The Fool

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Theresa Reed | The Tarot Lady

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:spirituality

4.9 • 936 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Episode 10: The Fool. We'll be going through every card in the tarot deck in future episodes. Naturally, we're starting off with The Fool, the first card in the Major Arcana. Learn about the symbols, how to interpret, and the reversed meaning. No foolin'!

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0:00.0	The Hello and welcome to Tarot Bites. I'm Teresa Reed the Tarot Lady. I am the
0:19.7	creator of the Tarot Masterclass and the author of the Terro Coloring Book. I'm also your host for this
0:25.2	podcast series. This is episode 10 of Terro Bites. The podcast where I dish out short, entertaining, bite-size lessons on how to read
0:34.9	tarot. For today's episode our topic is the fool. Let's begin. The fool is the first card in the major Arcana. Now if you look at every
0:47.4	card in the majors you'll notice that there is a number at the top. For the fool we see zero. It's the only card in the deck with a
0:57.2	zero. So in this podcast by the way I'm working with the rider weight Smith deck but know this in earlier
1:05.9	renditions the tarot cards the fool was often unnumbered so what is zero
1:11.2	all about well zero is the number of infinity, nothingness. It's also the number of potential.
1:17.0	It is completely empty, yet completely closed at the same time.
1:22.8	It's like a full circle, yet totally open.
1:26.3	Which often reminds me of a story from the book
1:29.8	Zen Flesh, Zen Bones.
1:32.0	The story is called a cup of tea.
1:36.0	Non-in, a Japanese master, received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.
1:43.9	Non-in-served tea.
1:45.9	He poured his visitors cup full, but then kept on pouring.
1:50.0	The Professor watched the overflow until he can no longer restrain himself.
1:54.2	It is over full.
1:55.4	No more will go in.
1:58.0	Like this cup, Nannin said.
2:00.0	You are full of your own opinions and speculations.
2:03.2	How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?
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