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Justice

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Equity, rightness, probity, executive; triumph of the deserving side in law.  Reversed – law in all its departments, legal complications, bigotry, bias, excessive severity.

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The Hanged Man - post

The Hanged Man

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Wisdom, circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy.  Reversed – selfishness, the crowd, body politic.

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Death

Death

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Waite gives the following meanings for Death:  End, mortality, destruction, corruption also, for a man, the loss of a benefactor for a woman, many contrarieties; […]

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Temperance - post

Temperance

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Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation.  Reversed – things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood, sometimes even the priest who will marry the Querent; also […]

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The Devil - post

The Devil

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Ravage, violence, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, force, fatality; that which is predestined but is not for this reason evil.  Reversed – evil fatality, weakness, pettiness, blindness.

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The Tower

The Tower

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Misery, distress, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace, deception, ruin.  It is a card in particular of unforeseen catastrophe.  Reversed – according to one account, the same […]

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The Star - post

The Star

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There is actually very little to say about The Star, as its meaning is nearly always of that of hope.  Waite describes the meaning for […]

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The Moon - post

The Moon

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Hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, terror, deception, occult forces, error.  Reversed – instability, inconstancy, silence, lesser degrees of deception and error.

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