Naz.J.
Yesterday I decided to do some study with the Fool ( RWS ).
I have always associated this card with the element of Air/ Aquarius/ Uranus ( some other Tarot readers' references, can't find them now ).
But I looked again yesterday and what I found was a card replete with Solar imagery. In fact the first intuitive message I got was that this *was* the Sun Himself. The Sun journeys through the 12 signs of the zodiac and makes many major aspects with the various planets/ stars, etc. He's the Hero/ Trickster/ Initiate. The Sun ultimately represents *US* - our egos, personalities. It reflects the fact that the world *does* revolve around us and the magickal principle of 'As Above, So Below, As Within, so Without'. Now I don't mean to sound selfish by what I'm saying but what I'm trying to convey through 'the world revolves around us' is that our problems, fears, etc. though we think them overpowering and external are often external reflections of internal happenings, and totally under OUR control. And that 'reality' is something that can be easily affected by our will.
But to come back to the Fool Tarot card, I also immediately got the impression of Him being the ultimate Trickster. Loki, Hermes, Mercury or Dionysus even.
For me here was the Solar imagery in the RWS card:
*The prominent Sun in the sky
*The golden colour of the youth's hair
*The laurel wreath in his hair
*The Fool's golden yellow boots
*On His richly decorated garments are what I can describe as rayed solar bursts
*The colours yellow, orange and white on His garments
*Even the 'O' ( zero ) above the Fool's head, very similar to the astrological glyph for the Sun.
Anyone else see these things or am I going crazy?
I have always associated this card with the element of Air/ Aquarius/ Uranus ( some other Tarot readers' references, can't find them now ).
But I looked again yesterday and what I found was a card replete with Solar imagery. In fact the first intuitive message I got was that this *was* the Sun Himself. The Sun journeys through the 12 signs of the zodiac and makes many major aspects with the various planets/ stars, etc. He's the Hero/ Trickster/ Initiate. The Sun ultimately represents *US* - our egos, personalities. It reflects the fact that the world *does* revolve around us and the magickal principle of 'As Above, So Below, As Within, so Without'. Now I don't mean to sound selfish by what I'm saying but what I'm trying to convey through 'the world revolves around us' is that our problems, fears, etc. though we think them overpowering and external are often external reflections of internal happenings, and totally under OUR control. And that 'reality' is something that can be easily affected by our will.
But to come back to the Fool Tarot card, I also immediately got the impression of Him being the ultimate Trickster. Loki, Hermes, Mercury or Dionysus even.
For me here was the Solar imagery in the RWS card:
*The prominent Sun in the sky
*The golden colour of the youth's hair
*The laurel wreath in his hair
*The Fool's golden yellow boots
*On His richly decorated garments are what I can describe as rayed solar bursts
*The colours yellow, orange and white on His garments
*Even the 'O' ( zero ) above the Fool's head, very similar to the astrological glyph for the Sun.
Anyone else see these things or am I going crazy?