The Library The Fool Reversed
Major Arcana
The Fool reversed
- beginnings
- innocence
- spontaneity
- free spirit
- leap of faith
Reversed meaning
Reversed, The Fool warns of recklessness, of leaping without any discernment at all. Naivety has become foolishness; the adventure has become avoidance. It may be time to look before you leap, or to stop delaying the beginning out of groundless fear.
Reversed in love
You are leaping to avoid standing still. The next person, the next beginning, the next sudden plan — the pattern is the point, and it is carrying you away from something rather than towards anyone.
Reversed at work
Enthusiasm without preparation. You have said yes to something whose shape you did not check, or you are deferring the start indefinitely while calling the delay diligence.
Reversed in health
Recklessness with your own body, or the opposite — a fear so managed it has stopped you moving at all.
Reversed in spirit
Spiritual restlessness. Collecting beginnings — new practices, new teachers — because beginning is the part that feels good.
Reversed, as advice
Stop and look. Not forever — long enough to know what you are stepping off, and whether you would choose it if you did know.