Random Archetype Insights

[Unbound]

The placement of the will can be seen by the carrying of the pack. The will is being used by the fool to carry the burden of its experiences which is all that it owns and carries with it as it travels endlessly towards new choice and experience. This represents the collective form of experiences which are available as tools to be used by the fool when it becomes the other archetypes, but in the form of the pure fool itself the will is occupied with the carrying of every part of the self towards the next experience of choice. Thus, the fool represents not just faith, but as I said the willingness to grasp the will. It is not that the will does not serve the fool, it is that the will is held in potential to be kept for use when it is needed through the other archetypes.

There is an added lesson here that if a fool carries with him a pack that is too large it will become an inconvenient hindrance, once again stressing the place of faith in the symbolism of the fool.

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Also, I would mention that in this card, like multiple others, the figure is depicted with front facing us. Thus, when the left side of the card is referred to it is actually referencing the right hand of the figure. There is, I believe, a profound Kabbalic secret lying therein in that the hands of man and god are reversed. The Right Hand of God is the Left Hand of Man, while the Left Hand of God is the Right Hand of Man. This is also reflected in biology by the hemispheres of the brain controlling opposing halves of the body.