The Fool
/ wild \
/ learn \
/ \
/ grow \
/ feel \
/ control \
/ illumination \
Alpha --------------- Omega
Chico (psychochico@hotmail.com)
The Fool is the starting point in life. As we progress, we change from the Fool to the other cards in the Major Arcana. When we die before we get all the way through, we start over again as the Fool in a new life, to get another chance at achieving perfection. The cycle continues until then, whenever that may be.
As the Fool is innocent thoughout his/her life, so are babies (at first, before they grow up. :-). The Fool knows neither Right from Wrong nor Good from Evil. He/she is neutral until he/she evolves.
Firebird (LVShirer@aol.com)

Just a commentary on the graphics on this card: Why the big bag of ecstacy tablets? - whatever were they thinking of, Fred and Alick? PS - If you know much about Crowley and his various pursuits then I trust you'll take this submission seriously....
adam (silas_eyebean@hotmail.com)

I feel this card represents the free spirit forever going forward no matter the cost or dramas along the way, that of being hounded by the figure of a dog. Ready for anything and capable of doing without a lot of material possessions. Adaptable, to others the fool but within the innocence of youth, wonderlust or showing no fear.
eStar (azoras@terrigal.net.au)

The Fool yes, he begins the journey, but is present at every step. He is a Paradox. He appears as the Fool, but the Fool is wise. As he has no number, he is part of the infinite journey and reminds us in his folly of the hope of lessons learned, the needed wisdom to carry on.
He is the Court Jester; the One who entertained Kings and Queens at court in the great Middle Ages. His Comedy could be fun and lighthearted, but just as often confounded and confused, because Comedy is the sweet and sour mask of intelligence and wisdom. Many playwrights have used him from the great Greek Comedics to Shakespeare and even modern times. The Emcee in the play and movie "Caberet" is a modern example of the archetype of the Fool.
The ultimate Storyteller, the Comedian, wearing the mask of ignorance and folly, (for that is how we begin a journey) helps us to think well before we act, and reveals to us the hidden wisdom of a situation... if we keep our own eyes open and stay awake and aware in all the life that is around us.
C. March (cmarch@arkansasusa.com)

The Fool is a holl.
Nothing : the subject.
All : nothing : chaos
The point of view : Universe
unmani (luria_unmani@yahoo.com)