Major Arcana 20 · Shin ש · Fire · Pluto
Judgement
Awakening and calling (The Aeon in Thoth). Answer the call, and forgive the past.
Good and bad traits
Good traits
- Awakened
- Decisive
- Responsible
- Reborn
- Wise
Bad traits
- Self-critical
- Harsh
- Stuck in the past
- Guilty
What Judgement means
- Love
- You love seriously and seek a bond that makes you both better.
- Work
- Law, medicine, a calling, big decisions and second chances.
- Money
- Money through a calling: big decisions, second chances, work that matters.
- Health
- The nerves and the blood; your health improves when you forgive.
- Spirit
- Awakening: a call to rise into who you were meant to be.
- Advice
- Answer the call, and forgive the past.
Reversed
Harsh self-criticism, ignoring a calling, or staying stuck in old guilt.
Shadow work: You can judge yourself and others without mercy. The past is a lesson, not a sentence.
Yes or no
Yes
As a yes or no card, Judgement answers yes.
Ask yourself
What is calling me, and what keeps me from answering?
Affirmation: “I rise, forgive the past and answer my calling.”
Correspondences
- Number
- 20
- Hebrew letter
- Shin ש
- Astrology
- Fire · Pluto
- Constellation
- Inner knowing and balance. The High Priestess, Justice and Judgement: intuition, fairness and a calling you hear inside.
- In the Destiny Matrix
- Rebirth, Family, Calling, Awakening, Forgiveness; in the minus: Judging others, Family conflict, Guilt, Old grudges
Judgement as a birth card
Add your birth month, day and year (for 7 March 1990: 3 + 7 + 1990 = 2000), then add the digits until the total is 22 or less; 22 is the Fool. The card you reach first is your soul card, the last your personality card. Work out yours.
Famous people with Judgement as their soul card
Every card
- 0. The FoolBeginnings, faith, the leap into the unknown
- 1. The MagicianWill, skill, turning ideas into reality
- 2. The High PriestessIntuition, secrets, the inner voice
- 3. The EmpressFertility, abundance, nature, mothering
- 4. The EmperorAuthority, structure, fatherhood
- 5. The HierophantTradition, teaching, institutions
- 6. The LoversUnion, choice, values
- 7. The ChariotWillpower, victory, direction
- 8. StrengthCourage and gentle mastery (Justice is 8 in Marseille;…
- 9. The HermitSolitude, wisdom, the inner light
- 10. Wheel of FortuneCycles, fate, turning points
- 11. JusticeTruth, cause and effect (Strength is 11 in Marseille; Lust…
- 12. The Hanged ManSurrender, sacrifice, a new perspective
- 13. DeathTransformation and endings
- 14. TemperanceBalance and alchemy (Art in Thoth)
- 15. The DevilBondage, desire, materialism
- 16. The TowerSudden upheaval and revelation
- 17. The StarHope, healing, renewal
- 18. The MoonIllusion, dreams, the unconscious
- 19. The SunJoy, success, vitality
- 21. The WorldCompletion and wholeness (The Universe in Thoth)
Questions and answers
What does Judgement mean?
Awakening and calling (The Aeon in Thoth). Answer the call, and forgive the past.
What does Judgement mean reversed?
Harsh self-criticism, ignoring a calling, or staying stuck in old guilt.
Is Judgement a yes or no card?
Yes.
What does Judgement mean in love?
You love seriously and seek a bond that makes you both better.
What does Judgement mean for money and work?
Money through a calling: big decisions, second chances, work that matters. Law, medicine, a calling, big decisions and second chances.