The Tarot of Eli 2-LLC: Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot- Key 11-Justice & The Tarot of Sacred Kingdoms -Key 11- Justice.

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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 or the two swords in the knight's hands illustrated on the Tarot of Sacred Kingdoms. 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 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 Tarot of Lost Kingdoms -Key 11-Justice keeps the traditional tarot name for this Key but shows an image that is of a more mythical nature. Here, is shown a Norseman facing the Ice Queen and/or Hel of the Norse mythology. However, if this is a metaphor for the strong hold the female has on the male, it is appropriate.

Norse Goddess Hel

Hel is a significant figure in Norse mythology, known primarily as the ruler of the realm of the dead, also called Hel. She is often depicted with a dual appearance, embodying both life and death.

Characteristics:

1. Parentage: Hel is the daughter of Loki, the trickster god, and the giantess Angrboda. She is the sister of the wolf Fenrir and the serpent Jörmungandr.
2. Appearance: Hel is often depicted as having a half-living, half-dead visage. One side of her body is that of a beautiful woman, while the other side is decayed and skeletal.
3. Realm: Hel rules over Helheim, the realm of the dead, which is located in the world of Niflheim. This is where those who did not die a heroic or honorable death go after passing away.
4. Personality: Hel is often portrayed as stern and unyielding, reflecting her role as the ruler of the dead. She can be seen as both compassionate to the dead and indifferent to the living.
5. Role in Ragnarok: During the events of Ragnarok, the end of the world in Norse mythology, Hel's role becomes more pronounced. It is foretold that she will release the dead to fight against the gods.

The Ice Queen concept.

The Ice Queen is a figure more commonly associated with folklore and fairy tales rather than specific mythologies. She embodies the harshness and beauty of winter, often depicted as a powerful and cold-hearted ruler.

Characteristics:

1. Appearance: The Ice Queen is typically portrayed as a stunningly beautiful woman with pale skin, icy blue eyes, and white or silver hair. She is often dressed in gowns that resemble snow and ice.
2. Powers: She possesses control over ice and snow, able to create blizzards, freeze objects, and manipulate winter elements at will.
3. Personality: The Ice Queen is often depicted as cold and unfeeling, with a heart as icy as her domain. She can be aloof, distant, and sometimes cruel, embodying the unforgiving nature of winter.
4. Symbolism: She symbolizes the beauty and danger of winter, representing the duality of nature’s harshness and elegance. In some stories, she also represents loneliness and isolation.
5. Role in Stories: In various fairy tales, the Ice Queen can be an antagonist who brings endless winter and hardship. However, in some modern interpretations, she is portrayed with more depth, often as a tragic figure with a backstory explaining her cold demeanor.

Both the Norse goddess Hel and the Ice Queen share themes of duality and power, but while Hel is deeply rooted in Norse mythology with connections to death and the afterlife, the Ice Queen is a more flexible archetype used to explore themes of winter, beauty, and cold-heartedness in folklore and literature.

Then there is the fact that the act of giving birth to something is a feminine act. The Creatrix has given birth to the Male, as the "other", her most beloved. Therefore, the male is another way to be the woman's desire. The womb is the form that has been transformed into the phallus, so that the process of conception and birth, can build the diversity of Life itself through the x and y chromosomes and/or "union of opposites". Life is vigor. Strength is love of vigor/Love of Life. Strength is power, vigor, courage, virtue, triumph over brutality, and ambition. Leaving us justly in love with being. Often assigned to the justice card is the sign of Libra, a sign of 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 inner spiritual 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 the alive of Life. Because of this divisionism we have become automatons of our environment who are "knee jerks" of reaction instead of the powerful positive active expression of I AM ME who changes environment by the vigorous power of Presence; the Trinity's Strength of Being. I AM Love! I AM the Spirit's Will 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 (trinity of Self) and the 4 sides of the gem which 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 or dogma 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 a life of negatives where you treat yourself unjustly and dishonestly.

When the Key 11-Justice 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 properly.
• Vigor.
• Physical strength.
• Follow your heart.
• The power of kindness.

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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