| In terms of tarot symbolism, the Fool Tarot Card is | | | | reading, the number zero represents new beginnings |
| one of the most significant. As the first card of the | | | | or endings. Thus, the Fool's journey can repeat itself |
| Major Arcana, the Fool serves as a symbolic | | | | throughout one's own journey. |
| illustration of our beginning stage of development in | | | | Tarot Symbolism of The Cliff. The cliff the Fool |
| our journeys through life. He characterizes the child | | | | treads upon represents his fall into human form. This |
| found within us and he is the hero in the Tarot story. | | | | is the stage in which the Fool must become |
| When the Fool appears in a tarot reading, he | | | | conscious of his own self. He is unknowing, innocent |
| represents the soul which needs to grow within us. | | | | and unbiased. He has no experience within the world |
| He is the seeker, constantly striving to reach new | | | | and his journey lies before him. On another level, the |
| levels of enlightenment. His is there to remind us that | | | | cliff represents the Fools' inability to ascertain the |
| in order too attain knowledge, we must stay true to | | | | risks that he unknowingly faces. The Fool can be |
| our heart and follow our own path to wherever it | | | | both optimistic and reckless. In tarot readings, the |
| may lead us. | | | | symbol of the cliff can also pertain to leaps of faith. |
| Tarot Symbolism of Zero. The Fool is the only tarot | | | | The cliff always reminds us of divine intervention and |
| card associated with zero. The Fool's numerical | | | | our conscious contact with something greater than |
| association with zero has tremendous symbolic | | | | our selves. |
| significance. Zero represents consciousness and, in | | | | Tarot Symbolism of The Dog. Another important |
| this regard, it is the conscious state of being present | | | | symbol of the Fool Tarot card is the dog that |
| without the influence of the ego. This is the first | | | | remains by the Fool's side. The dog is the Fool's |
| stage of development in which one can become | | | | trusted ally, constantly reminding the Fool of the |
| aware of their own self, separate from their mother | | | | dangers that lie ahead. Symbolically, he represents our |
| and separate from pure unconscious existence. This | | | | instincts. His presence is a symbol of our internal gut |
| is the stage in which there is nothing but simple | | | | reactions to situations that can be harmful or |
| presence. It is the act of simply being. In Tarot | | | | dangerous. |