The Fool
You inhabit that transitional world between the past and the future.
The card in the Self position reveals aspects of how you perceive yourself right now.
The Fool is associated with circumstances that are unique, unpredictable, inscrutable -- one who is suspended between realities. The Fool is often portrayed as an empty headed simpleton unaware of the forces that move him to and fro, following his impulses. But tradition tells us that this Fool has a secret that protects him: the magic of synchronicity.
He proceeds without calculation, spontaneously, without hesitation or resistance. If you trust in your own mystery and that of Divine Providence, you can step into a new realm of opportunities. For now, trust your instincts. If you have no expectations, you have nothing to lose.
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Every April Fool's Day I remember the joke I played on April 1, 1999. I thought it was great, and I spent a lot of time writing it and making it sound believable. Too believable, though, apparently, judging from the mail I got.
A good joke has to be believable, of course, or it's just a waste of time. On the other hand, no one really likes to be fooled. I've been very leery of April Fool's Day jokes ever since, and notice that I did nothing at all in the two years past. I talked about it at work, and had suggestions ranging from putting up a page that said I had sold willa.com for a million dollars to Willa Ford (would that it were true!) to saying that I had decided to do a pay site ($1.00 to read today's journal entry!) to putting up a fake porn site.
In the end, running out of time, I opted for the simple joke. Hopefully, I at least made someone hesitate for a moment, wondering if they had, in fact, woken up in France . . .
Poisson d'Avril!
In sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was observed on April first. It was celebrated in much the same way as it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of the night. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world, and the new year fell on January first. There were some people, however, who hadn't heard or didn't believe the change in the date, so they continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April first. Others played tricks on them and called them "April fools." They sent them on a "fool's errand" or tried to make them believe that something false was true. In France today, April first is called "Poisson d'Avril." French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs. When the "young fool" discovers this trick, the prankster yells "Poisson d'Avril!" (April Fish!)
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