The Tarot of Eli 2: Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot- 0 The Fool & Modern Witch Tarot-O-The Fool

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The Rider-Waite deck, which is represented here by the Radiant Tarot rendition, is the one most people are familiar with, suggest the Holy Spirit in the wheels of spirit on the Fool's robe. The concept of the Scintillating Intelligence, a phrase coined by Dr. Paul Foster Case of B.O.T.A., is implied in the radiant sun and the white rose in the Fool's hand; a white rose symbolizes freedom from lower forms of desire.

In the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck, the wand, the symbol of Will, is elongated to support the wallet that displays the eye of Horus; the All Seeing Eye of Spirit. This wallet represents all the experiences of the Soul, that are kept in the Akashic records.

If you look closely you can see a girdle of 9 ornaments symbolizing the houses of the Zodiac even though there are 12 houses of the Zodiac. The artist field of view is limited to 9, so the viewer has to imagine the other 3 around the back of the Rider-Waite-Smith's Fool's image. Therefore, this girdle of coins does symbolize the Zodiac.

The faithful dog is the symbol for the intellect of the body, Spirit's faithful companion.

The Rider-Waite-Smith Fool is seen as staring at the bright sky while walking off a cliff into the abyss, implying absolute faith in spirit and the fearlessness of the truly innocent. All of this combines to symbolize the unknowable beginning that is Spirit.

The Modern Witches Tarot-The Fool, is a modern version of the Traditional Tarots, such as Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, created by Lisa Sterle and published by Sterling Publishing Inc.. This Tarot can be easily found on Amazon.com.. This Tarot comes in a neat box with a instruction guide book, making it easy to understand.

In the Major Arcana (Spirit worlds) one finds this Fool as the beginning of the Adventure of Life. Here, the Fool, is a female whose devil-may-care attitude makes her ready to take the first steps into the unknown. She dances to her own drum beat as joy itself. As in the Rider-Waite-Fool, The Modern Witch Fool is seen as staring at the bright sky while walking off a cliff into the abyss, implying absolute faith in spirit and the fearlessness of the truly innocent. All of this combines to symbolize the unknowable beginning that is Spirit. The faithful dog is the symbol for the intellect of the body, Spirit's faithful companion. As with all Traditional Fool cards, this one has left the life of the city, without a clue what lies beyond the cliffs edge. Therefore, she fully trusts that her instincts will carry her beyond the ordinary.

The Fool Card represents the totality of Self, often called the "God head" of Individual consciousness. When we converse with the Fool, we address totality of our own capacities. Here we may ask the difficult questions such as: Who am I ? Where to I come from? Where do I go? Also when conversing with the Fool, this Greater Self, may change shape often, appearing in extraordinary ways---sometimes bringing a great sense of peace as if a Buddha sitting on a lotus or at other times, creating fear that is beyond description as the journey of self discovery is not for the faint hearted and fears must be faced and conquered to "Above all things, Know thyself". We may converse with a youth, an old man, a dragon, a crocodile, or with some other animal "spirit guide". The Fool may appear as a ball of light or even a thunderstorm. This is because we are dealing with the creative act within ourselves. After all, we are the inheritors of God's or Goddess's Image-making " ability as "All is Mind." All of us, at one time in our life journey, must make a choice of following the common path of mental and emotional slavery to an outside authority, or to take the "path least traveled" that is called the Hero's journey. This is the path where one seeks their " whole spirit", which is another way of saying, becoming a Whole Being whose authority is their original author. Here is the path of solitary determination and often, struggle, for there are no clear worn footprints of the common herd. We are a trinity---Spirit-Mind-Body and not a lone animal cowering under the blows of the herd alpha. To find our True Authority, is to be a completely manifested Spirit-Mind-Body whose only authority is inner.

It is recommended that we meditate with this card. The deeper our meditation, the closer we come to the very ideological source of the unconscious where the more profound, and often more irrational, the answers we "receive". . No matter how absurd the answers seem, we must remember that what is represented here if far beyond thought (especially worded thought) and the effects of addressing the Energy of I AM (fool) may be most disquieting to a mind which sees reality only in terms of the waking consciousness. Therefore, I recommend that meditation with The Fool be postponed until experience has been gained with the other cards. Advanced discrimination skills are required to make sense of the experiences which are likely to result from interaction with this archetypal figure. It also helps to remember, that all 78 cards of the Tarot Deck, Modern or Traditional, represent an aspect of the Fool who is the 0 and/or the Infinite Spirit.

When THE FOOL card is thrown during a reading:

• The querent is in or experiencing a state of  ecstasy and/or a state of Peak experience.
• Fearlessness. 
• Courage.  
•  Is completing all motion  by Faith, absolutely trusting THE SPIRIT. 
• A feeling of being protected, and that everything will work out. 
• Being open to what the future brings!
• Rescuing the "Child within" from the lies of indoctrination and dogma.
• Don't be afraid to take a leap of faith.
• Now is the time to start your "Hero's journey". 
• Be spontaneous, and let your wild spirit run free.

If ill defined by accompanying cards - Reversed.,

• The Fool, is then the harbinger of folly, mania, extravagance and even negligence.

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