'The Fool' in Tarot is Expansion of Life Meaning

‘The Fool’ in Tarot

By Ivy Integration

            The ecstatic joy of ‘The Fool’ in tarot is shedding of all barriers, limitations and facades that manifest as attachment to the Earth. ‘The Fool’ is non-attachment to the Earth and full ownership for the soul. ‘The Fool’ is soulful human on a pilgrimage to capture the fullness of happiness. He is youthful, naïve, inexperienced but fearless. He doesn’t carry the weight of doubt, confusion and grief. His heart is giant while his mind is soft. He is creative, bluesy, captivating and highly imaginative. He images the reality of his highest excitement and uses participation to pioneer it into full existence. ‘The Fool’ is a pioneer. There are no pre-conceived ideas on what is possible and not possible. He is driven by his soul to learn, practice and experience the transformation that brings more of himself out to play.

‘The Fool’ has an optimistic, hopeful and exuberant stride that demands attention and attraction. People are intrigued by his talents and gifts. He may be a beginner mind but his originality is as captivating as the master builder. He doesn’t view the Earth through permanence. He recognizes impermanence everywhere. Therefore, he doesn’t attach himself to a way of thinking, living or feeling. He is open to reinventing himself according to the message of his soul.

‘The Fool’ in tarot is a message to awaken the inner child and shed the barriers, limitations and facades that keep us attached to the Earth. The more we shed the more soulful we become. We are encouraged to learn, practice and experience not with permanence but with impermanence. Impermanence allows our heart to be wide and our spirit to be high because the chance to spiritual grow and mature is here in the creative expression of the soul. Life without pilgrimage is a constant battle of overcoming doubt, confusion and low self worth. A pilgrimage demands of us to be confident, compassionate and hold great vision. Where there is concentration, vision and creative will, doubt, confusion and low self worth does not dominate our capability to follow the heart.

The greatness of ‘The Fool is to maintain and sustain joy throughout chronology. This is a big challenge as ‘The Fool’ will be tested many times but with concentration, vision and creative will ‘The Fool’ is capable of transforming the inner child into a prosperous reality of happiness. This is what ‘The Fool’ wants, to be happy. He is seeking the depth of happiness and soulfulness that is able to be true to the heart. ‘The Fool’ lives in us as a voice of reason. When we are heavy in grief, misfortune, doubt or confusion–purposeless, ‘The Fool’ is the call of the inner child demanding us to lead with heart and soul and take the path of dharma to return mission to the human experience.

'The Fool' ask us, "Have we allowed life to take from us? Are we available to the inner child? Are we knowing of the inner child? Do we encourage ourselves to be visionary and persistent? Do we stand our ground as an original and soulful human? What do we need to let go in order for more of who we are to grow?”

‘The Fool’ doesn’t like to waste time on planet Earth hanging on to old thoughts, life styles and feelings. ‘The Fool’ uses his high energy to breakthrough all barriers, limitations and facades that are holding him down or keeping him small. He is willing to be changed like a child is willing to grow and mature. Chronology isn’t a story of slowly losing energy and creative will, to “The Fool.’ Life is a consistent pilgrimage of shedding and reinventing the self for creativity, great vision and concentration to be more prevalent than unproductive, disorganized and self-sabotaging noise. ‘The Fool’ wants to go! He is willing to take risks to better understand capability far beyond human conventions. He is led far, wide and deep, and encouraged by the will of his inner child to always remain heart centered regardless of the unfairness, injustice, jealousy, harm and trauma that will try to break his spirit. His greatest achievement is rising above the death seducing him to lower his vibration and forget his true nature––prosperity is soulful human strong and bold like the mountain.

'The Fool' will be targeted, attacked and will go through challenges as the universe carves 'The Fool' into a leader for the people. 'The Fool' may breakdown, fail, fall and lose many times but the leadership 'The Fool' will gain from rising back up as the inner child, true to the heart, will bring 'The Fool' into the "The World" in tarot, which is about coming into the fullness of learned lessons, well practiced teachings and much experience, wisdom through reinventing duality into acceptance.