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In Tarot, traditional or otherwise, the Justice Card represents Equilibrium, which is symbolized by the Balance Scales that are in the left hand of the Judicial figure on both cards. One may also assume that the Balance Scales represent the Hindu word-Karma (Action or Work)-known as you "reap what you sow". Therefore, Justice manifests itself in the form of the Law of Undeviating Justice; known in modern physics as "every action has an equal and opposite reaction". Robert Wang, a popular Qabalist, named this card, "The Mother who punishes and rewards": For she is severe and gives the Soul, only what it has sown in the world.

The Manar Key 11-Strength card, also known as "Lust," ATU 11 in Thoth Tarot and is a significant card in the Crowley-Harris Thoth Tarot deck. This card is part of the Major Arcana and represents various complex concepts within the tarot system. In the Thoth Tarot, the card "Lust" diverges from traditional tarot interpretations and carries a unique symbolism as does the Manara Strength Card:

1. The Image: The image on the "Lust" card features a woman riding a lion, typically shown as a woman controlling or taming a powerful beast. This symbolism reflects the idea of harnessing one's inner desires, instincts, and passions. On The Manara Strength Card she is clinging onto a macrocosmic Phallus, showing the same idea.

2. Number 11: In numerology, the number 11 is considered a master number, representing spiritual insight and illumination. In the context of the Crowley and Manara card, it suggests the need for a higher level of self-awareness and mastery over one's desires.

3. The Woman: The woman on the card represents the divine feminine energy, often associated with sensuality, creativity, and emotional depth. She demonstrates a balance between her inner desires and her ability to control them. She is controlling the Macrocosmic Phallus on the Manara Strength card. This represents the powerful control woman has over the Phallus.

4. The Lion: The lion symbolizes raw, primal energy and desires. It also signifies courage and strength. The woman's ability to ride the lion without fear represents the mastery of these energies. On the Manara card this "lion of raw, primal energy and desires" is a cosmic Phallus force of the Divine Masculine.

5. The Infinity Symbol (Lemniscate): Above the woman's head on the Lust card, you'll notice an infinity symbol (∞), which represents the eternal and cyclical nature of desire, as well as the idea that our passions can be channeled into a continuous creative and transformative process. All of which is suggested in the Manara image.

In the context of the Manara and Crowley Tarot, "Lust" is not about mere physical desire but rather the mastery and harmonization of one's inner desires, instincts, and passions. It suggests the need to channel these energies in a balanced and creative way, rather than suppressing or being controlled by them. It's a card that encourages self-discovery and the integration of the wilder aspects of one's psyche.

To those of magic, lust is not obsession with the opposite sex. It is an obsession with being. It is the luster of Will- The I AM, that ejaculated this universe of self into self- manifestation in the womb of “To Be”. It is the indivisible creative strength of I Am Spirit that radiates through us, outward, as a sun of creative passion that restores life in the dead. Therefore, even in the most mundane indolence, we can dance!

-Eli Serabeth, the class text: Enfleshenment

The Throne on the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot-Key 11 card repeats the pillar-veil symbolism of Key 2-The High Priestess. On the Crown, is the circle and square symbol, representing spirit's movement in matter. The Sword represents discernment/discrimination, which is closely allied with the term of Justice. The Gold/Yellow background of this Key represents the "Mind", as well as the cardinal airy sign of Libra is represented by the Scales. The Purple veil represents the "mystery behind the Oracle of Justice".

It is easily seen that Key 11, is the agency through which all the forces represented by Keys 1 to 10 are transferred to the manifesting powers represented by Keys 12 to 21.

Not shown on either card, is the Qabalistic Wisdom that relates the Hebrew Letter Lamed (Ox goad) to this card, which Dr. Paul Foster Cased named the Faithful Intelligence. The Hebrew word for "faithful" is AMN (Amen) which is closely related to the Hindu AUM or OM and is also related to the Egyptian God Amun, that is often written Amen. All implying what Qabalist already know, that "spiritual virtues are deposited in the Faithful Intelligence and augment therein", which is the very idea of the ripening of perception and interpretation into motives for action, so familiar to occultists as the fundamental meaning of Karma.

The Milo Manara Erotic Tarot-Key 11-Strength keeps the traditional tarot name for this Key but shows an image that is much like the title of the Thoth ATU 11-Lust. However, if this is a metaphor for the strong hold the female has on the male phallus, it is appropriate. The Phallus represents the fertile and/or fecund force of creation. It begins with "I Will Be" by Kether, on the Tree of Life, and burns its way down the Tree in a vigorous Lightning Path of fecund creation.

Then there is the fact that the act of giving birth to something is a feminine act. The Creatrix has given birth to the phallus, as the "other", her most beloved. Therefore, the phallus is another way to be the womb. The female is the form that has been transformed into male, so that the process of conception and birth, can build the diversity of Life itself. Life is vigor. Lust is love of vigor. Love of Life. Strength is power, vigor, courage, virtue, triumph over brutality, and ambition. All of this is shown in the Manara Card. Milo assigned the meaning of Libra to this card, it is "I balance", harmony and union.

In this Military Industrial Complex, which indoctrinates by dividing and conquering via the use of media controlled "word hypnosis", we have forgotten our Lust for being by dividing our spirit from our bodies as if spirit were an achievement of the flesh rather than the Willed- Spiral of energy animating us as Life. Because of this divisionism we have become automatons of our environment who are "knee jerks" reaction instead of the powerful positive active expression of I AM ME who changes environment by the vigorous power, Lust of Being. I AM Love! I AM the Spirit's Lust to Be! I AM Spirit! I AM Mind! I AM Body!

The RWS Tarot- Key 11, depicts a golden crown of 3-turrets and ornamented with a square blue gem. Here, the 3-turrets and the 4 sides of the gem, add to the number 7, the number attributed to Venus.

The Violet color of the curtains, hint at the Key 10-Wheel of Fortune, suggesting that the veils of mechanism are conceal from the uninitiated, that the whole universe (Above and Below) is permeated by the Life-Breath of Spirit, symbolized by the yellow.

After all the symbolism is considered, the general meaning of the Justice Key is the education of "freedom of choice" which has equilibrium as its aim. Education (as opposed to indoctrination which leaves no Freedom of choice) is completed by Action and Work, and therefore, requires the elimination of useless, outworn forms. Physiologically, this Justice Image depicts the law of poise and self-direction. A balanced personality is faithful, constant, and confident. This is because the right use of reason has established enduring certainty as to the just outcome of all activities. Hence, it is reasonable to do unto others as you would have done to you.

Tarot-Justice means that you must take full responsibility for the choices you make. If you drift through life without examining your choices and what these choices say about you and your values-you'll never be truly self-aware and you may find yourself treating others unfairly and dishonestly and thereby, leading an unjust life of negatives.

When the Key 11-Justice/Strength card is thrown in a divination, it implies:

• Perceptive will. 
• Finding harmony by mastering reality.
• Self-Realization by taking responsibility for oneself.
• Objectivity.
• Justice and order.
• Balance.
• Fairness.
• Discernment.
• Greatest objectivity.
• Reasonable decisions. 
• The lust for life.
• Directing the Kundalini.
• Vigor.
• Physical strength.
• Follow your heart.

When reversed:

• Hypocrisy.
• Self-righteousness. 
• Lack of self-awareness.
• Inability to extract self-identity from environment.
• Lost in the blame game of the mundane.

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