The Judge

hang on, one way or the other you’ll have to put yourself on the line

Symbols

Goat, Wolf, Pollard Tree, White Picket Fence, Thistles, Pink Moon, Lunar Eclipse, Mountain, Nightfall, Early Spring

Keywords

Idealism: perfectionist, excellence, purity, innocence, correction, seeing things in black and white, saint or sinner, all-or-nothing, exaggeration, hubris

Judgement: opinion, criticism, evaluation, law, discernment, unforgiving, judgmental, being hard on oneself or others, tough love, chastise, blame, contempt, punishment, persecution, scapegoat

Integrity: ethics, morality, restraint, line not to be crossed, uncompromising, rigidity, indignation, misconduct, offense, sin, guilt, shame

Examples

Movie Clips & Videos:

The Two Popes – Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce

I shouldn't have – Fantastic Mr. Fox

Not fair to judge – A Serious Man

I Am Not An Evil Man – A Serious Man,
Loss of innocence – Pleasantville,
Search for purity and the primitive – Paul Gauguin,
I'm Trapped, Neil's Father's, Scene analysis – Dead Poet Society,
The Laws of God and Man, Apollo vs Dionysus - Joseph Campbell

TV Shows:
Breaking Bad - How a Man Becomes Evil,
The Good Place - Ethics in Modern Society,
Enlightened – Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough

Podcasts:
It's All About the Jeffersons, Family Trial, Run On Sentence,
The Greatest Moment I Ever Saw On a Stage,
Everyone's a Critic, My Bad (This American Life),
Splitting: Understanding What Divides Us (This Jungian Life)

"According to Christian teaching, evil does not exist and if one is innocent everything will be all right. But Christianity by being misinterpreted in this way has made us all infantile and has robbed us of our sound instinctual attitude toward life. We all try to be innocent sheep, and then we are of course helpless. There we link up with... a certain kind of wrong Christian attitude where one is innocent so nothing can happen, for the protecting angels will apparently care for you. But reality contradicts this kind of teaching because in this world and in nature innocence does not help. It invites the wolves."

–M. L. Von Franz, The Puer Aeternus Problem, p. 175.

Writings:
Putting your self on the line and playing a part in your story,
Brand new fable in progress: it’s a goat!, The Opposite of Shame,
Toxic Families: How the Scapegoated Child Gets Chosen,
5 Must-Read Books on the Psychology of Being Wrong,
Scapegoating: Why We Blame Others For Our Problems,
The Good Guy/Bad Guy Myth, I'm Ok – You're Not Ok

Good and Evil, Sin, Guilt, Scapegoating, Father Complex, Justice, Woke,
Honor, Hubris, Perfectionism, Ego Ideal, Splitting, Guilt Culture, Morality,
Abuse, Law of the Jungle, Transgression, Judgement, Responsibility,
Just-World Hypothesis, Tragedy, Revenge, Nemesis, Frontier Mentality

Preys and predators – Zootopia

Literature:
La Chèvre de Mr Séguin (Mr Seguin's Goat) - Alphonse Daudet
(The story that inspired this card)

"The poor thing. High up on her perch, she thought she was bigger than the world. In all, it was a grand day for our little Blanquette. Suddenly, a cold wind blew over the mountains. The vista turned a rosy purple – and then, it was night. “Already!” said the little goat, a little bit suprised. She began to shiver. Then there was a terrible howl echoing in the mountain! She thought of the wolf. All day long she didn’t think of him but now…"

Songs:
L'Exil – L'Heptade (Harmonium),
Pink Moon – Nick Drake (inspiration for the pink moon in my drawing)

I saw it written and I saw it say
Pink moon is on its way

And none of you stand so tall
Pink Moon's gonna get you all