Adjustment
Justice, or rather justesse, the act of adjustment, suspension of all action pending decision; in material matters, may refer to law suits or prosecutions. Socially, marriage or marriage agreements; politically, treaties.
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ATU VIII
ATU VIII Adjustment
The Daughter of the Lords of Truth.
The Ruler of the Balance.
Adjustment
The Daughter of the Lords of Truth.
The Ruler of the Balance.
This card in the old pack was called Justice. This word has none but a purely human and therefore relative sense; so it is not to be considered as one of the facts of Nature. Nature is not just, according to any theological or ethical idea; but Nature is exact.
This card represents the sign of Libra, ruled by Venus; in it Saturn is exalted. The equilibrium of all things is hereby symbolized. It is the final adjustment in the formula of Tetragrammaton, when the daughter, redeemed by her marriage with the Son, is thereby set up on the throne of the mother; thus, finally, she "awakens the Eld of the All-Father."
In the greatest symbolism of all, however, the symbolism beyond all planetary and Zodiacal considerations, this card is the feminine complement of the Fool, for the letters Aleph Lamed constitute the secret key of the Book of the Law, and this is the basis of a complete qabalistic system of greater depth and sublimity than any other. The details of this system have not yet been revealed. It has been thought right, nevertheless, to hint at its existence by equating the designs of these two cards. Not only therefore, because Libra is a sign of Venus, but because she is the partner of the Fool, is the Goddess represented as dancing, with the suggestion of Harlequin.
The figure is that of a young and slender woman poised exactly upon toetip. She is crowned with the ostrich plumes of Maat, the Egyptian goddess of Justice, and on her forehead is the Uraeus serpent, Lord of Life and Death. She is masked, and her expression shows her secret intimate satisfaction in her domination of every element of dis-equilibrium in the Universe. This condition is symbolized by the Magic Sword which she holds in both hands, and the balances or spheres in which she weighs the Universe, Alpha the First balanced exactly against Omega the Last. These are the Judex and Testes of Final Judgment; the Testes, in particular, are symbolic of the secret course of judgment whereby all current experience is absorbed, transmuted, and ultimately passed on, by virtue of the operation of the Sword, to further manifestation. This all takes place within the diamond formed by the figure which is the concealed Vesica Piscis through which this sublimated and adjusted experience passes to its next manifestation.
She poises herself before a throne composed of spheres and pyramids (four in number, signifying Law and Limitation) which themselves maintain the same equity that she herself manifests, though on a completely impersonal plane, in the framework within which all operations take place. Outside this again, at the corner of the card, are indicated balanced spheres of light and darkness, and constantly equilibrated rays from these spheres form a curtain, the interplay of all those forces which she sums up and adjudicates.
One must go more deeply into philosophy; the Trump represents The Woman Satisfied. Equilibrium stands apart from any individual prejudices; therefore the title, in France, should rather be Justesse. In this sense, Nature is scrupulously just. It is impossible to drop a pin without exciting a corresponding reaction in every Star. The action has disturbed the balance of the Universe.
This woman-goddess is Harlequin; she is the partner and fulfilment of The Fool. She is the ultimate illusion which is manifestation; she is the dance, many-coloured, many-wiled, of Life itself. Constantly whirling, all possibilities are enjoyed, under the phantom show of Space and Time: all things are real, the soul is the surface, precisely because they are instantly compensated by this Adjustment. All things are harmony and beauty; all things are Truth: because they cancel out.
She is the goddess Maat; she bears upon her nemyss the ostrich feathers of the Twofold Truth.
From this Crown, so delicate that the most faintest breath of thought must stir it, depend, by chains of Cause, the Scales wherein Alpha, the first, is poised in perfect equilibrium with Omega, the last. The scales of the balance are the Two Witnesses in whom shall every word be established. She is therefore to be understood as assessing the virtue of every act and demanding exact and precise satisfaction.
More than this, she is the complete formula of the Dyad; the word AL is the title of the Book of the Law, whose number is 31, the most secret of the numerical keys of that Book. She represents Manifestation, which may always be cancelled out by equilibration of opposites.
She is wrapped in a cloak of mystery, the more mysterious because diaphanous; she is the sphinx without a secret, because she is purely a matter of calculation. In Eastern philosophy she is Karma.
Her attributions develop this thesis. Venus rules the sign of the Balance; and that is to show the formula: "Love is the law, love under will". But Saturn represents above all the element of Time, without which adjustment cannot take place, for all action and re action take place in time, and therefore, time being itself merely a condition of phenomena, all phenomena are invalid because uncompensated.
The Woman Satisfied. From the cloak of the vivid wantonness of her dancing wings issue her hands; they hold the hilt of the Phallic sword of the magician. She holds the blade between her thighs.
This is again a hieroglyph of "Love is the law, love under will". Every form of energy must be directed, must be applied with integrity, to the full satisfaction of its destiny.
