The Fool

Major Arcana Major Arcana

Correspondences

Hebrew Letter: Aleph
Path: 11 (Kether-Chokmah)
Element: air

Meanings

Rider-Waite-Smith

Reversed

Keywords: Stupidity. Nullity. Apathy. Sloth. Mental illness

Upright

Keywords: Mania. Intoxication. Infantilism. Innocence. Unpredictability. Anarchy | Waite: Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment.

Mania. Intoxication. Infantilism. Innocence. Unpredictability. Anarchy. Reversed: Stupidity. Nullity. Apathy. Sloth. Mental illness.

Thoth / Crowley-Harris

Upright

Keywords: openness, trust; ready to take a risk; courage to stand your ground; freedom, independence; creativity; great potential; possibility to take a quantum leap; listening to the heart's voice

You are ready for a new beginning, perhaps even a quantum leap. Give in, dare to leap, even if fear attempts to hold you back. Trust the voice from within your heart.

Number 0: The Void

Pure potential before form. The leap before fixation. Not nothing — the pregnant zero.

Narrative position: pre-initiation