Kalevala Tarot - Judgement
By Kalervo Aaltonen & Taina Pailos
US Games Systems

Card 20 shows a white-haired man with a long beard, flying through the air. He wears a large pendant, white shirt and pants, and a purple cape. He points and looks to the ground. People rise from the ground, and from a coffin lying on the surface. The people are all naked. It appears to be a shoreline. Rocks lie on the ground. The character name is Ukko.

LWB: Rely on your own judgement, no one else's, to decide your priorities.

Ukko is a thunder god, the sky personified. In spite of references to his "supreme god" status, there really is no hierarchy.

Judgement is the final decision, no appeal, no going back. No new information is to be admitted. I always think of legal stuff when I see this card. Judgement is also different from Justice; they are separate arms of What Is Right. Right or wrong, it's at least over.

kerry