00-The Fool – Upright Mage Deck

Your Chosen Card – The Fool Upright Mage Deck

When upright, the Fool suggests a leap of faith and a desire to explore the unknown with a ‘beginner’s mind.’ The Fool has a basic trust that things will turn out well in the end, but he has not yet acquired the ability to navigate his way skillfully through the practical affairs of everyday life. He is starting out on a new and exciting journey in which he will encounter marvelous adventures and seek spiritual growth. When this card appears in a reading, it is important to keep your wits about you as you take risks and explore the unknown. At the same time, this card cautions you to avoid foolish idealism and not undertake mundane projects unless you are well prepared for handling any pragmatic aspects.

Keywords Upright: Opening up to new possibilities, idealism, a leap of faith, a fresh start, opportunities for growth, childlike wonder, trust, innocence, enthusiasm, curiosity, inexperience, initiation, an unexpected opening, embarking on an exciting journey, experimentation, freedom to explore, a spiritual quest, opening your mind to new learning, taking a risk, living in the now, not following the established rules of the game.

Key 0: The Fool (traditionally not numbered, but labeled 0 in some modern decks)
Myths/Archetypes: The Court Jester. Perceval. Puer aeternus. The Innocent. The Orphan. The Seeker. The Idealist. The Wanderer. The Novice. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
Astrology: The element Air (the planet Uranus in some modern decks)
Numerology: 4 (Emperor) ~ 1 + 3 (Death) ~ 2 + 2 (The Fool)

Rider Waite: Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment [betrayal]; (R) negligence, absence, distribution, carelessness, apathy, nullity, vanity.

When The Fool is upright you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise.  If The Fool is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is The Fool is trying to tell you.  If you had a particular issue in  mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.

This chosen card is part of your upright card reading for The Fool using cards from the Mage Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.


Here are some snippets from a few of my favorite books

Complete Book of Tarot
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Complete Book of Tarot: From Italy, the tarot deck traveled to France where it found safe haven in the city of Marseille, a major center for the production of tarot decks in the following centuries. In Italy this deck was originally called the carte da trionfi, that is, the trump or ‘triumph cards’—a reference to the allegorical cards numbered I to XXI (with or without the inclusion of the Fool.)Historian Gertrude Moakley noted that the fifteenth-century tarot deck painted by Bonifacio Bembo followed the pattern of ancient Roman triumphal marches (trionfi) celebrated in Petrarch’s famous fourteenth-century poem ‘I Trionfi.’ Images of triumphal marches can still be seen on the triumphal arches of the Forum in Rome.

Tarot Books

Development for Beginners: If you are a visual intuitive, then you can easily view images or pictures in your mind’s eye, a.k.a. your third eye. When you are asked to imagine something, you can picture it in great detail. In some cases, more advanced visual intuitives are able to actually see things with their physical eyes as well, such as auras around people, plants, and animals. If you are the type of person who needs to see things in order to fully comprehend them, then you are probably a visual intuitive.

Elements of the Psychic World: A n unconscious aspect of a person that is thought to perceive sensations, emotions and thoughts below the threshold of the conscious thought. This perception may be of spirit beings and other entities on another plane of existence or of taboo impulses not acceptable in society. It is thought that unconscious reactions to such taboo ideas are harnessed in subliminal advertising. In other words, advertisers use images and sound to influence people without them being aware of it.

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Elements of the Psychic World: A n unconscious aspect of a person that is thought to perceive sensations, emotions and thoughts below the threshold of the conscious thought. This perception may be of spirit beings and other entities on another plane of existence or of taboo impulses not acceptable in society. It is thought that unconscious reactions to such taboo ideas are harnessed in subliminal advertising. In other words, advertisers use images and sound to influence people without them being aware of it.