THE FOOL
0. The Foolish Man
Upright: Folly, Expiation, Wavering
Reversed: Hesitation, Instability, Trouble arising herefrom
29. The Fool of the Tarot
Day of miscarriage and failure in all things.
ZERO. THE FOOL.
Upright: Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment.
Reversed: Negligence, absence, distributions, carelessness, apathy, nullity, vanity.
Card 0. «The Fool»
«Man.» An ordinary man. A separate man. The uninitiate Lower consciousness. The end of a ray not knowing its relation to the centre.
21. The Foolish Man
Hebrew Letter: Shin
Hieroglyphic: The Arrow
Kabalah: No affinity
Day/Month: No affinity
Arcana XXII or Zero
Astrological Sign: Earth
“The Fool as the denial of all sense, nonsense.”
Key 0 — THE FOOL
Divinitory Meaning: The subject of the reading is a dreamer, a mystic. He has the desire to accomplish a great goal. He must be careful to make the right choice. If he thinks that “when ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise,” then he is indeed the Fool.
Reversed: Folly, indiscretion, thoughtless action. The choice is likely to be faulty.
The Fool
The legendary meanings imply the value: the Querent, regardless of sex. This seems a little more likely than a reliance on the court cards of the Minor Arcana for “dark-haired people with blue eyes” or whatever. His place in the Tarot would be all of the following: before the Ace of Pentacles, after the King of Swords, before the Magician, and after The World. He relates to every card in the deck.