The Fool – tarot card meaning

The Keywords of Fool

The common meaning of The Fool

Upright Position

It is a potential which doesn’t have any direction or aim. The scale of this potential is impossible to determine. You may use it or not, but you never can control it.

The Fool card can mention a person who is carefree, free from conventions, creative, courageous, full of ideas and adventurous. The character is very simple, easygoing and normally nobody can understand him. But, he always has a wisdom, which is above than selfish laws and principles of everyday life.

In your spread, this card may symbolize the power of new vision, new law and idea. You may think that you doing something crazy and reckless, but at the moment you really need something fresh.

The Fool advices you to unleash your inner passion and develop another point of view. You should try to find the benefits of your situation and try to adapt. Now better to change your mind and look at the situation from another point.

Reversed Position

This Fool doesn’t care where to go and what to do, he doesn’t think about tomorrow, creates chaos and disorder. This card means irresponsibility, indecent curiosity, lack of logic and unreasonableness. This card can show that you have too much expectations, but don’t know the real side of the situation. Maybe, would be better to hold on and keep this opportunity for a better time.

As a person, The Fool can mean young and playful person, who doesn’t really know what he is doing. He may be lost at the moment, doesn’t feel time or energies around him, However, the card can say that this person has serious mental problems.

The Fool: Love and Relationships

Upright Position

It can be new love, new relationships, and also, can be the new wave of feelings for a couple. The Fool also can say that the feelings are very innocent and there’s lie. The intentions are pure and sincere.

However, such feelings are usually unstable – they come and go. Normally it means that new love will not laid you to serious and long relationships. Is this case you should pay attention to another cards in your spread – they will tell you more about the opportunities. Always check the cards around The Fool – they will tell you the details and probably will show the result.

Sometimes this card may mention the birth of a child, which also can refresh the feelings and brings new emotions for a couple.

Reversed Position

Nothing serious, The Fool says that you love will not last long and will not bring you to marriage. It can be just flirt or short relations which doesn’t give any advantage or opportunities. There’s no serious intentions, rather than long-term plans for the future.

This card also can say that you don’t notice the obvious things. However, you even don’t want to grow up and start thinking more logically. The Fool advices you not to take risks and don’t play with your partner. Also, the reversed Fool can say that your new friend is not that loyal as you may think.

The Fool: work, career, business

Upright position

You have to start something new or bring new ideas to your daily work. Sometimes The Fool may say that you don’t know what to choose and which direction to move. It always shows that new opportunity is coming, but you need to catch it at the right moment. But The Fool may appear in another case – when you hesitate and forced to choose from the variety of options. More likely, any choice will bring you to the unknown situation and none of them can guarantee success.

Reversed Position

It indicates a lack of experience and unprofessionalism. As a result – chaos in plans, mess at actions, uncertainty and irresponsibility. You have the situation which you cannot control. You don’t know what decision to make and where to go. Your professional life is unstable. Probably you had something new in your career and had to start new project without knowing the details of it. So, now it brought you to the situation where you need help and wise advise of experienced person.

Advice of The Fool

For the first sight the things which happening now around you seem not important. But in a while you may realize that there’s something great came to your life. Try to see the opportunities and accept new things. Be thankful and open for the future. Don’t be stereotyped and avoid old standards. You should try to open your mind and think like a child – with trust and hope.

The Fool Combinations

Fool with Major Arcana

Fool with Magician

• Child, boy
• New conception, Invention
• Abstract thinking
• Chaos, mess, disorder
• Spontaneous decision
• Unrealistic ambitions and ideas
• New way of life, new thoughts

Fool with High Priestess

• Unexpected situation
• New secrets
• Doubts
• Relationship with mother

Fool with Empress

• Unplanned pregnancy
• New creation
• Unexpected income or gift

Fool with Emperor

• Infantile man
• New man, new boss
• Unpredictable decisions
• Change of laws, new order

Fool with Hierophant

• Understanding
• Searching for the truth
• New moral attitudes
• Occultism, magic, deep knowledge

Fool with Lovers

• Expression of feelings
• New relationship
• Change of partner
• Trust in relationships
• Wrong choice
• Twins, two kids

Fool with Chariot

• Situation without control
• New technologies
• Unpredictable decisions, new order, engineering
• Leaving home
• Independence from parents

Fool with Adjustment (Justice)

• Problems with law
• Creation of new law
• Easy divorce
• Difficult marriage conditions
• Legal error
• Adoption issues

Fool with Hermit

• Vain search
• Searching for something new
• New job alternatives
• Catharsis

Fool with Wheel of Fortune

• Changes, unexpected situations
• The beginning of new cycle
• A fateful chance
• Karmic relationship with children

Fool with Lust (Strength)

• Free love
• New sexual sensations
• Strong impulse
• Suppression of the child

Fool with Hanged Man

• Illogical action
• Unpredictable, spontaneous person
• Mental disorders
• Difficult pregnancy or problems with getting pregnant

Fool with Death

• Shock
• Sudden death
• Loss of opportunity
• Chance to transform
• Changes of personality
• Loss of child

Fool with Art (Temperance)

• New friend
• New creation, new art piece, inspiration
• Successful experiment
• The possibility of reunion

Fool with Devil

• Lie, trick, deception
• Mental illness
• Problems with pregnancy
• Children’s complexes
• Taking risk

Fool with Tower

• Destruction of the past
• New house, new home
• Abortion

Fool with Star

• Astrology
• Abstract thinking
• Innocence, purity
• Unpredictable future

Fool with Moon

• Naivety
• Pregnancy
• Ideas from the dreams
• Mysticism
• Fear of unknown
• Childhood fears
• Drug or alcohol intoxications
• illumination

Fool with Sun

• acting, transformation
• genuine child
• glory, attention
• enlightenment, illumination

Fool with Aeon (Judgement)

• public speaking
• discoveries
• healing
• the birth of child
• prophesy

Fool with Universe (World)

• adventure
• trip to new place
• interesting travel, overseas travel