The Fool upright
The Fool is the soul at the start of its journey - innocent, unburdened, ready to step off the cliff and find that the cliff was only a stair.
When this card appears upright, the right move is the one that feels open and slightly absurd. You don't have the full plan yet. That's the point - the plan emerges from the walking.
Trust your impulse, but stay alert to the small dog at your heel: the part of you that knows the edge is real.
The Fool reversed
Reversed, the Fool warns against recklessness disguised as freedom. Stepping off the cliff blindfolded is different from stepping off with eyes open.
Look at what you're avoiding by calling it adventure. The honest move is usually the harder one.
Keywords
- beginnings
- spontaneity
- innocence
- leap of faith
- open road
Where this reading comes from
Meaning paraphrased from A. E. Waite's The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), which is in the public domain - reworded rather than reproduced.
Common questions
- What does The Fool mean?
- Beginnings, leap of faith, naïve trust. The Fool is the soul at the start of its journey - innocent, unburdened, ready to step off the cliff and find that the cliff was only a stair.
- What does The Fool mean reversed?
- Reversed, the Fool warns against recklessness disguised as freedom. Stepping off the cliff blindfolded is different from stepping off with eyes open.
- Is The Fool a good card to draw?
- The Fool is one of the twenty-two Major Arcana, which mark structural turns rather than day-to-day detail. Tarot convention treats no card as simply good or bad - the reading depends on the question and the position it falls in.
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