Tarot The Fool by HH
Concepts/Keywords: Instinct, Beginning, Innervation, Courage, Anticipation, Wonder, Uninhibited, Folly Spontaneity, Vibrancy, Ingenuous, Veridical The card of beginnings, where we encounter the ability to renew and reinvent self
The Fool demonstrates the transpersonal aspects of who we are, expressed outwardly
The Fool hungers for experience and adventure
The Fool has an insatiable lust for life, and greedily rushes to embrace every opportunity
The Fool is a seeker of knowledge
The Fool's goal is to know self, then expand awareness to reach a gnosis
The Fool begins his journey with tentative steps, but filled with the joy of discovery
Beginnings are times of fragility and vulnerability
The Fool needs to pay close attention to determine where the soundest footings are; to learn discernment and to develop acumen
Within The Fool's bag-of-tricks are all the lessons to be learned
The Fool radiates the confidence of youth, the determination of the ages, and courage
Courage, that indefinable 'something' that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution, and emerge with zeal and lust intact
Courage may however, be indicative of folly: will The Fool's folly be controlled or reckless? There is an adage that says every journey begins with a single step
Step out, now
Let's look at a single symbol from The Fool's card, the bag tied to his staff
I think that everything The Fool needs to know to learn to understand, and to practice is in that bag
The majority of occult and modern decks portray the Fool as a naive wander, travelling through life on a grand adventure: stepping off into an unknown land, Tarot
What IS in his bag of tricks? Four magical symbols, a wand, a cup, a sword, a coin are tucked within
At this point of his sojourn the symbols have little meaning aside from their mundane use, however he is aware on some level that they are important to him and to completing his journey to the World
The symbols retain their power, await the opportunity to demonstrate their spiritual use
Who is the Fool? Why, I am!
Now, watch that cliff (the symbol for a division of worlds) and get ready to Tarot on!
It's in the cards! HH
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*Traditional* Fools by HH
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