| This is going to be the first in a series of articles on | | | | is a greater chance that the decision has already |
| Tarot Card meanings. I thought it would be great to | | | | been made and in most likelihood, that decision was |
| start with the Major Arcana since they are without a | | | | not the correct one. This could also signify that you |
| doubt the most interesting of the cards. It is my | | | | are concerned about the decision that you made. |
| hope that after reading this series you'll have a | | | | You need to listen to and follow your own heart |
| deeper understanding of the meaning of these cards. | | | | instead of listening to what others tell you to do. You |
| There is a lot more to them than just what's on the | | | | need to stop and look at how things are at this |
| surface. | | | | present time and honestly answer if you are happy |
| Each card in the Tarot deck has multiple meanings, | | | | with the way things have gone. |
| depending on whether the card is in its upright | | | | Like the rest of the Major Arcana, The Fool deals |
| position or reversed. We'll be covering both positions | | | | with a higher plane of existence. These cards don't |
| in this series of articles. | | | | deal with the trivial day to day matters of our lives. |
| The Fool is the first card in the Major Arcana set. It | | | | They are more spiritual in nature. So when this card |
| is card number zero. The fool is one of the few | | | | falls in reverse, it is not asking you if you are content |
| cards in the Tarot deck that can almost be taken | | | | with the menial chore you performed at work or |
| literally, though not quite. The card symbolizes the | | | | school. It is asking you if you are truly happy with |
| choices that we as human beings make in our lives. | | | | the direction your life in general is going. |
| Sometimes the choices are wise and beneficial, and | | | | So often we get caught up in the day to day little |
| at other times they are foolish and destructive. But | | | | things. We end up forgetting what is truly important |
| more importantly, The Fool is a card that signifies | | | | in our lives. The Fool is a reminder to us that we |
| that we are at a crossroads in our life. We can | | | | sometimes need to take a step back and truly |
| choose to follow the wise path or we can follow a | | | | evaluate where our lives are going. When this card |
| path that will lead us to certain destruction. | | | | falls in the tenth position of a Celtic Cross spread, |
| In the upright position, the card itself signifies that | | | | basically what it is saying to us is that the final |
| we have not yet made that decision in our lives and | | | | outcome of our question is really up to us, that we |
| thus it is time to do so. In the reverse position, there | | | | are in control of our own destiny in this matter. |