 Justice
XI -- Justice
is a card that reminds us that we are here sometimes
at the mercy of decisions that are made by others.
It reminds us of the fact that there are laws and
all of us have to follow them to some extent.
Here
we see a man, who appears to be a King or ruler of
some kind who is sitting on a throne with a sword
in one hand representing the keeping of the law and
the scales in another, to show us how he distributes
law in what appears to be a fair and impartial manner.
Justice
is about being treated fairly and in an impartial
manner, as much as it is about how we do have to comply
with the laws of the universe and of mankind. How
the law is not a personal thing, but rather a community
or universal concept, which we are all apart of.
In
the right side up position, Justice is telling a client
or the person being read that decisions are being
made in their favor. Decisions that are not made by
the client but rather by a higher source that the
client then has to live with or live by. These decisions
could be legal or bureaucratic. In the case of Justice,
the decision is never made by the client and often
they have nothing to do with the decision, only that
in this case of the upright card, the decision handed
down will be in favor of the client.
In
the reverse the opposite is true. Again the decision
is still made by someone else but the decision that
is handed down will not be in favor of the client.
Often it will be a decision that makes the client
unhappy. In some cases, the client will not know there
is a decision even coming, as in professional situations.
All that is for certain is that the client now has
to live with this decision, whether they like it or
not. The decision is imposed upon the client.
For
the purpose of meditation, this card can be used if
there is a desire for a decision to be made in favor
of the one meditating on the card. Legal matters or
decisions for instance, times when it is very important
that decisions be made in our favor. On the other
hand, it can also be helpful to meditate on the Justice
card when decisions are not made in our favor as a
way for us to develop understanding as to why the
decision had to go the way it did. The meditation
could be helpful to us in understanding that the process
of life is bigger then any one person, just as the
laws of the system are applicable to us all.
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