UPRIGHT: new beginnings, limitless potential, spontaneity, adventure, mindfulness, presence, following your heart
REVERSED: impulsiveness, naivety, blind optimism, fear of new experiences, missed opportunities, struggling to trust and be present
THE FOOL
MAJOR ARCANA KEY 0
Upright Meaning
New beginning filled with limitless potential
Trying something new, beginner mindset
Spontaneity, leap of faith into the unknown, trusting the universe/yourself, free spirit
Mindfulness, living in the moment, being present
Following your heart
The game piece
Spirit
Reversed Meaning
Excess Fool Energy
Impulsiveness
Need to be more cautious and aware of risks
Naivety, blind optimism
Blocked Fool Energy
Fear of new things
Overly cautious
Missing opportunities because of that
Struggling to live in moment, trust universe
Upright fool blocked because of worry, fear, past hurt
“Leap, and the net will appear.”
– John Burroughs
QUESTIONS
What are you afraid of?
Where are you holding yourself back from having fun and diving in?
Are you being too impulsive?
Where are you holding yourself back from having fun and diving in?
Do you need to be more cautious?
Where are you holding yourself back from having fun and diving in?
Be Here Now
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I Trust Myself
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Just Play
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What could go right?
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Be Here Now • I Trust Myself • Just Play • What could go right? •
ACTIONS
Do something that makes you feel foolish initially. For example: perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, dance, sing, do an improv game. Inner Child Work: do something you used to love as a child. reconnect with that version of yourself. watch a movie you haven’t watched since childhood. finger paint. eat mac n cheese. find shapes in the clouds.
Grounding visualization. Meditate with grounding crystls like smoky quartz or hematite. Ground in nature - forest bathe, put your feet in dirt or sand. Write your fears on a piece of paper and burn it. Manifestation ritual - what seeds do you want to plant? Go on a walk and collect seeds and plant them. Try something you’ve never done before, focus on having fun and exploring, not perfection or final result —- bake something new, take a class, try a new art project (tie dying? linoleum block printing?)
Go on an adventure - set aside a couple hours, or half a day, or a full day, just to explore, wander, be spontaneous, don’t plan, follow your gut, bring a talisman to represent the Fool and remind you — a dandelion? some citrine. Take a leap of faith — what have you been putting off doing and what’s one small (or big) step you can safely take today?