I have said that this symbol is essentially invariable in all Tarot sets, or at least the variations do not alter its character. The great angel is here encompassed by clouds, but he blows his bannered trumpet, and the cross as usual is displayed on the banner. The dead are rising from their tombs--a woman on the right, a man on the left hand, and between them their child,whose back is turned. But in this card there are more than three who are restored, and it has been thought worth while to make this variation as illustrating the insufficiency of current explanations. It should be noted that all the figures are as one in the wonder, adoration and ecstasy expressed by their attitudes. It is the card which registers the accomplishment of the great work of transformation in answer to the summons of the Supernal--which summons is heard and answered from within. 

Herein is the intimation of a significance which cannot well be carried further in the present place. What is that within us which does sound a trumpet and all that is lower in our nature rises in response-- almost in a moment, almost in the twinkling of an eye? Let the card continue to depict, for those who can see no further, the last Judgment and the resurrection in the natural body; but let those whose who have inward eyes look and discover therewith. They will understand that it has been called truly in the past a card of eternal life, and for this reason it may be compared with that which passes under the name of Temperance.--A.E. Waite

Judgement forces us to confront the consequences of our actions, physical and mental. Patterns created throughout life now solidify and are held up for evaluation. The final reckoning has come, whether one is ready for it or not.
In a day to day sense, Judgement indicates a transformation or breakthrough. A sense of suffocating frustration gives way to fresh air and problems solved. Abilities that have been hidden come to light. One is permeated with a delightful feeling of renewal, of rebirth and rejuvenation.--Jean Huets

The trumpet awakens the soul for resurrection. The banner has the cross of equal sides, a reconciliation of opposites and unity of man and woman; God and earth. ... This is a card of judgements, reunions, new life, a future based on the past although completely free from it.--Susan Hansson

She has arrived at the point of entering the last dimension and can choose to go back or continue onward.This is perhaps the most intimate image offered by the creator of the Ancestral Path Tarot. It came to Julie in a dream: "I actually experienced this card. And what I get from this is that the final judgment is ours--that we go on when we're ready to go on . . . ."--Tracey Hoover

Card 20 also stands for the feelings that come with "salvation." When the angel calls, you are reborn - cleansed of all guilts and burdens. The past and its mistakes are behind you, and you are ready to begin anew. You may even feel a calling - a personal conviction of what you were meant to do. If you are in a low period, in need of hope and absolution, Judgement can show you that renewal is at hand.--Joan Bunning

. . . alteration of vision, here and now, so that through all things in this world the radiance of the Kingdom should be recognized as present, forever, world without end.--Joseph Campbell

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