Justice
Justice
Justice asks you to see clearly and act fairly. Your choices have consequences, and this is a good moment to take responsibility and make decisions with honesty. Balance and truth will guide you well.
Love Fairness and honesty help your relationships thrive. Look for a balance where both people feel heard.
Work Integrity and clear thinking serve you now. Agreements made openly and fairly tend to hold.
Money Review your finances with clear eyes. Fair agreements and careful records support stability.
Wellbeing Balance brings ease. Look at how your time and energy are divided and adjust gently.
Growth You are learning to own your choices with grace. Accountability becomes a source of freedom.
Reversed, Justice suggests that something feels out of balance, or that a truth is being avoided. You may be too hard on yourself or hesitant to face a situation directly. Look honestly and choose what feels fair.
Love A sense of imbalance may be troubling you. A calm, honest conversation can help restore fairness.
Work Unclear agreements or biased decisions may cause friction. Seek clarity and document what matters.
Money Double-check details and agreements. Care now prevents misunderstandings later.
Wellbeing Guilt or self-judgement can weigh on you. Treat yourself with the same fairness you would offer a friend.
Growth Ask where you need to take responsibility and where you need to release blame that is not yours.
Symbols in the glass
- scales fairness and careful weighing of all sides
- upright sword clear decisions and cutting through confusion
- pillars the structure of law and balance
- red robe active commitment to fairness
- purple veil compassion and wisdom behind judgement
- visible white shoe actions carry consequences into the world
A crowned figure in a red robe sits between two pillars, holding upright scales in one hand and a raised double-edged sword in the other. A purple veil hangs behind, and one white shoe peeks from beneath the robe.
Deeper lore
- Element
- Air
- Astrology
- Libra
- Hebrew letter
- Lamed (ל)
- Tree of Life path
- 22: Geburah to Tiphareth
- Golden Dawn title
- The Daughter of the Lords of Truth, the Ruler of the Balance
- Number
- Eleven, a master number, suggests insight and balance on a higher level; it also reduces to two, the number of weighing opposites.
- Names
- Justice · La Justice · 正义
Waite, 1911
Waite (1911) lists: equity, rightness, probity, executive, triumph of the deserving side in law. Reversed: law in all its departments, legal complications, bigotry, bias, excessive severity.
What would a truly fair choice look like here, for everyone including me?
Ask Iris about this cardFor reflection and entertainment. Meanings follow the Smith-Waite tradition.