Exploring with the Fool

The Fool 0

Photography, not one of my strong points.

Tonight is all about the Fool, stumbling through life with bright eyed intoxication. This card for me has always reflected new beginnings or taking a risk. I see it has having your head up in the clouds and not paying any attention to your footing. Its first love innocence and rose coloured glasses. If the little dog could talk he would be saying, "Hey, hey buddy... you're about to fall off a cliff PAY ATTENTION." The dog is the voice of reason. Even when we are distracted by our own folly there is always going to be that voice in your head or a crotchety grandma who is trying to make you listen. I would advise to pay attention because ignorance is not truly bliss when you are about to take a dirt nap at the bottom of that cliff pictured up there. That is one way to look at the card but sometimes I get a totally different vibe from it. Depending on the cards around it and the person I am reading I get the feeling it is talking about whimsical innocence. Letting your inner child out to play for a little while before you buckle down for your next big adventure. It could indicate that the person you are reading for is going to start something new and exciting. It is likely going to be something that they have never done before and are looking forward to being a beginner again. Side note: Something I really love about reading the cards is that they can have a different meaning for everyone. Just because I see this card this way, someone else could see it entirely differently. I think this is why using the cards and applying them to you day to day life is so important to do before you read any books about the meanings.

A meditation on the Fool: 

As with all meditation it is important to find somewhere that you can sit down comfortably without being disturbed. 

Make yourself comfortable and let your thoughts drift as they come. Do not try to stop your thoughts. Just accept them and push them out of the way. Think of yourself as you would be if you were totally free of your day to day stresses and requirements. What are you wearing, are you plainly or elaborately dressed? Do you look blissfully happy or do you look weary? Picture yourself full of wanderlust as you travel through a forest grove. You are excited and everything seems new again. You stop to smell wild flowers and examine strange and unusual mushrooms. What does the forest smell like? Is it warm in this place or is it cold. Is it nighttime where you are? Or is it early morning or noon? You travel along and see a stream bubbling and picking up speed as it turns around a bend. You are not worried about the stream or where it is going. You do not think of waterfalls or cliffs approaching as you continue to ramble on through the wood. You see animals in the distance. They do not concern you as today you feel fearless. You have no worries or cares in the world. There is something in a large bush ahead that has caught your attention. You see the branches moving as something emerges. To your surprise it is a dog. How do you picture this dog? The dog joins you as you casually walk along the stream. The dog is quickening its pace and nipping gently at your heels. You stop for a moment to casually chuckle and bend down to pet it. You open the sack what you have been carrying on your shoulders to show something to the dog. What is in this sack? Is it a food item to sustain you on your journey or could it be a shiny gem you found on your travels? The dog licks your hands and looks into your eyes, though it does not speak you feel like you can understand it. (Maybe you ate some of those mushrooms from before ;) ). You get the feeling that the dog would like you to turn back and that there is danger ahead. Now you must make a choice do you continue down this curious path with childlike whimsy or do you listen and turn back, heading for safer grounds?

Write down your choices in a journal or Book of Shadows. Doing this mediation will help you better capture what the Fool is all about and it gives you a chance to be apart of the card. Remember the Fool is the first key to the higher consciousness. This key will show you the way to innocence or ignorance. It is up to you which path you choose.

Next up we will talk the High Priestess.