The Fool
Illustration: (Waite) The Fools face is turned upward and it expresses energy and optimism. He is brightly clad and is just stepping out on his adventure. He has a small pack and a staff. A small dog follows him. He is walking straight at an edge and seems to pay no attention to where his path leads.
(Toth) This card shows a young man clad in green. This fellow symbolizes the Green Man of Spring, Parsifal, Harpocrates and Hercules. He fills the whole card. He has the horns of Bacchus and the Minor Arcana accoutrements. He is attached (or caressed) by two creatures, the tiger and the crocodile. Other symbols on this card is the lotus of Harpocrates, Dionysian pine cone, grapes and ivy, a spiral rainbow, a vulture of Maat, dove of Venus, butterfly, winged globe with twin serpents, twin infants and a radiant Sun.
Kabbalistic meaning The fool symbolizes the 11. path, Chokmah - Kether. It's letter is Aleph, symbolized by the Ox. Other symbols is that of Air, as the fool is the spirit of Ether.
Kabbalistic Colors Bleak, light yellow, Sky blue, Emeraldblue, Emeraldspottet gold.
Has no planetary or zodiacal ruler.
Divinatory Meaning: They say that the Fool is the most potent, most volatile card in the deck. It has all four elements and the danger lies in lighthearted folly and a willingness to take leaps out into the unknown. A lack of discipline, a rashness and foolhardiness which needs to be controlled by effort of will. The fool doesn't know what lies ahead but is willing to find it out. This card can also indicate a fresh start and new beginnings.
The fool is a paradox. He is wise and at the same time a fool. He is a person looking for all and everything but don't know where to start but to put his foot infront of his other foot and so on.
The attaching animal should bee seen as the material world leaping at the spiritual world.
Reverse Meaning: An ill-advised choice. Inability to make a balanced decision. Carelessness. Vanity and apathy.
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