Justice
The Justice card represents balance, impartiality, and critical thinking. It emphasizes the need to remove emotional bias from decision-making and to approach situations with logic and fairness. The card's imagery, devoid of water, symbolizes a lack of emotion, reinforcing the concept of objective judgment. When reversed, it signifies unfairness and emotional irrationality, indicating a loss of balance and reason.
Keywords
Balancing
I am balancing.
Description of Justice
I always thought that the Justice card was male, but then I did some research and found that it’s based on Athena. If you look at the card, there is no water. This is a bit unusual for tarot cards, particularly in the major arcana. No water? No emotion. This card is about being critical and impartial. There is no room here for empathy. Squishy, emotional types like me get very uncomfortable when this card comes up. It’s cold, objective, and very, very fair. It doesn’t care if you had a bad day or if someone bent your feelers.
Evenness
Everything in this card is even. The robes are symmetrical, the pillars are parallel, and the sword held straight up balances the scales hanging straight down. I have a feeling that she would pull a Solomon without hesitation and cut that baby in half. She will start moving as soon as she makes her decision and will carry it out. Justice is about action. That’s why social justice groups are always marching around and making things happen. They’d be called social idea groups otherwise.
Sword and Intellect
Also, don’t forget that she’s holding a sword. The swords suit is about intellect. If you can imagine that Justice is holding the Ace of Swords, you get an idea of the pragmatism that lives in this card. When this comes up in a reading, you have to take all of your emotions out of the decision you need to make. Make a list of pros and cons. Do research. Be a brain, not a heart. It can also mean that you’re about to get judged. You can’t really hide from this one, and you can’t lie. It’s like Judge Judy has a bead on you. Unnerving.
Justice Inverted
Inverted, it’s pretty straightforward. Unfair. Overly emotional and ridiculous. It’s like trying to win an argument by saying, “Because.” That has no merit, and it basically translates to “Because I want to, and if you don’t let me, I’m going to hold my breath till I pass out.” Simmer down.
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