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Major Arcana - 0
- The Fool
symbolism
- iconography
- shown as 'funny' or awkward, accompanied by a dog
- going somewhere, having nothing
- walking stick
- 15C Visconti-Sforza deck, beggar, linked to carnival/saturnalia → 16C fool/jester who speaks truth, but not taken 'seriously'
- divine foolishness (c.f Rider-Waite)
- air-headed (c.f bagpipes)
- musical instrument
- wearing a cap (mocking royalty/aristocracy)
plant connections
- Amanita Muscaria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria
- deliriant, red hat, fungi is outside the 'plant kingdom', misleading, primordial
other
note: work in progress for PARN. not general reference
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