Tarot Card Meanings - The Fool

Tarot Card Meanings - The Fool

This is going to be the first in a series of articles on Tarot Card meanings. I thought it would be great to start with the Major Arcana since they are without a doubt the most interesting of the cards. It is my hope that after reading this series you'll have a deeper understanding of the meaning of these cards. There is a lot more to them than just what's on the surface.

Each card in the Tarot deck has multiple meanings, depending on whether the card is in its upright position or reversed. We'll be covering both positions in this series of articles.

The Fool is the first card in the Major Arcana set. It is card number zero. The fool is one of the few cards in the Tarot deck that can almost be taken literally, though not quite. The card symbolizes the choices that we as human beings make in our lives.

Sometimes the choices are wise and beneficial, and at other times they are foolish and destructive. But more importantly, The Fool is a card that signifies that we are at a crossroads in our life. We can choose to follow the wise path or we can follow a path that will lead us to certain destruction.

In the upright position, the card itself signifies that we have not yet made that decision in our lives and thus it is time to do so. In the reverse position, there is a greater chance that the decision has already been made and in most likelihood, that decision was not the correct one.

This could also signify that you are concerned about the decision that you made. You need to listen to and follow your own heart instead of listening to what others tell you to do. You need to stop and look at how things are at this present time and honestly answer if you are happy with the way things have gone.

Like the rest of the Major Arcana, The Fool deals with a higher plane of existence. These cards don't deal with the trivial day to day matters of our lives. They are more spiritual in nature. So when this card falls in reverse, it is not asking you if you are content with the menial chore you performed at work or school. It is asking you if you are truly happy with the direction your life in general is going.

So often we get caught up in the day to day little things. We end up forgetting what is truly important in our lives. The Fool is a reminder to us that we sometimes need to take a step back and truly evaluate where our lives are going. When this card falls in the tenth position of a Celtic Cross spread, basically what it is saying to us is that the final outcome of our question is really up to us, that we are in control of our own destiny in this matter.

The Fool is probably the most deeply reflective of all the Major Arcana cards because it really makes us take a look at ourselves and the person that we are.

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Steven Wagenheim

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