Justice is the 11th Major Arcana card.  It represents balance, maintaining your equilibrium and having the courage to face the truth.  It can also symbolize the need for rational well-thought-out decisions and the ability to be fair in the distribution of the wealth and to determine where resources should be allocated for the good of everyone.  Justice usually represents a sense of fair-play, of balance and equality.  

Gail Fairfield - "Positive:  It's appropriate to establish equilibrium.  Understanding all sides of the issue at hand, you can  play a role in keeping things balanced.  You can be fair to all points of view.  You may be in the process of establishing a balance between two polarized factions or issues.
Upright:  You are creating an observable balance of power, energy, or material possessions between yourself and others.  You may also be creating balance among others - doing some arbitration for them."

Looking at these cards for some reason the first word that popped into my head is forthrightness.  Something about both these figures gives one a sense of someone who is forthright; just but maybe not always fair.  It's always been one of our challenges when dealing with the concept of justice - it may be just but it doesn't always seem fair.  For example when evidence that a defendant committed some type of illegal activity is disallowed in the courtroom because it was obtained through illegal means.  This is just, otherwise our civil right would be trampled in the effort to acquire evidence, but we may feel it is unfair because we "know" the defendant is a criminal.

I realize this is one of the reasons I enjoy Andrew Vachss' Burke series and Dennis Lehane's Kenzie/Gennaro series of books.  In both cases the protagonists often know facts about some of the seedier characters in the story but they would not be able to prove these facts in a legal forum.  As a result they often decide to take action and strike a blow for their own brand of justice.  Of course in these stories the protagonists are usually correct and are actually executing street justice on reprehensible criminals.  In real life things don't always work out that way.  Witnesses are not always reliable, police are not always incorruptible and the criminal justice system is not fairly applied to all.  The sad truth is that Justice is not really blind.  Well maybe the concept of Justice is but it's application is not.

Drawing this card also made me think of situations when I was not fair or just in my assessment of someone or something.  I have an occasional tendency to make snap judgments - not all the time but there are occasions.  As a result I often react in a what that is not justified by facts because of my "instincts".  On of my less appealing traits is a tendency to be sarcastic and snarky about someone that I do not really know well enough to judge.  Then I learn something that complete changes my perception of this person and I feel like a jackass - not a pleasant feeling I assure you.  Justice might be trying to gently remind me that it is usually in my best interests to be fair and unbiased when dealing with new or unfamiliar situations or people.  Instead of making snap judgments that I might regret at a later point, it might be more beneficial to take my time and evaluate things.  This will allowed me to make a more informed decision and lower incidences of jackassness.  Something I'm sure will be appreciated by others too.