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Judgement: tarot card meaning

Major Arcana XX

Judgement tarot card

Keywords: rebirth, awakening, inner calling, reflection, forgiveness

Reversed: self-criticism, self-doubt, ignoring the call, guilt, fear of judgment

Upright

Judgement is an awakening: an inner calling that invites you to be reborn and make sense of what you've lived through. It's time to take stock, forgive yourself, and answer your true calling. A new, more conscious chapter is waiting for you.

Reversed

Reversed, it suggests you're ignoring that call, or that self-criticism is holding you back. Maybe you're carrying guilt from the past that keeps you from moving forward. Forgive yourself and give yourself a second chance.

In love

Second chances, reconciliations, or important decisions about the future of the relationship.

Work and money

A true calling or a major career change; a time to take stock of your achievements.

Advice

Answer the call: this is your moment to be reborn.

Symbolism

The archangel Gabriel blows a trumpet from the sky, hung with a flag bearing a cross, and the dead rise from their graves with open arms. Men, women, and children answer the call: it's the rebirth of everything that had been asleep. The snowy mountains in the background are a reminder that this awakening is inevitable and transcendent.

Yes or no?

Yes. In a yes or no reading, Judgement leans towards yes. Reversed, the yes comes with nuances, delays or conditions. Yes or no tarot

Element: Fire

Astrology: Pluto / Fire

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