Description

In this card, a nude brown-skinned boy is walking on his hands at the edge of a narrow stream that flows down snow-capped pink mountains. On his right foot is his satchel (yellow with a cosmic eye) looped through a stick or twig. A peacock feather and three bells are at the end of the twig. A striped, tiger cat accompanies the Fool, one paw on a stone in the stream. One stone is at the edge of the water to the left of the Fool, two more across the stream from that one, four more to the left of a mushroom patch of five red magic mushrooms on the opposite bank. Further down the stream, a crocodile straddles the water. A white lotus flower floats on lily pads to the right of the Fool and his cat. Behind the Fool, perched like a sentinel is a griffon vulture. In the background, a shining sun rises (or sets) over the mountaintops.

Interpretation

This is a card of experiencing life as pure joy. Life is full of enticements, companionship, guidance, insights. Even the dangers represented by the crocodile seem benign (his mouth is closed and tail is curved up like a puppy). Whatever happens in a day, the sun still rises and sets, rivers flow, flowers bloom, life happens. The Fool is full of joy and light.

Key Words

Risk, live, experience, play, happy-go-luck, roll with life.

Monica

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