Judgement as a Tarot Birth Card

The Personality card is about how others see you. Judgement makes a person the one who wakes others up. They can say the word after which someone begins to live differently, and they are capable of rethinking their own life radically.

Sooner or later such people hear their call: the work worth living for. And when they hear it, they answer without hesitation. The lesson of Judgement is to assess the past honestly, forgive yourself and others, and rise to a new stage.

• A calling. You sense what you live for, and it gives you strength.
• Renewal. You can draw a line and begin a new life.
• Inspiring others. Your words and example help people wake up.
• Honest assessment. You look soberly at your own actions and learn from them.

The shadow of Judgement is severity. The person judges themselves and others so harshly that they become a judge handing down sentences. Behind it there is often guilt and a fear of not living up to their calling.

Another pitfall is waiting for the "great call". You can wait for a sign for years and miss that your work is already right beside you. The card's message is forgiveness and listening to the quiet inner voice The High Priestess gives you.

In a couple you are a deep, inspiring partner. Relationships with you often change both people: you help your loved one open up and become the best version of themselves.

Try not to turn the relationship into constant work on your partner. Sometimes love is simply accepting a person as they are.

Natural fits include work where you can awaken and lead: teaching, mentoring and coaching, psychology, medicine, journalism, public speaking, music, community work, spiritual service. You need your work to be a calling, not just a living.

Often your path to your true work begins with a sharp career change later in life.

Judgement outside, The High Priestess inside. The world sees a person with a calling, a voice that wakes others. The Priestess explains where that voice comes from: deep intuition and silence, where you hear what others can't.

Together the two cards describe someone who first listens for a long time and then speaks, and whose words change lives.