Western Tarot symbolism
Justice
Justice sits between pillars, but the commentary says her world differs from that of the High Priestess. Her principle gives each person according to their works. The divinatory list names equity, integrity, and legal judgment, while reversals include bias and excessive severity. The discussion refuses to confuse moral assessment with unexplained spiritual gifts.
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Principal account
LiteraryJustice sits between pillars, but the commentary says her world differs from that of the High Priestess. Her principle gives each person according to their works.
Further detail
LiteraryThe divinatory list names equity, integrity, and legal judgment, while reversals include bias and excessive severity. The discussion refuses to confuse moral assessment with unexplained spiritual gifts.
Context & interpretation
The active library scan carries L. W. de Laurence’s name and reproduces material associated with A. E. Waite’s Tarot exposition. Its symbolic descriptions and divinatory lists are distinct registers, and neither provides a guaranteed prediction.
Original passages
Source 1
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination
principle which deals unto every man according to his works—while, of course, it is in strict analogy with higher things—dififers in its essence fromOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Western Tarot symbolism; active reader leaf 63
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Source 2
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination
felicity. Reversed: Increase, abundance, superfluity. 11. Justice.—Equity, rightness, probity, executive; triumph of the deserving side in law. Reversed: Law in all its departments,Open this page in the book
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Location recorded at citation review: Western Tarot symbolism; active reader leaf 148
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