Traditionally Judgment represents a time of returning to the light after experiencing the darkness.  It is a card of rebirth, renewal and rejuvenation; of healing and transformation.  It can also be seen as a wake-up call telling us that our perspective on life is about to change and wake us up to new ways of looking at things.   It may represent experiencing natural growth and maturation; an old phase of your life ending because you are ready and mature enough to move forward.  Things are maturing at their natural pace and now you are transitioning into a new phase of your life so it's time to celebrate.

"Negative:  The things that are naturally growing and maturing are not to your advantage.  You may feel like you want to slow things down or speed them up - the natural or normal progression of things is just not right for you.  If you let things develop at their own pace and in their own style, you probably won't be pleased with the results.
Reversed:  Your personal biological or psychological timing mechanisms are signalling a new phase in your life.  You may be reaching puberty or getting gray hairs.  You could be growing up on an emotional level.  You're recognizing that you're experiencing a personal rite of passage." - Gail Fairfield

In many ways, drawing Judgment reversed today seems to be an affirmation of the inner shifts and changes I've been sensing within myself.  I always feel very jazzed and revitalized after attending Readers Studio.  And I often end up making promises to myself that I do not keep, rather like New Year's resolutions.  But this year something has changed.  Something new is in the air for me.  I feel more focused and determined.  I want to be successful in my Tarot business. I had one of those epiphany moments at RS 2011.  I was sitting there in a room filled with Tarot professionals and realized that I did belong there.  I wasn't there under false pretenses.  I had worked hard to earn my place in this talented group of people.  Now I want to make it clear that at no time has anyone at Readers Studio or any other Tarot event I've attended ever made me feel less than welcome.  It was an internal blockage left over from my childhood - I never truly felt like part of the gang.  I was always different, the oddball, and I had no idea why.  I was simply being myself.  I was incapable of trying to be someone else just to have friends.  

So when I found myself in a room full of people who not only accepted me for myself but even celebrated my very uniqueness, it lit a spark inside me.  I do have something to offer the world and now I need to actually manifest it.  I've keep myself in darkness too long.  It's time to bring my true self into the light and celebrate by dancing in the sun's radiant rays.  Other readers will see different things than I do in the same cards and that's wonderful.  It's an expansion of my world view not a negation of it.

So it's time to stop passing judgment on myself as unworthy.  I am worthy and the best way to accept and celebrate this is by getting my behind in gear and putting the word out there.  This is my personal rite of passage and I think I'm going to have a party to celebrate!!