The Fool - El Loco
Upright: Beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, a free spirit
Reversed: Holding back, recklessness, risk-taking, depending on others for answers
The Fool is a card of new beginnings, opportunity and potential. You are at the outset of your journey, and about to take your first step into the unknown. Even though you do not know exactly where you are going, you are being called to commit yourself and follow your heart. Now is a time when you need to trust where the Universe is taking you. As you venture out on this new journey, the Fool encourages you to have an open, curious mind. Leaving behind any fear, worry or doubts about what may or may not happen. This is about new experiences, personal growth, development, and adventure.
On the other hand, The Fool reversed suggests you may fear the unknown, wondering, 'What am I getting myself into?' This often shows you feel the need to control everything! Perhaps you are over thinking, to balance this out, you must trust in the universe, so you can take this step forward, have faith, even if you are unsure of what will happen next. The idea or illusion of "control" is quite foolish in it's self.
Or maybe the reversed Fool is showing that you are taking too many risks. Looking outside yourself for answers, instead of relying on your own intuition. Maybe you are even being led astray by another, which takes you farther way from your path and true self. When you realize this you feel "foolish" for being so easily tricked.
The Fool here is a kind of Mad Hatter driven mad by overthinking and self doubt. She represents that crazy, scattered feeling when you have been made 'The Fool' by another. Ignoring the warning signs of your instincts. Her crazy appearance, the messy hair, tear stained face, skewed cards splattered with blood (her heart), and the poison tea she is poring, as well as the Ouija board's "Good Bye", tells the story of her possible fate for not trusting herself and diving in head first.
Try to embrace the positive aspects of youth and hopefulness of this card, have faith in your self and the universe, while maintaining balance. Do not look toward others for answers. Trust yourself and listen to those gut instincts and do not be duped. Learn to listen to them. You are much wiser than you think!
The Fool resides in the house of Air