Lesson 5: The Fool Card in a reading
The meaning of a tarot card in a reading is affected by both its position, and by the cards around it. Mastering this complexity takes time. Sit with a spread for as long as you need. Get a feel for the cards and imagine how they might influence each other, and what their position might indicate.
The Fool: In a Reading:
- A small step can lead to big change.
- You must be willing to take risks if you wish to move forward.
- Take a leap of faith in yourself.
- Trust that you are where you need to be.
- Impulsive action, if driven by pure spirit will not let you down.
- Being in the perfect present. (Be here now)
- Putting the past behind you and not projecting into the future
- Spiritual freedom.
- The fool can represent the trickster or joker aspect of a person or dynamic, for he is not as he appears to be.
- Jump in and free fall and see where it lands you.
- Be true to your soul and you will be reborn.
- The absence of fear, guilt, burden.
The Fool card does not have a fixed place in the sequence of the major arcana; he can turn up anywhere and move us to a new level of understanding or experience at any time.