This card represents the sign of Libra, ruled by Venus; in it Saturn is exalted. The equilibrium of all things is hereby symbolized. It is the final adjustment in the formula of Tetragrammaton, when the daughter, redeemed by her marriage with the Son, is thereby set up on the throne of the mother; thus, finally, she "awakens the Eld of the All-Father."
In the greatest symbolism of all, however, the symbolism beyond all planetary and Zodiacal considerations, this card is the feminine complement of the Fool, for the letters Aleph Lamed constitute the secret key of the Book of the Law, and this is the basis of a complete qabalistic system of greater depth and sublimity than any other. The details of this system have not yet been revealed. It has been thought right, nevertheless, to hint at its existence by equating the designs of these two cards. Not only therefore, because Libra is a sign of Venus, but because she is the partner of the Fool, is the Goddess represented as dancing, with the suggestion of Harlequin.
The figure is that of a young and slender woman poised exactly upon toetip. She is crowned with the ostrich plumes of Maat, the Egyptian goddess of Justice, and on her forehead is the Uraeus serpent, Lord of Life and Death. She is masked, and her expression shows her secret intimate satisfaction in her domination of every element of dis-equilibrium in the Universe. This condition is symbolized by the Magic Sword which she holds in both hands, and the balances or spheres in which she weighs the Universe, Alpha the First balanced exactly against Omega the Last. These are the Judex and Testes of Final Judgment; the Testes, in particular, are symbolic of the secret course of judgment whereby all current experience is absorbed, transmuted, and ultimately passed on, by virtue of the operation of the Sword, to further manifestation. This all takes place within the diamond formed by the figure which is the concealed Vesica Piscis through which this sublimated and adjusted experience passes to its next manifestation.
She poises herself before a throne composed of spheres and pyramids (four in number, signifying Law and Limitation) which themselves maintain the same equity that she herself manifests, though on a completely impersonal plane, in the framework within which all operations take place. Outside this again, at the corner of the card, are indicated balanced spheres of light and darkness, and constantly equilibrated rays from these spheres form a curtain, the interplay of all those forces which she sums up and adjudicates.
One must go more deeply into philosophy; the Trump represents The Woman Satisfied. Equilibrium stands apart from any individual prejudices; therefore the title, in France, should rather be Justesse. In this sense, Nature is scrupulously just. It is impossible to drop a pin without exciting a corresponding reaction in every Star. The action has disturbed the balance of the Universe.
This woman-goddess is Harlequin; she is the partner and fulfilment of The Fool. She is the ultimate illusion which is manifestation; she is the dance, many-coloured, many-wiled, of Life itself. Constantly whirling, all possibilities are enjoyed, under the phantom show of Space and Time: all things are real, the soul is the surface, precisely because they are instantly compensated by this Adjustment. All things are harmony and beauty; all things are Truth: because they cancel out.
She is the goddess Maat; she bears upon her nemyss the ostrich feathers of the Twofold Truth.
From this Crown, so delicate that the most faintest breath of thought must stir it, depend, by chains of Cause, the Scales wherein Alpha, the first, is poised in perfect equilibrium with Omega, the last. The scales of the balance are the Two Witnesses in whom shall every word be established. She is therefore to be understood as assessing the virtue of every act and demanding exact and precise satisfaction.
More than this, she is the complete formula of the Dyad; the word AL is the title of the Book of the Law, whose number is 31, the most secret of the numerical keys of that Book. She represents Manifestation, which may always be cancelled out by equilibration of opposites.
She is wrapped in a cloak of mystery, the more mysterious because diaphanous; she is the sphinx without a secret, because she is purely a matter of calculation. In Eastern philosophy she is Karma.
Her attributions develop this thesis. Venus rules the sign of the Balance; and that is to show the formula: "Love is the law, love under will". But Saturn represents above all the element of Time, without which adjustment cannot take place, for all action and re action take place in time, and therefore, time being itself merely a condition of phenomena, all phenomena are invalid because uncompensated.
The Woman Satisfied. From the cloak of the vivid wantonness of her dancing wings issue her hands; they hold the hilt of the Phallic sword of the magician. She holds the blade between her thighs.
This is again a hieroglyph of "Love is the law, love under will". Every form of energy must be directed, must be applied with integrity, to the full satisfaction of its destiny.
777 for key 22
I
Key Scale 22
II
Hebrew Names of Numbers and Letters Lamed
III
English of Col. II. Ox Goad
VI
The Heavens of Assiah Moznaim
VII
English of Col. VI. Libra
VIII
Orders of Qliphoth A’abiriron
X
Mystic Numbers of the Sephiroth 253
XI
Elements (with their Planetary Rulers) Saturn Air Mercury
XII
The Tree of Life Pathjoins 5–6
XIII
The Paths of the Sepher Yetzirah Faithful I.
