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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 03:00 PM Nov 2013

Card of the Day: The Fool



Here is a youth gently stepping off a cliff while a dog barks at his heals. He possesses a purse that is attached at the end of a staff, slung over his right shoulder while holding a white rose in his left hand. He is looking up at the heavens and not where he is about to step in to.

The staff, or wand, as this deck likes to call them, is the young person's will. On the end of the staff is a purse which contains his riches, the knowledge, wisdom, karma, and memories; all of which are slung over his back as he walks away from them, yet still carries them with him. He is delicately hold the white rose, a symbol that he is free from the baser desires, but could drop it at any moment.

This is a card of taking that first step. Letting go. The start of a journey. Making a choice in life, one that will affect the rest of that life.

Okay people, I know that there is much more to see in this card so please let me know: What do you see?
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Card of the Day: The Fool (Original Post) icymist Nov 2013 OP
I'm curious about the dog. murielm99 Nov 2013 #1
Those are good questions. icymist Nov 2013 #2
I want to join in with more questions Sanity Claws Nov 2013 #3
i use a different deck moonbeam23 Nov 2013 #4
The fool represents libodem Nov 2013 #5

murielm99

(31,411 posts)
1. I'm curious about the dog.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 12:27 AM
Nov 2013

Why is it there? Is it playing and frolicking, or is it warning him? What will it do when he takes his step off the cliff?

icymist

(15,888 posts)
2. Those are good questions.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 05:33 AM
Nov 2013

Indeed, the dog does look like it's playing and frolicking. Why is the dog white? Why does the youth have his back to the sun? Why is the sun even in the card unless it means something?

Sanity Claws

(22,027 posts)
3. I want to join in with more questions
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:32 AM
Nov 2013

What do the snow-capped mountain peaks in the background mean?
The Fool is on a rocky ledge that appears to be elevated. There must be a valley between himself and the mountain peaks. What does that mean?

moonbeam23

(337 posts)
4. i use a different deck
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 05:23 PM
Nov 2013

so the picture details don't mean as much to me...but when that card turns up in a reading, it usually means that the person is either feeling alone in a situation or is about to go off on their own, as in a relationship breakup, or is about to start a risky new adventure, like a move into a strange place or starting a new business...it depends on the rest of the reading...

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