Ok, after my "classical" break, back to the tarot… and Justice.
The figure of Justice sits cloaked holding a sword in her right hand and scales in …
more »Ok, after my "classical" break, back to the tarot… and Justice.
The figure of Justice sits cloaked holding a sword in her right hand and scales in her left. The sword is double-edged, cutting both ways, signifying impartiality. It is point-up, signifying victory. The sword in her right hand alludes to the logical, factual mindset. The scales are in her left (intuitive) hand, showing that logic must be balanced by intuition.
She wears a crown, showing authority, with a small square on it representing well-ordered thoughts. I’ve made the square a topaz, which further indicates balance, as seems appropriate here. The square motif is also echoed on the gown. This is usually shown red, an allusion to being a servant of the court, but I have gone for the purity of white. Traditionally her foot in a white slipper shows from beneath the gown, signifying spiritual consequences of our actions; I felt bare feet more appropriate for this.
The cloak conventionally has a clasp of a circle in a square; I’ve changed this to a necklace. The square is the law protecting the circle, the eternal state of oneness.
She is usually sown in front of a cloth hanging between pillars that represent the constraints of the physical world as well as equilibrium. I’ve used curtains instead which are open to show the “light of truth”.
DS3 no postwork, except softening the photo I iused for the backdrop
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