Known also as the Spirit of the Primal Fire, ruled by the Element of Fire and by Pluto, the card of Judgement represents discernment, transformation and renewal.
Sometimes we feel that our life has hit a brick wall, that we have done everything that we are going to do and that one day starts to look pretty much like the next.
We have made all our mistakes, we have scored our little victories and we have designed our life so that we have our little comforts and we no longer have to worry about any surprises turning up that we perhaps wouldn't like to deal with. And then we get the card of Judgement, which is like a breath of fresh air.
There is a blossoming of enthusiasm, an injection of the life force that reminds us why we are here. That is what is happening with you, if not now then soon.
The card of Judgement is presided over by the ArchAngel Michael who is a warrior messenger from the Divine Source. He represents the unseen powers in the spiritual world, and has links to Mercury and Hermes Trismegistus who is said to have brought the ancient wisdom from the time of Moses via his writing on alchemy, astrology and magic symbolism and that survives today.
Alchemy and magic on a mundane level, are about improving the conditions of our daily life and to alleviate our struggles, which is why they have such an enduring interest and fascination.
When the card of Judgement turns up for you, it tells you it is time to put to rest all the struggles and trials of the past, and leave them in the past.
Your life is about to turn a corner - you have had your struggles and your troubles and it is now time to turn your face to the sun. It is time to make a decision to stop the old patterns that do not serve you, and to embrace the good life that you haven't allowed yourself.
Judgement tells you that you have suffered enough, you have paid your dues and you can now collect peace and fulfillment as your reward.
“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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