02/03/2026
I last discussed the Tarot card, The Fool. When writing about these cards I do so with the Rider-Waite-Smith deck in mind. The Fool, being numbered 0, reflects its fluid nature in a sense, and its ability to move through the cards, the different stages of growth, evolution of Self. I think perhaps when the Fool first encounters the Magician, this was definitely a shock. In making that step into the unknown the Fool found the rabbit hole and began the Hero's Journey, the Tarot's Journey.
Here, before the Fool stands The Magician. Skilled in the hidden arts, a lifetime of dedication to skill and mastery of its deepest secrets. The Magician, stretching forth a hand to the Fool saying come and learn the mysteries by my side, gain a greater understanding of things as they are, truly are. Let us dispel the daydreams and manifest that which we have been called to embrace. The Fool stands experiencing a sense confusion as these are new concepts, new insights, but yet there is the lingering sense of familiarity, an inner knowing. The Fool has walked this path once before, maybe many times before, and now the Fool undergoes the Initiation to the Path of Power. The Magician's ability to harness the forces of the four elements, and to be the channel through which the Power flows from the Above to the Below, is taught. Then the further teaching of the Magician that he is not the channel for Power, but in fact is Power.
The Fool grows in the knowledge, as a result of experience, that previously held beliefs in powerlessness and a disconnect with something greater than himself was no more than an illusion generated by the lies and misunderstanding of the uninitiated. Fear comes, for many, as a result of the unknown. In this fear comes anger, and in anger comes destruction. The Fool has faced stepping off the precipice into the unknown. The Fool has faced fear. Now, The Fool slowly gains the mysteries of The Magician and learns the proper application in its creative process of spiritual evolution.
Next, we shall discuss The Fool's next teacher, The High Priestess.
Blessed Be to All