1. Tarot
2. Card meanings
3. Justice

Major Arcana · XI

Justice

• equity
• rightness
• probity

Upright meaning

Equity, rightness and honesty. A card about weighing things fairly, owning your part and acting with integrity.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite notes bias and excessive severity. A prompt to check whether you are being too hard on someone, yourself included.

• bias
• excessive severity

Symbolism

A figure seated between pillars holds an upright sword and a pair of scales.

Group

Major Arcana

Element, astrology

Not given by Waite, so we give none

Source

Our own plain-English summary of A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (London: Rider, 1911), Part II §2 (symbolism); Part III §3 (divinatory meanings). The keywords are Waite’s own words. Waite’s fortune-telling lists also contain harsher terms; we keep to the reflective readings he gives and never state an event as certain.

Tarot is a tool for reflection, not a prediction of fixed outcomes. This is not medical, legal or financial advice.