Judgement: tarot meaning, upright and reversed

Figures rise with open arms as an angel sounds a trumpet above them.

Upright

reckoning · renewal

Respond to a call that asks for an honest review and a different way of living.

Reversed

self-condemnation · unanswered call

Harsh self-judgment or reluctance to respond can delay a necessary reckoning.

In a reading

The position gives this card a particular task: a description of the situation, a challenge, or guidance. Read its image and meaning alongside the other cards and the question that brought them together.

Golden Dawn correspondence

Element: Fire. This is the attribution in Book T.

Sources

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. These notes are original interpretations of the Waite–Smith imagery, informed by that text.