Freddie
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This card appears to be alot like the one in the Rider-Waite pack. It is styled in the same manner. The young man has a limb of a tree to support his hobo sack unlike the Marseille pack in which he utilizes a large spoon. It would appear he has all of the four suits on his person. He has a knife and hip flask on his waist, a rod holding his bag and a golden coin type of pendant around his neck. The pendant kind of looks like a peace sign from the 60's or 70's.
His rod is flowering maybe to symboloze his youthful spirit. His bag has a moon and stars design on it, maybe to show he can travel on on an astral level and through deep dark areas. He has butterflies around his head which may symbolize the holy guardian angel or spirit (maybe higher self) for protection / guidance.
I like this card alot, because it speaks deeply about the journey of the Fool and it offers much hope to all of us on a spiritual quest. I think if we all could embrace the idea of taking risks that we all would all increase our happiness in our everyday lives. We often lose touch with important spiritual things in life, because the material earth bound things (like making tons of money..looks...status...) that end up not meaning much when we become old just keep us at bay from doing many spiritually enriching things that we would like to do. The fool isn't worried about anything scary happening to him, because if he was he would never be able to embark on his journey. He has hope and I guess many of us (including myself) have found that feeling hard to embrace, but this card is here to remind us all that there is always hope. It's offered to us all for free if we are willing to let go of our negativity and accept its' embrace.
How about that cat & rainbow?
Freddie
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This card appears to be alot like the one in the Rider-Waite pack. It is styled in the same manner. The young man has a limb of a tree to support his hobo sack unlike the Marseille pack in which he utilizes a large spoon. It would appear he has all of the four suits on his person. He has a knife and hip flask on his waist, a rod holding his bag and a golden coin type of pendant around his neck. The pendant kind of looks like a peace sign from the 60's or 70's.
His rod is flowering maybe to symboloze his youthful spirit. His bag has a moon and stars design on it, maybe to show he can travel on on an astral level and through deep dark areas. He has butterflies around his head which may symbolize the holy guardian angel or spirit (maybe higher self) for protection / guidance.
I like this card alot, because it speaks deeply about the journey of the Fool and it offers much hope to all of us on a spiritual quest. I think if we all could embrace the idea of taking risks that we all would all increase our happiness in our everyday lives. We often lose touch with important spiritual things in life, because the material earth bound things (like making tons of money..looks...status...) that end up not meaning much when we become old just keep us at bay from doing many spiritually enriching things that we would like to do. The fool isn't worried about anything scary happening to him, because if he was he would never be able to embark on his journey. He has hope and I guess many of us (including myself) have found that feeling hard to embrace, but this card is here to remind us all that there is always hope. It's offered to us all for free if we are willing to let go of our negativity and accept its' embrace.
How about that cat & rainbow?
Freddie