Justice

Tarot de Marseille · VIII · Air

Essence: Justice, balance, giving each their due, papers, contracts, procedures, unadorned truth, objectivity

Traditional reading: Papers, pending lawsuits, administration, a fair person or one connected to the law, divorce or trouble with the law; reversed: an unexpected lawsuit, an unfair person, a lawyer who can be bought, a lost case with problems

General meaning

Upright

balancejusticepaperworkcontractstruthobjectivity

↕ Reversed: Broken balance, injustices, decisions made in the heat of the moment, overly harsh judgement, complicated procedures, stuck paperwork, unequal agreement, not taking responsibility

By topic

Love: balance in the coupleagreementsa separation being formalisedhonestyfair share
Friendship: fair treatmentreciprocityspeaking clearlyagreements between friendshonesty
Family: fair shareinheritancesagreementsrulesfamily papers
Career: contractsappraisalsgetting what you deservelegal fieldreasoned decisions
Work: contractsappraisalsreceiving what you've worked forregulationslegal formalities
Studies: examsassessmentsfair gradesenrolment paperworkreaping what you sowed
Money: papersclear accountsfinancial matters being put in ordercontractstaxes
Pets: the animal's papersregistrationrulesfair treatmentvet paperwork
Health: balancemedical paperworkconsequences of habitsdisciplinecheck-up
Choices: look objectivelydecide with reasonsbe honest with yourselfput everything in its placeweigh pros and cons
Creative projects: contractscopyrighthonest assessment of the workpaperworkbalance
Creativity: balance between form and contentediting with judgementcutting what's unnecessarycommission contractshonesty in the work

The keywords for each topic describe the card upright; the reversed meaning has its own line.

✨ 3 tips for combining it

With Coins, it's paperwork and accounts. Example: Justice + Two of Coins is putting your finances in order.
With Cups, it asks for balance in the couple. Example: Justice + Two of Cups is a fair agreement between both.
With harsh cards, the paperwork gets complicated. Example: Justice + The Tower is an unexpected legal problem.

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