A young traveller steps toward a cliff with eyes raised, not down.The FoolShe sits between pillars holding scales in her left hand and an upraised double-edged sword in the right, weigh first, then act.Justice

Card combination

The Fool and Justice

Both Air, and the pair is where consequence arrives for somebody who never weighed anything. Justice does not care whether the act was thoughtless; the tradition is quite firm about that. It reads as accountability meeting innocence, and innocence is not a defence.

Together

Both Air, and the pair is where consequence arrives for somebody who never weighed anything. Justice does not care whether the act was thoughtless; the tradition is quite firm about that. It reads as accountability meeting innocence, and innocence is not a defence.

In love

Associated with a genuine unintended harm and with the discovery that intention counts for less than assumed. The pair is not punitive but it is not lenient either.

In career

Read for a casual decision producing a formal consequence. The pair favours facing the outcome rather than relitigating the intention behind it.

The advice

Not having thought about it is an explanation. It is not a defence, and confusing the two makes everything worse.

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