Symbolon Deck

23 DON QUIXOTE/THE ABSOLUTE FOOL

Brief Description

This card represents the dreamer who has become disconnected from reality, living in fantasies of heroism and idealized visions. Like Don Quixote tilting at windmills, it embodies the tension between noble aspirations and practical limitations. The card speaks to both the beauty of imagination and the danger of losing oneself in illusions. It calls for balance between dreams and reality, suggesting that while rest and fantasy have their place, one must eventually return to the waking world.

Keywords

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Keywords

Tilting at windmills, losers, sleeping soldier, lack of energy, dreams of heroism, Percival (a learned astronomer who spent most of his life searching for a non-existent planet).

Card Description

Astrological Correspondence

Aries/Pisces

Planets

Mars/Neptune.

Archetypes

Warrior + Angel. Don Quixote.

Picture

An old, weary warrior sleeps, leaning against a tree. The hero is tired and fantasizes about how young and strong he is. He wears tattered clothes, and beside him lies a chipped sword.

The Dream Vision

But in his dreams he sees himself as a knight in shining armor. The card embodies our dreams of heroism and great deeds. The warrior creates his ideal image in dreams. He has completely withdrawn from reality (for example, into computer reality), lives in his imaginary world, full of illusions about himself.

Symbols and Colors

The sleeping warrior - fatigue. Torn clothing - lack of energy. The knight - dreams of heroism.

Card Meanings in a Spread

Positive meanings: making plans for the future, striving for perfection. Negative meanings: detachment from reality, illusions, defeat, fatigue.

Card for the Day

The person will be detached from reality, may perform strange actions. The person will live this day in their illusions and dreams, but will take no real action. On such days one wants to lie down, rest, do nothing and dream of the impossible.

Necessary Actions - What Will Come Easily Today

Today you can live in an imaginary world. Perhaps it's time to rest.

Conclusions to Draw Today

The virtual world is far from reality, though very tempting.

What I Can Learn Today

To dream, fantasize, make plans about your future.

How to Behave Among Your Circle

Your environment will perceive you as Don Quixote today. You can allow yourself to perform strange actions.

Motive

Striving for the ideal, escaping from reality. To exhaust the situation to zero.

Inner Desire

One wants to feel like a hero.

State

Vagueness, blurriness, idealization. The person lives in illusions.

Process

Virtual. In imagination.

In Dreams

In dreams.

Relationships

Usually this card appears for someone who has no partner but dreams of meeting their other half. In dreams they create an ideal image that doesn't exist in real life.

Idealized Love

This card also appears for those who have a beloved but don't see the true state of things, as they idealize their partner to an unrealistic image. They fantasize a lot and expect too much romance from their partner, which the partner is incapable of providing.

Empty Promises

Sometimes it appears when a man promises a woman much but does nothing.

Warning

One can drift into the astral and not return. Detachment from reality, escape into an imaginary world threatens to drag on.

Return to Reality

It's time to return from dreams to reality.

Advice

Disconnect. Give free rein to imagination. Meditate. Release the subconscious. Rest, dream. It makes sense to listen to your own dreams, disconnect from material problems.

Result

There is no result. Only dreams.

Additional Notes

Vagueness, blurriness, idealization.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Peter Orban, Ingrid Zinnel, Thea Weller

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