Three Fools are Better Than One In the text, Egypt says that Crowley’s deck influenced her quite a bit (although not completely). One fun way that this influence is manifest is in her triple Fools. They are a homage, in part, to Crowley’s three Magicians. Here are the three Fools: They are The Maiden, The…
Embracing tarot cards we don’t like. Paying attention to the message of embracing your inner Queen of Wands.
April Fools Day, a light-hearted day filled with pranks and jokes, heralds the beginning, for me, of Spring Fever—that feeling of wanting to ditch work and mundane obligation in favor of adventure,
preferably outdoors. After hunkering down during a long, dark, cold winter, I am ready, even if there is still a chill in the air, to wander. And this, naturally, makes me think of
"Llewellyn Encyclopedia, Fool" href="http://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/term/fool">The Fool card.
The Fool card is complex, and made no less so by the evolution of its imagery and meanings over the centuries. What began as a comical figure, base fool, often with his pants down (see the
Universal Wirth Fool) has changed into something more admirable. Indeed, early meanings (in
the 18th century) focused on madness, on being crazy. This is about being crazy or mad or insane. It is a state or nature. A person either is or isn’t mad; they don’t have a choice in the matter. In
the 19th century, we see a shift in the meaning to Folly. This is more about choice; a person commits folly when they make foolish decisions. This is about consciously making choices where one isn’t
necessarily crazy but is acting so in the eyes of one’s contemporaries. These days tarotists often talk about The Fool as noble, as a sort of hero. In fact, many see the
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