Justice (tarot card)

It is part of the tarot's Major Arcana, and usually follows the Chariot, as card VIII, although some decks vary from this pattern.

The figure on the card holds a scale made of gold in their left hand, symbolizing a balanced decision.

[1] According to A. E. Waite's 1910 book Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Justice card carries several divinatory associations: 11.

This switch was originally suggested in the mysterious Cipher Manuscripts which formed the basis for the Golden Dawn's teachings regarding tarot and other subjects.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1910 book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite.

Justice (XI) from the Rider–Waite tarot deck
Folio 32 of the Cipher Manuscripts , suggesting the numbering switch for the Strength and Justice cards