An empty crossroads on a heath at night, a leaning signpost and poppy heads in the verge.

The tarot · XX

Judgement

Spirit of the Primal Fire

The face of XX, Judgement, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Spirit of the Primal Fire.

Awakening, calling and rebirth by fire.

Upright

A call you cannot ignore. Rise to a new level of being, review the past honestly and answer what is asking for you. Absolution and fresh purpose.

Reversed

Self-judgement, or hearing the call and pretending you did not.

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The spirit work

Seraph rules the element of fire under the King Djin. Horus is the crowned child of the new aeon. Use this card when you need to forgive yourself in order to move.

A question to sit with

What has been calling me, and how long have I been ignoring it?

Where the card sits

Correspondences

Path31, Hod to Malkuth
Hebrew letterShin, the tooth, value 300
AstrologyThe element of Fire
Presiding powerHorus, the crowned and avenging child
Governing angelsArchangel Michael; angel Aral
SpiritSeraph, ruler of Fire, over King Djin of the Salamanders
Seala rose sigil of Seraph
RuneDagaz, day: dawn, breakthrough and awakening
Judgement in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.