 The basic symbols of this card are a robed man or monk carrying a lantern. He has a staff, and the landscape is barren. This is a card of introspection, and analysis, denoting this is not the time for socializing or action, but of peace and solitude. This card symbolizes counsel, inner strength, prudence, caution, vigilance, patience, and withdrawal; and in reverse, it stands for imprudence, hastiness, rashness, and acts of foolishness and immaturity.
The Fool, after a long life spent creating, building, failing, and succeeding, needs time to introspect or rest. He examines whatever comes to mind, and finds a lot he had missed out in the past. It is not only about the world, but also about himself. He introspects the corners of his mind and sees things he never suspected existed. It just seemed like it all was in the beginning. Only now, in place of a Fool, with his staff with a pack on his shoulder, he had a Hermit’s staff in front of him, and a lantern illuminating him from within.
The querent who gets this card is impatient with people who cannot see what he can see, and has a desire to be alone. |
Tarot readings using tarot cards is a tool used by people to help get answers or advice in the form of divination by tarot cards. There are 78 cards in a Tarot deck. These 78 cards are divided into two parts - the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. Each card represents a different meaning. The Major Arcana cards relate to the journey of life and life lessons, while the Minor Arcana are representative of daily life and relate to the cards of an ordinary playing card deck. The Tarot is often used in psychic readings as a tool for getting clarification.
There are many therapeutic uses of Tarot, especially by using of its images. Many people are turning proactive and are considering ways to incorporate Tarot into some fitness program or the other. Today, there are two distinct Tarot schools of thought – the divinatory, and the therapeutical. Where the divinatory Tarot is used to foretell the future – so to say, the therapeutic Tarot helps reveal and explain the psychological blocks, emotional blocks, fears, and behavior patterns. The behavior patterns impede an individual’s full realization, and the therapeutic Tarot offers guidance to resolve this and other factors. 