XIV
General Attribution of Tarot Justice
XV
The King Scale of Colour (y) Emerald green
XVI
The Queen Scale of Colour (h) Blue
XVII
The Emperor Scale of Colour (v) Deep blue-green
XVIII
The Empress Scale of Colour (#) Pale green
XIX
Selection of Egyptian Gods Ma
XX
Complete Practical Attribution of Egyptian Gods Maat
XXII
Small selection of Hindu Deities Yama
XXIII
The Forty Buddhist Meditations Bloated Corpse I
XXXIV
Some Greek Gods Themis, Minos, Aeacus and Rhadamanthus
XXXV
Some Roman Gods Jupiter, [Pluto]
XXXVIII
Animals, Real and Imaginary. Elephant [[Spider]]
XXXIX
Plants, Real and Imaginary Aloe
XL
Precious Stones Emerald
XLI
Magical Weapons The Cup and Cross of Suffering, the
XLII
Perfumes Galbanum
XLIII
Vegetable Drugs Tobacco
XLV
Magical Powers [Western Mysticism] Works of Justice and Equilibrium
XLVIII
Figures related to Pure Number Greek Cross Solid, the Rose (3 + 7 + 12)
XLIX
Lineal Figures of the Planets, &c., and Geomany Puella
LI.II
Numeration of Col. LI. 30
LI.III
English equivalent of Col. LI. L
LIII
The Greek Alphabet Λ λ
CXXXVII
Signs of the Zodiac ♎ Libra
CXXXVIII
Planets ruling Col. CXXXVII. Venus
CXXXIX
Angel Lords of the Triplicity in the Signs by Day Thergebon
CXL
Angel Lords of the Triplicity in the Signs by Night Achodraon
CXLI
The Twelve Tribes Asshur
CXLII
Angels ruling Houses Yahel
CXLIII
Twelve Lesser Assistant Angels in the Signs Chedeqiel
CXLVI
Angels of the Decantes (Ascendant). Tarasni
CXLVII
Angels of the Decantes (Succedent). Saharnatz
CXLVIII
Angels of the Decantes (Cadent). Shachdar
CXLIX
Magical Images of the Decans (Ascendant) A dark man, in his right hand a spear and laurel branch and in his left a book
CL
Magical Images of the Decans (Succedent) A man, dark, yet delicious of countenance
CLI
Magical Images of the Decans (Cadent) A man riding on an ass, preceded by a wolf
CLII
Perfumes (Ascendant) Galbanum
CLIII
Perfumes (Succedent) Bofor [?]
CLIV
Perfumes (Cadent) Mortum
CLV
Goetic Demons of Decans by Day (Ascendant) Sallos
CLVI
Magical Images of Col. CLV. Solider with ducal crown riding a crocodile.
CLVII
Goetic Demons of Decans by Day (Succedent) Purson
CLVIII
Magical Images of Col. CLVII. Lion-faced man riding a bear, carrying a viper. Trumpeter with him.
CLIX
Goetic Demons of Decans by Day (Cadent) Marax
CLX
Magical Images of Col. CLIX. Human-faced bull.
CLXI
Goetic Demons &c. by Night (Ascendant) Orobas
CLXII
Magical Images of Col. CLXI. Horse.
CLXIII
Goetic Demons &c. by Night (Succedent) Gamori
CLXIV
Magical Images of Col. CLXIII. Lion on horse, with serpent’s tail, carries in right hand two hissing serpents.
CLXV
Goetic Demons &c. by Night (Cadent) Oso
CLXVI
Magical Images of Col. CLXV. Warrior with ducal crown rides gryphon. Trumpeters.
CLXVII
Egyptian Gods of Zodiac (Asc. Decans) Zeuda
CLXVIII
Egyptian Names of Asc. Decans Serucuth
CLXIX
As Col. CLXVII (Succedent) Omphta
CLXX
As Col. CXVIII (Succendent) Aterechinis
CLXXI
As Col. CXLVII (Cadent) Ophionius
CLXXII
As Col. CXLVIII (Cadent) Arepien
CLXXIII
Genii of the Twelve Hours (Levi) Sialul, Sabrus, Librabis, Mizgitari, Causub, Salilus, Jazar
CLXXV
Hebrew Letters ל
CLXXVI
Numerical Value of Col. CLXXV. 30
CLXXVII
Geomantic Intelligences Zuriel
CLXXIX
Numbers printed on Tarot Trumps 8
CLXXX
Title of Tarot Trumps The Daughter of the Lords of Truth. The Ruler of the Balance.
CLXXXI
Correct Design of Tarot Trumps A conventional figure of Justice with scales and balances
CLXXXII
The Human Body Liver
CLXXXIII
Legendary Orders of Being Fairies, Harpies
CLXXXIV
Numeration of Arabic Alphabet 30
CLXXXV
Numeration of Greek Alphabet 30
CLXXXVI
Diseases (Typical) Kidney disorders