The Fool tarot card meaning
Major Arcana · 0
new beginnings · leap of faith · innocence
Upright meaning
A beginning taken before you feel ready. The Fool steps off the cliff trusting that the ground will appear, and that trust is exactly what makes the move possible.
Reversed meaning
Recklessness dressed up as courage, or the opposite — hesitating so long at the edge that the opening closes. Something is being started without the groundwork it needs.
A meeting or a fresh chapter that asks you to be open rather than careful.
An unproven idea worth trying while it is still cheap to fail at.
Take the first step. Certainty is not a prerequisite.
Where it sits in the deck
The Fool is card 0 of the Major Arcana, the twenty-two trumps that mark the turning points of a life. Read alongside its neighbours it forms part of the Fool's Journey, the story the deck tells when laid out in order.
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