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Put two or three cards next to each other — upright and reversed — and see where they rhyme and where they pull against one another.
Upright
Nothing in your hand, a small dog at your heel, the cliff one step ahead. The Fool is what you look like when you stop pretending you know. There's an old kind of bravery in it, the kind that doesn't announce itself.
beginnings · innocence · leap of faith · spontaneity
Reversed
Same step, taken in the wrong direction. The Fool reversed isn't faithlessness, it's recklessness wearing the same costume. You're about to leap and you haven't asked the small dog what it's barking at.
recklessness · naivety · risk-taking · foolishness
Upright
All four suits laid out in front of you on a table — wand, cup, sword, pentacle. Fire, water, air, earth, every tool you'd ever need. The Magician is the moment you realize you've had them the whole time.
manifestation · willpower · skill · concentration
Reversed
The hands still moving but nothing in them. The Magician reversed is the talent you keep telling yourself you don't have, or the talent you've turned on someone else for the wrong reasons. Manipulation is the shadow side of skill.
manipulation · untapped talent · poor planning