The Fool Tarot Card Meaning

The Zero of the Major Arcana - It can be the first or last card of the story depending on how you look at it. Major Arcana is often considered as the Fool’s journey through life.

The Story of The Fool

The story of the Major Arcana in the Raider White Deck is that of a child being born, and as the soul enters this world it chooses to forget much of the universal knowledge it had accumulated. The child enters the world with curiosity and innocence, blindly putting faith in what it once knew to be true. The task ahead is to re-learn the challenges of life, while trying to maintain faith in the universal power. Life will reward him for opportunity's take.

The Fool's General Meaning

The Fool represents the first step towards knowledge, peace and liberation. This card depicts a traveler standing at the edge of a cliff holding a rose in one hand and in the other a small bundle of possessions. A small white dog nips at his heels, this is often symbolic of reality nipping at his heels!This bag which is attached to his wand is symbolic of his past lessons and experiences. He is gazing up into the heavens as if he’s expecting the universe or God to support him.

The sun shines brightly behind him and reflects the snow covered mountains behind him. He is living for the moment. Highly involved in the present moment. People who dwell on the past or fear the future consider him to be foolish. We cannot change the past and the present creates the future. What we eel decide to do and feel at this moment is somthing we have control over.

The Fool doesn't know where he is going and doesn't care!

The general meaning of The Fool is a card of fresh starts and new beginnings.It is a card for spontaneous action. A positive card for travel, suggesting a connection with life.

He represents the mystical cleverness within us and the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world.

The Fool can often appear when you are faced with a decision that others have warned against taking but you are willing to take the risk.

Take the risk. The road of the fool is spontaneous and will be cleared as you travel down this path. It is about having faith in your intuition, and just going with the flow of life.

The Fool indicates that anything can happen and the opportunities are just waiting to be taken advantage of.

Colour Meaning

The predominant colours in this card are yellow and blue with hints of red throughout. Yellow symbolizes an intellectual approach to situations and shows mental curiosity and logical thought. The blue of the mountains represents harmony and spiritual understanding. It shows intellect combined with spirituality encompassing life's bigger picture. Red shows an eagerness to life and the approaching challenges.

The Fool Reversed

When reversed, The Fool can suggest that commitment is required of you but you seek to be free from responsibility. It can show a failure to act upon your intuition or an avoidance of life's responsibility's. If you seek an easy way out, this is not the time.

When you pay to much heed of other peoples advice and are blinded by set plans and what is believed to be right, you can ignore your own instincts and gut feeling.

The Fool reversed appears often when opportunities have passed by with no action or making decisions when the timing was inappropriate.

It is about using your own judgement and understanding of a situation and not relying to much on other peoples advice.