Dear Reader,
Some of you may have heard of the Tarot Deck as a pictorial story of the Fool's journey to Enlightenment. There are cycles within cycles here. The Major Arcana give the clearest pictorial story. The division of the suits, in their own spheres of influence, repeat the story. Joseph Campbell, world famous student and author regarding mythology, holds up the story of the Tarot Deck as an example of the Hero's Journey.
I can not go over the entire cycle of the Fool's Journey. It is not because I am not versed in it but because my current migraine is making typing difficult. A rough summary that I can give you is that the Fool starts out on their journey to make their fortune in the world. They encounter various figures that give them support and that gives them challenges to encourage them to grow to the next step in the journey.
Eventually, the Fool realizes that this journey is more than a trip to seek fortune and possible fame, but a journey to find their authentic self. Like all journeys there are setbacks and delays. And like all journeys there is good fortune and finding secret ways forward. And in the end, the Fool finds they had all that they needed all along and the cycle begins again as the Fool goes looking for something new.
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