Didja ever notice...?
Didja ever notice…?
Back in the olden days, I was destined to live forever. Back in the days of yore, I had time on my hands, attention to cast around, and energy to invest in people and things that I would not invest in today. I was the Fool depicted in Tarot, the Fool represented by zero, the Fool of no experience.
The significance of the Fool Tarot card deals with that youthful exuberance we feel when starting out on a new adventure, or taking a journey of faith. We feel anticipation, butterflies flutter in the stomach, and our skin prickles with excitement for our journey is underway, and we're unstoppable!
However, along with this passion comes impetuousness. The Fool makes no plans, or gives no thought to possible complications along the way. Happy to be doing something different, the Fool blindly sets out where all others may fear to tread.
When contemplating the meaning of the Fool in Tarot, think of Joseph Campbell's remarkable statement: "Follow your bliss." We can see this attitude in this card. This is a wonderful outlook, but we must also note the lack of care about consequences: Blind faith is the Fool's only guide. <
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Basic Tarot Story
With all his worldly possessions in one small pack, the Fool travels he knows not where. So filled with visions and daydreams is he, that he doesn't see the cliff he is likely to fall over. At his heel, a small dog harries him (or tries to warn him of a possible mis-step).
Being number zero, the Fool is the card of infinite possibilities. The bag on the staff indicates that he has all he needs to do or be anything he wants, he has only to stop and unpack. He is on his way to a brand new beginning. But the card carries a little bark of warning as well. Stop daydreaming and fantasizing. Watch your step lest you fall, ending up looking the fool.
The Fool represents a time of newness, a time when life has been "re-started" as it were. The person feels that they are back at zero, whether that be in romantic affairs, or career, at their job, or intellectual pursuits. Far from being sad or frustrating, the Querent [Seeker] feels remarkably *free*, light hearted and refreshed, as if being given a second chance. They feel young and energized.
In addition, they likely have no idea where they're going or what they're going to do. But that doesn't matter. For the Fool, the most important thing is to just go out and enjoy the world. To see what there is to see and delight in all of it.
Unfortunately, in this childlike state the person is likely to be overly optimistic or naive. A Fool can be a Fool. This is the card likely to turn up when a Querent [Seeker] is thinking of investing his money in a new, "sure fire" business. Or when the Querent [Seeker] is sure that it's "love this time!" Like the Fool, they're so busy daydreaming of what might be that they're ignoring what is. They're about to fall right off a cliff. It's time for them to listen to that watchful little dog, which might be a concerned friend, a wise tarot reader, or just their instincts.
As a card, the Fool ultimately stands for a new start. When it turns up the Querent [Seeker] might be about to make a move, not just to a new home, but new job, new life. There's more than just change, renewal, and a brand new beginning in the Fool, there's also movement, a fresh, exciting new time. <
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Today I am the Fool of experience having cycled away from zero and back again--only now I am a zero Fool with experience. I have been through the school of hard knocks. I have learned when to hold 'em, when to fold 'em, when to walk away, and when to run. My time, as a natural course of living, is running out. My attention has been honed by experience. I have physical, emotional, and spiritual energy, but I am stingy with its dispersal. Working in business taught me about Return On Investment (ROI).
Didja ever notice that some movies or shows are worth attending, some books are worth reading, some TV is worth viewing, and some not? Didja ever notice that some people are worth listening to, and some are not? Some internet posters are worth reading, some are not. Some people are worth striking up a conversation, and some are not. And so on… Discernment. Discernment precedes a safe investment and maximal ROI. The ROI I seek is simple. If money is involved it must rest on what my old boss used to call psychic income. Money alone is not a good investment. Psychic income is all the things besides money that make a relationship, business or otherwise, worth the investment of time, energy, effort, attention, and so on. This is what the Fool has learnt. Carmelo understands this.
That's really all I wanted to say. I simply got carried away with discovering the archetype I was dramatizing when I got started in Scientology--or just about anything else.
P.S. Most of this post is not my original work. Follow the links above to give credit where credit is due.
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