About the Card
English Name(s)
The Angel, Judgement
Correspondences
- Grand Etteilla: Card Number 16
- Tarot de Marseille: Trump XX
Image Description
A winged Harlequin blowing on a trumpet rises through the air. He wears a large circular hat that resembles a halo, a dark red mask, and a red and black diamond costume. Three other masked Commedia dell’Arte characters sit in a hold below and look up at him: Columbia in a red and black diamond-patterned dress with her hands on her chest, crying Pierrot in white, and bearded Pantalon reclining in his red cap and vest.
Further Notes
Colombina (on the bottom left of the card) was a maid character. She was the wife of Pierrot and Arlecchino was her lover. Pierrot (in the bottom center of the card) is the archetypal white clown or sad clown, and has gained as much popularity as Arlecchino himself. Pantalon (bottom right) was an old man and a famous miser.
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Meanings
Upright
Judgement, true judgement, good judgement, sane judgement, fair judgement, discernment, intelligence, reason, understanding, conception, view, thought, comparison, deliberation, opinion, feeling, false judgement, last judgement.
Reversed
Judgement, decision, decree, ruling, legal outcome, arbitration, pacification, weak judgement, weak spirit, pusillanimity, injustice, madness.