Justice

 Justice

The justice card centres a lot into doing justice to yourself, doing justice for others, finding a balance between the two. It is also a card that has a deep inclination towards forgiveness, again forgiving yourself and forgiving others.

My most fond memory of living this card has to be the time I was living in Goa, though the situation I was in was a really tough spot to be in, this card really helped me out and showed me the way. I was in goa, living the best life possible through times of covid, living in a place that looked immune to Covid, no cases, fresh air and lots of love all over the place, no fear of hugs and sneezes. At that time I had just started reading Tarot professionally and was really getting into the groove of this line of work. Was actually building something of my own for the first time in my life.

My grandfather, back home had suddenly fallen ill and was admitted into the ICU. Time for me felt really tough as I knew I had family back home to take care of him, yet the guilt and shame started pilling on me as to why I was not there with him in these tough times. As I sat with my cards to ask for a way to deal with this situation and find a balance that does not affect my work. This card popped up in my face asking me to do justice to myself and towards my Grandpa and my family. It really shook me from my spine up as I just could not see a clear way to find a way to do justice for everyone. I ended up planning my way back home sorting the travel out, forgiving myself for backing my own self and my work in that phase of life and doing justice to my family by being at their side through this tough time.

Eventually as I was to leave for Delhi, I got news from home stating that my grandpa was out of the ICU and again, what justice to do popped up in my mind. I ended up staying in Goa really building a solid foundation for the years to come in association with my work and I forgave myself for taking a stand for myself as the situation with grandpa wasn’t as dire anymore. This situation for me was very stressful and without the help of my tarot deck and The Justice card in particular, I would not have handled the situation at all in the way that I eventually managed to.

The biggest lesson this card taught me was how to look at all perspectives, how to look at the situation from my shoes as well as my family’s side of things. This card also taught me how to forgive myself for backing off of my own work project that I was working on, in a situation where I was helpless. It then also again taught me to forgive myself for not going back to my family when the situation became better in order to again focus on my work. There were many more instances that this card popped up in where I was not ready to forgive others for certain experiences that they had bestowed upon me. What this card made me realise in these situations was how I was limiting myself from moving forward by holding onto things from the past!