Major Arcana
Justice
fairness, honesty, balance, accountability
Upright
Equity, rightness and probity define this card. A seated figure holds balanced scales and an upright sword between two pillars. It asks for an honest weighing and a clear decision.
In a workplace dispute or a family argument, list the facts on each side, including those that hurt your case, and act on what is fair. Waite mentions victory in law. This card is no forecast of any legal result, so bring real cases to a qualified lawyer.
Reversed
Legal complications, bias and excessive severity appear on this side. None of that predicts a legal outcome, and a lawyer can tell you where you actually stand.
As a reading, the scales have tipped. Someone may be judging harshly or with favorites, and that someone could be you. Reread the last decision you made in anger. Ask what you would say if a stranger had done the same, then correct what you can.
A card is a prompt for reflection. It cannot promise a result, and it is no substitute for medical, legal or financial advice.
In Waite's words
Upright: Equity, rightness, probity, executive; triumph of the deserving side in law.
Reversed: Law in all its departments, legal complications, bigotry, bias, excessive severity.
From A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), Part 3, on Wikisource. The meanings above are by Cast & Chart.
Card art by Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.