The Fool
The Fool signifies new beginnings, potential, and the start of a personal or spiritual journey driven by spontaneity and intuition. It encourages breaking from convention and taking creative risks while trusting your instincts or guiding forces. The card also cautions against carelessness and warns that obstacles or personal fears may block progress. Reversed, it points to infantile, reckless, or avoidant behavior that wastes energy, and as a quick answer it indicates ambiguity and that it is too early to be definitive.
Keywords
Upright
New beginnings, something new. Unexpected turn of events and circumstances. It's the very beginning of the Way, where the Fool can choose to proceed in any direction. Spiritual growth and self-improvement. Potential. Spontaneous, intuitive behavior. Journey.
Card's advice
Break out from the conventional way of doing things; go in a new, creative direction. Take risks; trust your instincts and the "higher forces."
The warning
Don't be too careless. Something may be blocking you from making progress on your personal journey.
Reverse
Infantile, reckless and/or irresponsible behavior. Waste of time and energy because of inconsiderate and impulsive actions. An unpleasant surprise. Unwilling to see the real state of events due to personal fears and worries.
Quick Answer
Very unlikely. The situation is ambiguous and it's too early to definitively say something about it.
Visual Description
A brightly dressed fool in a jester's motley balances at the very edge of a cliff with one foot raised as if about to step forward. He wears a floppy cap with bells, carries a long staff over his shoulder with a tied red knapsack, and grasps a short wand topped with a jester's head. A small white dog leaps at his feet, mountains rise in the background, and a sun occupies the upper corner; a ribbon at the base reads the Russian word "Шут".
Old Style tarot
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