Two cards in conversation

Justice + Page of Swords

People often bring two cards with a question about what will happen. Olivia reads a pair as a conversation instead: what each card brings, and what appears between them.

  • A Major and a Minor

Five ways to read this pair

Try one lens at a time. Write a sentence for each before you read anyone else’s version.

  1. Story

    Read Justice first, then Page of Swords, as two scenes of one story. What changes between them?

  2. Contrast

    Where do Justice and Page of Swords pull in different directions, and what does each ask of you?

  3. One colours the other

    Let Page of Swords describe the way of Justice, as an adjective describes a noun. Then swap them.

  4. A shared symbol

    No carved symbol is shared here. Look for a gesture, a direction or a colour the two images have in common.

  5. Number, suit and element

    A Major and a Minor: the Major can name the theme, the Minor shows where it turns up in ordinary days.

One reader’s version

Justice weighs; the Page investigates. Together they point toward fair inquiry: gathering evidence before judging, hearing more than one side of a story, and letting what you find change your view when it honestly should.

Written for the page of Page of Swords