Judgement
Judgment symbolizes renewal, rebirth, and a major shift in consciousness that allows spiritual evolution and physical renewal after a period of inward death. It emphasizes the choice to embrace life and begin anew rather than remain stuck in a half-life or mired in the muck. In divination it can indicate answering a call, moralizing or criticism, selectivity, and changes in position; reversed it warns of harsh judgment, delay, or spiritual darkness. Magickally, the card is used for healing, crossing-over, rejuvenation, and transformative workings, and can stand for the goddess in her crone aspect.
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Description
Representing renewal and rebirth, Judgment reminds us that even though all good things must come to an end, they all are fated to begin again. Just as plants grow and wither and die, becoming soil to help new plants grow, so too does new life spring from the darkest recesses of the human heart, mind, and soul. It is the shift in consciousness that can happen any minute of any day, the realization that no matter what, it's going to be okay. It is the choice to live rather than to settle for a half-life; it is the choice of a fresh start over choosing to stay mired in the muck. It is spiritual evolution and physical renewal, a new life following a period of inward death.
Divinatory Meanings
A major shift in consciousness; an evolution to a more spiritually liberated existence; answering a call; moralizing and judgment; selectivity; criticism; becoming less tethered by worldly affairs and concerns; a death; a change to a higher position.
Reversed
A harsh judgment or criticism; failure or delay in following one's calling; a shift to a less favorable position; the soul has been trapped in darkness and the light of spirit needs recharging.
Magickal Uses
Good for healing rituals, crossing over rituals to help the newly deceased transition, magick to reawaken or rejuvenate, spellwork for transformation, meditations on the cycle of life and death, and for workings to summon spirits of the dead. It can also be used in magick and ritual as a symbol for the goddess in her dark aspect as crone, the keeper of the cauldron of life, death, and rebirth. Reversed, it's an excellent choice for magick intended to bring something to a close, and it's also effective in defensive spellwork designed to put enemies in the hands of the goddess and into the flow of their own bad karma.
Visual Description
A large black cauldron sits center stage, ringed by bright orange flames, and from it a nude woman rises with arms outstretched toward the heavens. A second figure crouches inside the cauldron, hands covering the face, while a huge hand emerges from the cloudy night sky above holding a long needle or wand that drips a single drop. A crescent moon hangs in the upper right and two gnarled trees frame the scene, their trunks twisting outward. A soft halo surrounds the rising woman's head and a banner at the bottom reads '20 • JUDGEMENT'.
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