Tarot of Justice "Morality"

Adapted to the Universal Key of human Wisdom, the Tarot of Justice is revealed by the arcane entitled, "The Tarot of Morality.

What is Morality? It is the manifestation of Beauty and of Harmony in Matter. It is the manifestation of exactitude and mathematical accuracy (justesse) in the Spirit. It is the manifestation of the Truth in God. In the Soul, Morality is therefore the philosophical analogy of the three aforementioned manifestations. Morality is therefore like Beauty in Nature, Accuracy in the Spirit, and Truth in God.

Disciple, look at this major arcane and be inspired by it. Morality is represented by a woman (symbol of beauty and fertility), balanced on all three domains (planes).

She reveals the preponderant and fundamental role of this virtue in Man's evolution.

Since the human Soul is the product of the influence of the Spirit on Matter, at times it is subject to the domination of the one (the Spirit), and at times to that of the other (Matter).

When under the domination of the Spirit, the Soul is manifest by a reserved desire and by an intransigent austerity, whereas when it is under the domination of Matter, it is manifest by trivial and base desires and passions.

It is in the mutual antagonism of these 2 essences for equal domination and influence over the Soul that the latter creates Morality within it, borrowing the just and accurate from the Spirit, and the beautiful and harmonious from Matter.

The Spirit is the exclusive depositary of Wisdom. The Soul is the exclusive depositary of Love. Therefore the predominant principle in Morality is Love and all its derivatives. This is the reason why the arcane of Morality is represented by a woman, for Woman incarnates Love. Woman is the symbol of fertility. And is Morality not fertile by its sublime radiation?

Moreover, Woman is the symbol of Beauty. And is Morality not the embellishment of the Soul? Is it not all purity and harmony?

She reigns in the domain of Form (astral plane), the domain of the origin of the Soul.

Her coif, in the form of a crown, is the symbol of the material beauty that she borrows so as to become manifest. The sword, symbol of accuracy and exactitude, reveals the contribution of the Spirit in the creation of Morality.

The scales are the symbol of Justice, a creature that Morality loves.

Finally, this is what the present mysterious arcane tells you: Man, I am the first creation of the idea and the thought of the Human Being. Everything stoops and is subject to the fate (fatality) of the Laws of Matter, but I always remain invariable, immutable in the universal equilibrium. The circle is my support, the triangle my domain, and the square is the area of my radiation.

When I was created, everything on earth was thrown into confusion and, in an ascending evolution, since then everything is being transformed. But I always remain upright and unique, teaching to all the peoples of the earth: Love, Goodness, and Truth.

Note:      The woman (symbol of Morality) of perfect beauty reigns in her majestic domain.

              Her support is the cycle, in which she obtains her balance.

              She is crowned so as to stress her sublime beauty.

              Her basis is Truth, symbolized by the Sword.

              Her beloved daughter is Justice, symbolized by the Scales.

2^nd Version

A woman dressed and combed in the Oriental fashion is within the triangle. She wears a turban and a white linen cloth round her head. She also wears a crown.

A sword that rests at the bottom of the circle ends at her mouth. Her feet are bent and they lean on the sword's hilt. She holds the circle with both hands. The sword serves as the axis of the scales in front of her. Her half-open dress reveals a plaque on which the 9 numbers are engraved. She wears a large necklace.

Good and Evil, the Binary in equilibrium: this is what the woman represents, enclosed in the triangle, balanced by the 4 points in the circle, ready to start the battle of Contraries.

The formidable Cycle will start its hectic whirling, but she remains reassured, well balanced both by the ternary and the quaternary.

Her power lies on the point of equilibrium, her sword, which is her strength. Her support is the circle, and her manner of being and of state is the square. Her body forms the Pentagram, and the whole figure forms the Hexagram.

The SYMBOLS are: A Circle with a Triangle, the Sword as the diameter, and the scales in the middle.