Tarot Tuesday-A new beginning:
I’ve decided to begin at (what some believe is) the beginning of the Major Arcana of the Tarot here in Thorne’s World, beginning this week. I’m going to go through the deck one card per week, sharing with you my general impressions of each card.
It’s not done yet, but I’ll be adding a Tarot Page up there on the nav-bar where I’ll archive the tarot posts as I go, and where I’d love to include your comments and interpretations of the cards as well. Maybe we can create a little database of tarot impressions, but I need your help, so please comment!
The Fool (0, 22)
When I see The Fool I always think of the innocence of childhood. The Fool is not stupid or foolish; rather she is full of wonder and absolutely without preconceived notions. I don’t think of The Fool as childish; rather as childlike. She is open to receiving and experiencing life and beauty and vision and her world from a place without judgment or cynicism.
The Fool still believes in Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. She knows that magick is real- after all doesn’t she take flight whenever she runs fast and sings loud? Doesn’t she see animals and castles in the clouds and find fairies where adults see only fireflies?
When the Fool card presents in a reading or a single card meditation ask yourself if you are meeting the issue at hand with contempt borne of so-called common sense. If you take yourself too seriously. If you are coming from a place of fear or insecurity or stuck in your intellect.
Can you find your innocence regarding the issue at hand? Can you accept the wonder and beauty that is you and the world around you? Can you embrace the journey for the journey’s sake and let go of the destination? Can you view the situation through the eyes of a child?
The Fool is a perceiving or perception card, and can be a journeying or awakening card if you embrace it.
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I love being Foolish, and try very hard to maintain a Fool outlook, but it’s important to remember in reading that sometimes the Fool is a warning not to leap without looking.
Oh, Deb… You are so right! And I sometimes am indeed fool-ish in that way. Thanks for reminding me!
I think the Foolish card describes me in a lot of ways! I’ve always been fascinated by those cards, but they freak out my mother something fierce. Don’t know why!!
By the way, I’m loving the new look on your blog!!! FabUlous!!!
the fool represents the number 0 the moment before creation, the endless cycles and circles of life. Unexplored potential infinite possibilities. To remind us of the child with in us that sees innocence and imagination. to take a leap of faith travel the path that is unexplored and may be presented to us as a change where many things can happen.
I like how you worded this: She is open to receiving and experiencing life and beauty and vision and her world from a place without judgment or cynicism.
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