Shadowscapes Tarot

JUSTICE

TO THE EGYPTIANS, when death claimed a soul, one was brought to be judged by the goddess Ma'at. She weighed the soul on her scales against a feather, and if found wanting, that soul was sent to the underworld.

There are those who say Justice is blind, but that is not so. Her eyes blaze white, not with blindness but with the pure white of truth. She sees through mere flesh, peeling aside the layers of emotion, dissemination, illusion, and perception, and into the heart, where the unfettered awareness resides. There is no hiding. She stands for karma. The souls gathered in the butterflies hover near, and she bears the feather close to her heart, like a sword.

She judges not with her own bias or with grays of maybes, but in terms of stark black and white. Things are as they are - fair, impartial, and right. And there is a balance that is achieved when true justice has been meted out, an evening-out of what was not settled correctly.

Meaning:

Balance, harmony, equilibrium, assuming responsibility, weighing all sides of an issue before making a decision, choosing with full awereness. Justice relies on a logical mind, capable of objective ruling on situations and adjusting what needs reassessment. Meditation on right, morality and duty and perhaps compromise must be made in order to truly even both sides of a situation. Admit and acknowledge the truth. Comprehend the results of your actions and the connections they have to everything around, and from that, set a course for the future.