Judgement — Tarot Card Meaning

Upright

Change of position, renewal, outcome. Another account specifies total loss though lawsuit.

Reversed

Weakness, pusillanimity, simplicity; also deliberation, decision, sentence.

Reflection

Light
Receiving a wake-up call Discovering a new purpose in life Becoming totally and completely yourself Receiving a well-deserved reward Passing an evaluation or examination Welcoming the start of a new phase of life

Shadow
Being weighed in the balances and found wanting Failing to measure up to a well-defined standard Being caught goofing off or misbehaving Failing to prepare for an examination you know is coming Rejecting an opportunity to reinvent yourself

Symbolism

I have said that this symbol is essentially invariable in all Tarot sets, or at least the variations do not alter its character. The great angel is here encompassed by clouds, but he blows his bannered trumpet, and the cross as usual is displayed on the banner. The dead are rising from their tombs--a woman on the right, a man on the left hand, and between them their child, whose back is turned. But in this card there are more than three who are restored, and it has been thought worth while to make this variation as illustrating the insufficiency of current explanations. It should be noted that all the figures are as one in the wonder, adoration and ecstacy expressed by their attitudes. It is the card which registers the accomplishment of the great work of transformation in answer to the summons of the Supernal--which summons is heard and answered from within.

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