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This new feature will be a long work in progress since it will showcase a labor of love: my new Terra Tarot Deck, one card at a time. The first card available for download is The Number 0 card of the Major Arcana: The Fool.

You can read about the meaning of this illustration as well as download a copy of the Fool at:

New Terra Tarot Deck : The Fool <img src="/images/graemlins/music.gif" alt="" />

Your Fool is really cool, I'm looking forward to the rest of them.

Thanks kindly Ann!

For your feedback and encouragement. It will be a long endeavor to get all of them done, that is for sure. <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Congrats on your new endeavor, June! :music:

Beautiful card. I love the vivid colors... greek (profile, temple) and celtic (greyhound) connections. One of the first things I noticed was that the Fool seems to almost be headed out of the card (his/her leading hand)-- the path is open, and could go anywhere!

I also like that he/she is not headed directly off the cliff, but is starting his/her path along the cliffs--not exactly 'safe', but not garaunteed to fall. Nice touch.

Those are my early impressions. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

Hi June,

I have a question about your Fool card: I just noticed that his left hand actually shows the outer portion of a hand, as if it were from a right hand grasping the stick. If it were the left hand, you'd see the fingers curling towards the onlooker. Was that intentional? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

I had to really look at it, especially since you mentioned "back of the tunic" and "contorted". Hmm. I think I get it: we're seeing the back of this figure, and his head is twisted then?

Thanks Michael and Janet,

I enjoyed your feedback,....I was trying to convey the essence of whimsical trust and assuredness. Yes, you see his back Janet,...I was trying to make him look sort of twisted, but was not sure if I conveyed it well or not.

Yes, I had that confusion at first. But after I looked at it a few times (and reading June's description of the card, and of course knowing it is June) I realized it was intentional. I think our initial confusion goes well with the Fool--we don't know which way he/she is going; we don't have a clear idea of where the path is going, but we know we have started on a path.

Sometimes the most beneficial advertures start this way... the openess of "beginner's mind".

Ah, I see June. Your description of the card helped me see beyond the image. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Good observation about confusion/the nature of The Fool, Michael!

Hi June,

I've been admiring your card again and this time around I recognized the symbol for air on the Fool's bag. I've just recently read about these symbols being used in meditations to help one contact the spirits of air, earth, water and fire. What I read said they operate in the same manner as the Hindu Tattwas <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> . Can you tell me a little more about them, and why you used the symbol for air on this card.