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Judgment

This is a time when the student looks back on their journey in learning the Tarot. The mistakes they've made along the way become lessons rather than issues stimulating feelings of guilt, embarrassment and regret. Students acknowledge that the journey to Tarot readership is not without pitfalls, temptations, and mis-readings. They have done readings for others that have not been accurate, or honest and forthright. Along the way they may have inflated their ability to others, sugar-coated readings to please or protect the client, or simply made errors in interpretation. This struggle to self-acceptance, releasing their propensity to self-judge, leads to a re-birth. Some students may leave their Tarot cards alone for a period of time, perhaps even years at this stage. In time, successfully disengaging the power of these regrets will open the student to continuing once again along the path to readership. Judgment is a stage of accounting, balancing, and ultimately acceptance. It is a vital stage to complete before the final achievement of professional readership symbolized by the World card.