Fool
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[edit] History and Iconography
[edit] Suggested Divinatory Meanings
The fool represents the newly incarnated soul, a blank slate free of the imprints it is soon to receive from the society of men. When pairing the tarot cards by the pattern extending from 0-I, XXI-II, XX-III, XIX-IV etc. which creates a circular cycle, we notice interesting affinities in each resultant pair. In this case the close connection between the spiritual adept, or magician, and the fool becomes apparent. The Magician is the wise soul which channels energy from the higher sacred to the mundane physical (notice the flow from upheld right hand to downward pointing left in the Rider-Waite deck) and becomes incarnated as the fool, temporarily deluded into foolishly thinking he knows nothing. But all the tools of the magicians table (pentacles, wands, swords, and cups) are in his bag, so he potentialy has the magicians ultimate power. Also, notice the fools stance on earth, suspended between the celestial yellow above and equally sacred blue (possibly representing subconscious, or water), below.
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Numeral : usually left un-numbered (though many 20th century decks number it zero)
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[edit] In other languages
- Dutch: Dwaas
- French: Le Mat, Le Fou, Le Fol
- German: Der Narr
- Hungarian: Bolond
- Italian: Il Matto, Il Folle
- Portuguese: O Louco
- Spanish: El Loco, El Bufón
