Sunday, January 02, 2005

Is this good or bad?

The Fool Card
You are the Fool card. The Fool fearlessly begins
the journey into the unknown. To do this, he
does not regard the world he knows as firm and
fixed. He has a seemingly reckless disregard
for obstacles. In the Ryder-Waite deck, he is
seen stepping off a cliff with his gaze on the
sky, and a rainbow is there to catch him. In
order to explore and expand, one must disregard
convention and conformity. Those in the throes
of convention look at the unconventional,
non-conformist personality and think What a
fool. They lack the point of view to understand
The Fool's actions. But The Fool has roots in
tradition as one who is closest to the spirit
world. In many tribal cultures, those born with
strange and unusual character traits were held
in awe. Shamans were people who could see
visions and go on journeys that we now label
hallucinations and schizophrenia. Those with
physical differences had experience and
knowledge that the average person could not
understand. The Fool is God. The number of the
card is zero, which when drawn is a perfect
circle. This circle represents both emptiness
and infinity. The Fool is not shackled by
mountains and valleys or by his physical body.
He does not accept the appearance of cliff and
air as being distinct or real. Image from: Mary
DeLave http://www.marydelave.com/


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4 Comments:

Blogger Gill said...

Looks good to me! It obviously doesn't mean 'stupid person' in a tarot context, as it does in some others. The orignial court fools were an evolution of druidic bards I think - and they were some of the most venerated people in society. Do you think the quizilla description fits you? I don't know you well enough to say! Mine fitted me I think.

7:35 am  
Blogger dottyspots said...

Not bad at all :0)

5:23 pm  
Blogger Jax Blunt said...

Don't know, but apparently it's me too.

Not sure how accurate it is though - I think it might be how I used to be, but I've been more fearful than fearless since I've had children, and I think that's been hampering all of us.

6:13 pm  
Blogger Rosie said...

I dont know, Jax, I think it takes a lot of guts to do everything that you do ;o)
As for me, I think it's not about fearlessness, more a case of having to do what I have to do.

6:26 pm  

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