The Fool

The Fool tarot card
1The tattered sleeves: he’s made this journey before. Almost nobody notices them.
2The tiny sack on his back: he’s setting off with barely anything, and he’s still ready.
3The feather in his cap: he knows more about this than he’s giving himself credit for.
4The ice cap mountains behind him: frozen at the start of a trip he already knows how to make.
The Leap of Faith CardThe only real risk on this one is refusing to jump.
  • A leap of faith in a new direction
  • A fresh start
  • More capable than you realize
In a reading

Take some sort of leap of faith in a new direction. Look at the card sitting next to this one, because that’s usually what you’re being asked to leap toward.

Deeper meaning

He’s more capable than he realizes

Most readers make this card about being naive and I don’t read it that way at all. Look at the sleeves. They’re tattered, which hardly anyone pays attention to, and they say he’s been on this journey before and finished it. He’s got a feather in his cap, which is what we say about someone who knows exactly what they’re doing. And he’s leaving with one tiny sack because he doesn’t need much. To everybody watching, what he’s about to do looks foolish. He actually knows plenty. The only thing that really goes wrong on this card is those mountains behind him, where he freezes at the start of a trip he already knows how to make.

In the good stuff

The leap is the right call and you’re readier than you feel. This is usually the card telling you to go.

Watch Chris explain this card (1:58)

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