The Justice Tarot

The Justice is the 8th Tarot major arcanum. 

The card features a woman who is sitting on a golden throne - gold is a color linked to intelligence.

The Justice holds a sword also known as Sword of Justice in her right hand and a scale, also known as Scale of Justice, in her left hand. Both elements are made out of gold; which gives you an idea of the value of these elements.

The Justice is an impartial person who represents integrity and incorruptibility; two primary elements of any court of justice as we know them nowadays.

Instead of the symbol represented on the card, the Justice doesn't always relates to justice matters.

In reality, justice also relates to stability, balance...

What does Justice Tarot mean?

The Justice in the right position:

• Equity
• Virtue
• Impartiality
• Stability

The Justice Tarot upside down:

• Hypocrisy
• Intolerance
• Instability of the element or the persons
  

To help you learn the Justice Tarot interpretation, I'm going to make a six month evolution spread.

Let's take the example of a consultant who would like to learn what will happen in the next six months. For such an example, we are going to work with both major and minor arcana.

So, take your major arcana tarot cards deck, beat the cards, let the consultant cut the deck and present the cards face down. The consultant is supposed to choose 5 cards that you're going to place side by side.

Then, take the minor arcana tarot cards deck and beat the cards, ask the consultant to cut the deck, present all the cards face down and ask your consultant to select 5 cards that you will display side by side just under the first line with major arcana (see picture to the right).

Here are the cards and the order you are going to read them:

The High Priestess with the Six of Coins
The Moon with the Servant of Swords
Justice with the King of Swords
The Wheel of Fortune with the Ace of Spears
The Magician with the Ace of Coins

Each major arcanum is influenced by the minor arcanum placed after under them.

Tarot interpretation:

The High Priestess and the Six of Coins tell us that our consultant will face some financial problems. 

The Moon and the Servant of Swords teaches us that our consultant is dealing with problems with her child, she's disappointed by his acts and these are causing our consultant's financial troubles.

Justice - King of Swords: chances are that our consultant will have to go to ask advice at a lawyer and there are risks of justice action. So, we're going to advise her to speak to her child in order to avoid risks.

The Wheel of Fortune - Ace of Spears: luckily, the consultant will win this battle against her child and it seems that things are going to get better soon.

The Magician - Ace of Coins: after all these problems, our consultant will get some financial reward; which will surely be welcome.

Until now I've almost always used the simple cross spread to teach you how to interpret Tarot cards. This time, I used one of my favourite spread: the six month evolution.

The Six Month Evolution spread allows you to learn what you are going to face, enjoy or cry about for the upcoming six months.

While we use 5 x 2 cards (5 major arcana and 5 minor arcana), it is supposed to predict your future for 6 months.

Each major arcanum is influenced by the minor arcanum placed under them. In addition, each arcanum is influenced by the very next one to their right. This allows a negative card to provide your consultant with a more positive idea than it would have been if the cards were stand alone cards.