THE FOOL

THE FOOL 

ASTROLOGICAL: Aquarius
PLANET: Uranus
Element: Air

0 - The Fool

Key Words: Possibility, openness, courage, optimism, freedom, carefree, spontaneous, blind faith, beginnings, pure innocence, naivety, transformation, imagination.

Upright:

  • The Fool’s journey, through all 78 cards, learning and integrating the lessons from each.

  • The Fool expects nothing and plans nothing.

  • A lack of fear that comes through living in your own instinctive self.

  • The Fool leaps into the unknown with an open heart.

  • A perfect state of joy and freedom, a total openness to life.

  • The Fool belongs everywhere and anywhere, especially when there is a difficult transition. The Fool urges on despite our fears.

  • The fool responds immediately - constant change and movement.

  • A reminder that life is a continuous dance of experience.

  • Action and movement, without thinking, jumping in with two feet.

  • The Fool is eager, imaginative, and instinctive.

Reversed:

  • Blocking the upright energy.

  • A failure to follow your instincts.

  • Letting fear lead.

  • Depending too much on plans or the advice of others.

  • Recklessness, wildness.

  • Not trusting your unconscious to act as your guide.

  • An awareness that great chances must only be taken at the proper time.

Symbolism:

  • 0 Symbolizes infinite possibility, every moment is a new starting point.

  • Leaping Dog: The forces of nature and the animal self of man in harmony with the spirit who acts from instinct.

  • White Rose: Delicate passion.

  • Bag: Carries one’s experiences but does not control them.

  • Eagle: Symbol of the soaring spirit.

  • Wand: Power, all things are possible, infinite energy before life has constructed boundaries around us.