The document describes the Fool's Journey in the tarot, where one starts as a naive Fool and progresses through the major arcana cards as the Magician, High Priestess, Empress, and other figures, gaining new knowledge and perspectives from each experience. Over the course of the journey, one transforms and develops strengths like discipline, balance, understanding of fate, responsibility, and ultimately reaches a state of fulfillment as represented by The World card.

1. Fool’s Journey
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2. The Fool

3. The Fool
You start the
journey as a Fool,
naive and
carefree, excited
by all the new
experiences.

4. The Magician

5. The Magician
In search of
knowledge, you
proceed as a
Magician,
manipulating the
inanimate world
around you and
finding out the
boundaries.

6. The High
Priestess

7. The High
Priestess
Soon you realize that
there are other kinds
of knowing, and as a
High Priestess, you
start freeing your
intuition.
This doesn’t prove to
be enough, though...

8. The Empress

9. The Empress
You find that
everything in nature
has to be in balance.
Through the mother
stereotype, the
Empress, you start to
listen to the emotional
world.

10. The Emperor

11. The Emperor
Through father
stereotype,
Emperor, you
discover authority
and rules.

12. The Hierophant

13. The Hierophant
Finally, you become
interested in the
mysteries of outer
world.
Through Hierophant
you learn it’s ways and
beliefs and how to
become a part of it.

14. The Lovers

15. The Lovers
A need arises for a
deeper connection with
others – Lovers.
However, it proves
difficult to find a balance
between passion and
reality.

16. The Chariot

17. The Chariot
You become aware of
your value and you are
no longer a child. With
Chariot, you take off
alone into the wide
world, decisive and self-confident.
However, you are
quickly forced to
develop discipline and
willpower.

18. Strength

19. Strength
Soon, you confront
your first real
problems and
challenges and you
discover your inner
Strength.

20. The Hermit

21. The Hermit
This leads to a quest
for answers.
As a Hermit in isolation,
you strive to
understand all the whys
and acquire a deeper
understanding of the
universe.

22. The Wheel of
Fortune

23. The Wheel of
Fortune
Through the Wheel of
Fortune, you accept fate
as a legitimate factor in
life and the whole
universe.
You begin to understand
that your complete past
creates the present.

24. Justice

25. Justice
Finally, through Justice,
you accept
responsibility for your
own life and realize
that right now, your
each and every tiniest
action makes your
future.

26. The Hanged
Man

27. The Hanged
Man
You understand now
that you have just
scratched the surface.
As a Hanged Man you
look at the world from
a reversed
perspective.

28. Death

29. Death
Transformation
represented by
Death begins, and
you feel the whole
life phase is painfully
ending.

30. Temperance

31. Temperance
You develop a strong
inner balance, and
through Temperance,
you start to apply the
newly discovered
powers of moderation
and flexibility.

32. The Devil

33. The Devil
Through the Devil
come painful
confrontations with
chains of your own
dark depths.

34. The Tower

35. The Tower
You free yourself of
your own self-deceptions
and
ignorance only when
your whole world is
brought down,
represented as the
Tower.

36. The Star

37. The Star
The goal is finally
clear as a Star,
and it gives you
hope and faith to
continue on
calmly.

38. The Moon

39. The Moon
But it’s not over yet;
the last challenge is
the Moon whose
illusions seduce and
confuse you so that
you need to learn to
discern illusion from
truth.

40. The Sun

41. The Sun
After the doubts
and tricks of night,
the Sun brings the
crystal clarity and
confidence of the
day.

42. Judgement

43. Judgement
Finally, you stop and
take inventory of all that
is behind you – a
moment of Judgment.
However hard won your
experiences have been,
you rise above your ego,
your shortcomings and
your limitations.

44. The World

45. The World
You have successfully
integrated all parts of
yourself into a fully-complete
and balanced
whole. Through the
World, you reach a new
level of happiness and
fulfillment.
You are ready for a new
journey.

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