An honest accountA debt paidIncenseWineA measure checked
Invocation Approach
Tone
Precise and cool
Address
AequitasEquityThe Fair Measure
Relationship
The scale that is the same for both parties
Warning
She is equity and not leniency
Resonance
Those making an account settling a debt or judging between two
Symbols
The scalesThe cornucopiaThe measuring rodThe coin
Mythology Summary
Aequitas is the Roman concept and personification of equity - fairness, even measure, the honest scale - and Cicero gives a tripartite account of it, dividing it into pietas toward the gods, sanctitas toward the dead and iustitia toward other people. As a divine personification she belongs to the vocabulary of the imperial cult, appearing as Aequitas Augusti on coins with scales and cornucopia, and aequitas was also a working principle of Roman law and of the mint's honest measure. She has no temple and no festival that we know of, and no mythology at all.
Modern Practice
Aequitas is invoked when something has to be divided or accounted for: a settlement, a bill, a shared house, a judgement between two people. Her practice is the honest measure - the same scale for both sides - and it is not the same thing as being kind.