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The Judgement Card is the 21st Card
of The Major Arcana. (It is called Card No.20 because the first
card is called No.0).
The Judgement Card is one of several cards that has
different names in some older and/or less conventional Tarot
Decks. For example, it may be called "The Last Judgement" in
some decks, and "The Angel" in others. (Whatever, the name
printed on the card, this page is about card number
20 of the Major Arcana.)
The overall theme of this card concerns the removal of previous
restrictions (self-imposed, or otherwise), and awakening
to new opportunities or avenues for progression.
The
presence of the Judgement card in a spread
may indicate energy for the sitter, situation, or the project
in question. Alternatively, it may be interpreted more literally
in terms of criticism, judgement, or a fair evaluation of a
situation being an important aspect of the issues illuminated
by in the spread
Some specific terms associated with the "Judgement" Tarot
card include:
Change of Situation or Circumstances, Reward, Atonement, Fine, Recompense.
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The cards of the Major Arcana are widely considered to be the
most powerful cards in the Tarot Deck. The 22 cards of the Major
Arcana tell a complete story when arranged in upright and numerical
order (beginning with The
Fool). This is a story of of development and enlightenment
and is sometimes referred to as "The Fool's Journey".
Some texts also include meanings for "reversed
cards". These
are for the situation in which the cards are shuffled in both
order and orientation. The theoretical advantage to this is that
it effectively doubles the number of possible "cards" in
the deck from 78 to 156. (However, in terms of the calculation
of obtaining results according to chance alone, it is not a simple
mathematical doubling because once a card
has been
drawn
it
cannot be drawn
again in the opposite orientation in the same reading.) |
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