The Lovers and Judgement

A choice brought to account, and the tradition reads Judgement here as retrospective rather than punitive. The figures rise and look back. The pair is about an honest reckoning with a decision already made, and it does not assume the verdict.

Associated with looking squarely at a relationship or a choice about one, often years later. The pair treats that as clarifying.

Read for reviewing a past commitment honestly. The pair notes the review is more useful than the outcome of it.

Look at it as it actually was. The point is the accuracy, not the verdict, and most people go straight to the verdict.