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Justice Tarot Card Meaning
The Justice tarot card means fairness, truth and cause and effect. Fairness, truth and consequences.
Upright
- Fairness
- truth
- cause and effect
Reversed
- Unfairness
- dishonesty
- dodging responsibility
Yes or no
Maybe
Justice is card XI of the 22 major arcana.
What the card shows
A crowned figure in a red robe sits between two pillars. The right hand holds a sword pointing straight up and the left holds a set of scales in balance.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
Justice is read as fairness and consequences. What happens next follows from what was done before. It often shows up around contracts, legal matters and decisions that need a clear, honest head.
Justice reversed
Reversed, it is read as an unfair outcome, someone not being straight, or not owning your part in a situation.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, Justice is usually read as a maybe: the answer depends on something not settled yet. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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