can receive it, a certain high counsel in respect of the via prudenti.
Part II: The Doctrine Behind the Veil
As this card follows the traditional symbolism and carries above all its obvious meanings, there is little to say regarding it outside the few considerations collected in the first part, to which the reader is referred.
It will be seen, however, that the figure is seated between pillars, like the High Priestess, and on this account it seems desirable to indicate that the moral principle which deals unto every man according to his works, while, of course, it is in strict analogy with higher things; differs in its essence from the spiritual justice which is involved in the idea of election. The latter belongs to a mysterious order of Providence, in virtue of which it is possible for certain men to conceive the idea of dedication to the highest things. The operation of this is like the breathing of the Spirit where it wills, and we have no canon of criticism or ground of explanation concerning it. It is analogous to the possession of the fairy gifts and the high gifts and the gracious gifts of the poet: we have them or have not, and their presence is as much a mystery as their absence. The law of Justice is not however involved by either alternative. In conclusion, the pillars of Justice open into one world and the pillars of the High Priestess into another.
UPRIGHT
Fair and honourable, balance, equality, justice..
Intellect is the key; cool, rational decision-making..
“This is the decision I have made”.
Teamwork.
The strong should help the weak.
Fairness.
Advice.
Objectivity.
Negotiation.
Possible Karma at work, reaping what you sow.
Apologies on either side.
Able to perceive an unclear event
Able to rectify a previous wrong.
An agent working on your behalf.
Good intentions, well meant actions.
Impartiality, honour, harmony, rightness.
A marriage contract, a divorce
agreement, wills, trusts, estates, legal matters.
Professional certification, required
continuing education to remain in a profession.
Examine you conscience and consider the other person’s point of view before making a decision.
Good instinct and perception.
Setting a confused life to order successfully.
Giving up old habits.
REVERSED
Things will seem unfair because they are not equal.
Injustice, bigotry, intolerance.
Lack of team work.
Seeing only our way.
Misjudgement.
Bias.
False accusations.
Gossip.
A bad legal judgement or legal
complications.
Losses through lack of adequate legal
protection - lack of a will, poor estate planning etc.
One-sided situations.
Use mercy and understanding when judging others.
Poor choices and decisions.
Divorce and custody actions.
Secret dealings, under-bidding, seeking shady loopholes.
1. Mythic
2. Kazanlar
3. Phantasmagoric
4. Old Path
5. Alleged
6. Quantum