20-Judgment or Rejuvenation – Reversed Mage Deck

Your Chosen Card – Karma Reversed Mage Deck

When reversed, the Judgment card suggests that you may not be heeding the call to wake up and change the direction of your life. If you reject this opportunity to become reanimated, you may end up stagnating and feel stuck in a rut. Perhaps your reluctance is due to fear of change, a sense of regret, or feelings of self-recrimination. Ponder the biblical verse: ‘Except a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone: but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit’ (John 12:24, King James 2000 Version).

Keywords Reversed: Sentencing, not heeding a call, self-recrimination, worry, regret, delay, shame, remorse, stagnation, isolation, bad karma, condemnation, vengeance, a negative judgment, clinging to old ways, remaining stuck in the past, postponing a matter until it’s too late, an unsatisfactory ending, failure to rise from one’s ashes; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Key XX: Judgment (Aeon)
Myths/Archetypes: The Last Judgment. The Angel of Resurrection. The Avenging Angel. The phoenix rising from its ashes. Persephone being rescued from the underworld. The Tooth Fairy.
Astrology: Fire (Pluto in some modern decks). Both the element Fire and the dwarf planet Pluto are associated with purgation, renewal, and purification.
Numerology: 2 (High Priestess) = 1 + 1 (Justice or Strength) = 2 + 0 (Judgment)

20. Judgment: What Goes Around, Comes Around

When Karma is reversed you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise.  If Karma is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is Karma is trying to tell you.  If you had a particular issue in  mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.

This chosen card is part of your reversed card reading for Karma using cards from the Mage Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.


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Complete Book of Tarot
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Complete Book of Tarot: Whatsoever house I may enter, my visit shall be solely for the benefit and advantage of the querent; and I will willingly refrain from doing any injury or wrong from falsehood, and (in an especial manner) from acts of an amorous nature, whatever be the rank of those for whom I consult the cards, whether mistress or servant, bond or free.

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Complete Book of Tarot: Whatsoever house I may enter, my visit shall be solely for the benefit and advantage of the querent; and I will willingly refrain from doing any injury or wrong from falsehood, and (in an especial manner) from acts of an amorous nature, whatever be the rank of those for whom I consult the cards, whether mistress or servant, bond or free.

Portable Magic: The same principles that apply to the use of realizer cards in general also apply to charms. The significator, if one is used, should be on top of the pile that is placed on the triangle. The number cards of the charm, when more than a single realizer is used, are ordered from top to bottom in the sequence of desired events that express the successful working of the charm. The cards are placed on the triangle one by one, in reverse order to their working. That is to say, the realizer card that is the last stage in the working of the charm is placed first on the triangle, because it goes on the bottom, and the cards are stacked from bottom to top. When a significator is used, it is always the final card to be placed on the triangle.

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