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The tarot · XI

Justice

Daughter of the Lords of Truth, Ruler of the Balance

The face of XI, Justice, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Daughter of the Lords of Truth, Ruler of the Balance.

Truth, balance and the consequences of choice.

Upright

Fairness, honesty and accountability. What you have sown is being weighed. Decide with a clear mind and accept the result.

Reversed

Injustice, dishonesty or avoiding responsibility. The scale is off and you may be the one holding it.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Amon tells all things past and to come and reconciles controversies between friends. Ma’at weighs the heart against a feather. Use this card for questions of conflict and contracts.

A question to sit with

If my heart were weighed today, what would tip the scale?

Where the card sits

Correspondences

Path22, Geburah to Tiphareth
Hebrew letterLamed, the ox-goad, value 30
AstrologyLibra, cardinal air, ruled by Venus
Presiding powerMa’at, truth, order and the feather
Governing angelZuriel, angel of Libra
RuneTiwaz, Tyr: justice, honour and sacrifice for what is right
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SpiritAmon, marquis
The seal of Amon

Appears as a wolf with a serpent’s tail breathing fire, then a man with a raven’s head. Tells all things past and to come, stirs feuds and reconciles friends. Goetia 7.

Justice 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.