Total harmony and balance - The scales are not being tipped one way or the other - I get fairness from this card getting what you deserve - Of course I guess that could go both ways couldn't it - lol but I get a sense that things will turn out for the best

It could be any of the above depending on the point of view.   As a former legal assistant, I have found that the justice system isn't what we expect or hope for it to be.  I have come to see justice to be a very relative term, especially when left in the hands of most humans.

In the card, the scales are balanced, which makes me think of Karma, the only true justice.  I definitely see cause and effect.

If someone asked a legal question and this card came up, I'm not quite sure how I would interpret it.  I think that I would have to let the surrounding cards give clarification.  If karmically speaking, I think that the situation would rule in favor of the person that I'm reading for.

I really feel like I'm rambling on here, because I don't feel a close connection to this card, and I'm sort of just wandering along and exploring as I write.

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I never noticed before, but in the Thoth deck, the numbering is different.  It is number VIII and is referred to as 'Adjustment'.  The symbology seems to me to be richer, but it is also much more elusive.

Justice holds a sword in her right hand and the balance scales in her left, no blindfold so she sees clearly. She is sitting between two pillars. The duality in life, good and evil. Since Justice can see clearly she will give us balanced and fair judgment. Justice will make sure the right thing is don in the end. Open mindedness without preconceived ideas. It it  about a lawsuit the system will give you an honest assessment. Fairmindedness. Fair decision. Justice makes her conclusions without discrimination with all the evidence present.

"I am frank, honest, intelligent and you can trust me to see things as they are and to treat you fairly. Is that how you treat yourself and others?"

I always think of Justice as the Saintly Patroness of the Suit of  Swords, maybe what swords aspire to become in time.



Spiral's is a fairly typical image. Just as in RW, the throne, its columns and its background remind me strongly of the High Priestess, a little as if the Priestess was now ready to share some of her wisdom. The difference in this card is the peacock feathers behind, which I have also seen depicted in someone else's deck posted in this thread. Did I understand they stand for immortality? I have no idea what they mean, so would welcome any clues   .

Robin Wood's is a strong, close up image, with her red robes of power, like those of the Emperor and the Hierophant. The positions in their thrones are also very similar, so it seems we are dealing with the social power of Justice. I also like the fact that we can see a glimpse of nature behind: acting according to natural laws, maybe?

The Ancestral Path is quite different. The girl seems, young, inexperienced, somehow held to the throne that seems too big for her. She does not even have the strength to hold the sword and is blindfolded to top it all off. Also, vines seem to be eating into the stone foundation of the throne. This card speaks to me of unwillingness to commit an answer, inability to do so fairly. But mainly it raises the question of wether any of us has the right to judge another. Are we ever in a position to do so? We never have all the facts (clear vision) or the maturity to be fair, or even the strength to enforce our law. So maybe we are very small indeed in the face of natural laws and should let things take their own course without interfering.

Justice.... the scales are balanced but that doesnt mean in your favour there is a sword,  which could mean a fight to get what you want this is one person a human deciding your faith he may be just and fair in his decision but is he right