What Does it Mean When You Draw The Fool In A Tarot Card Reading

The Fool -the sacred child,the medieval jester depicts an androgynous figure in the act of stepping off a cliff seemingly oblivious of the danger. Yet the Fool will always survive. A miracle will happen and he will go on to complete his journey through all the lessons represented by the rest of the Major Arcana.

The number of this card is zero which stands for the continuos cycle of life, birth and death. The tarot symbolism of the Fool is forever newly born and about to begin his search for the Holy grail of spirituality and enlightenment. He or she sets out on this dangerous journey filled with hope and believing that anything is possible.

The Fool is an airy card linked with the planet Uranus. This planet governs autonomy,peculiarity,gut feelings,freedom and initiative. It is also the planet of sudden changes an association which is more appropriate to The Tower.

The basic tarot card meaning of the Fool represents the optimistic child within us all who has not been restricted by conventional beliefs. Because he has yet to learn the meaning of fear and doubt. The Fool is unafraid of insecurity and doubt.

When you draw the Fool in a tarot card reading you are protected by your optimism and innocense. No matter how crazy your plans and schemes you are very much in tune with yourself.

Another tarot card meaning of the Fool is you are starting on an exciting journey which may be spiritual,physical or mental. When the Fool represents a person her or his behaviour is spontaneous and childlike. When the Fool appears in a tarot card reading someone peculiar and unconventional could come into your life. Whether you find him or her entertaining or threatening depends on your character traits.

Lateral thinking as opposed to linear thinking is the Fool’s strongest asset. He or she could come up with some unexpected solutions to your problems or inspire you to have some reflection or brain storming with yourself.

The Fool indicates nervous tension, powerful but scattered mental energy and unstable conditions of all kinds. Since the Fool is both male and female it can signal someone with a variable libido, bisexuality or homosexuality.

That’s basically the tarot card meaning of The Fool when you draw it in a tarot card reading.