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[[File:20 Judgement.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of Judgement from various Tarot decks]] | [[File:20 Judgement.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of Judgement from various Tarot decks]] | ||
'''Judgement''' is the 20th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. | '''Judgement''' is the 20th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. | ||
It is associated with the [[qlippoth]] of [[Lilith (qlippoth)|Lilith]] ("Queen of Night") on the [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] [[Tree of Death]]. | |||
The card corresponds to the element of [[Fire (element)|fire]]. | |||
==Rider-Waite Depiction== | ==Rider-Waite Depiction== | ||
In the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]], artist [[Pamela Colman Smith]] depicted Judgement as a great angel surrounded by clouds blowing a bannered trumpet. Below, the dead are rising from their tombs—a woman on the right, a man on the left, and between them their child, whose back is turned. But in this card there are more than three who are restored. It should be noted that all the figures look upward in the wonder, adoration and ecstasy expressed. | In the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]], artist [[Pamela Colman Smith]] depicted Judgement as a great angel surrounded by clouds blowing a bannered trumpet. Below, the dead are rising from their tombs—a woman on the right, a man on the left, and between them their child, whose back is turned. But in this card there are more than three who are restored. It should be noted that all the figures look upward in the wonder, adoration and ecstasy expressed. | ||
This scene is modeled after [[Christianity|Christian]] imagery of the Resurrection and Last Judgement. An [[angel]], possibly [[Metatron]], | This scene is modeled after [[Christianity|Christian]] imagery of the Resurrection and Last Judgement. An [[angel]], possibly [[Metatron]], has a trumpet, from which hangs the flag of St. George, which references the 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians. | ||
==Symbolism== | ==Symbolism== | ||