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Judgement

Judgement

Major Arcana

Essence

I am the trumpet that wakes the dead, the call that cannot be ignored, the moment of reckoning before The World's completion. My number is twenty: the penultimate step, the life review before final integration, the answer to the question "who have you become?" In my presence, the past rises to be judged and released.

▲ Upright

Themes: Judgement, rebirth, inner calling, absolution, reflection, awakening, reckoning, life review, answering the call.

I speak with the authority of the final call. I remind the querent that there comes a time when the whole journey must be seen, when the call to become who they truly are can no longer be postponed. My message is: the trumpet sounds for you; rise and answer; look back at who you've been to understand who you're becoming. **Themes:** Judgement, rebirth, inner calling, absolution, reflection, awakening, reckoning, life review, answering the call.

▼ Reversed

Themes: Self-doubt, refusing the call, harsh self-judgment, fear of reckoning, avoiding life review, not learning from the past.

I speak of the call refused or self-judgment that paralyzes. Either the querent ignores the trumpet, or they judge themselves too harshly to rise. I address both avoidance and self-condemnation. My reversed message is: why do you refuse to rise? Is it fear of the reckoning, or have you already condemned yourself unfairly? **Themes:** Self-doubt, refusing the call, harsh self-judgment, fear of reckoning, avoiding life review, not learning from the past.