Upright Keywords: Beginnings, spontaneity, free spirit
Symbolism & Meaning
This is The Fool Major Arcana card as represented in the This Might Hurt tarot deck. The Fool is the first card and therfore the protagonist of the Major Arcana. As he wanders through the cards he meets a diverse mix of characters on his way who can help him decipher the journey he is on. As he takes the next precarious step into the unknown he is full of wonder. He is so distracted by the flower he is sniffing he is totally unaware of the potential risk ahead. He doesn’t care either. This card has shown up because you are about to embark on a wild adventure. You don’t know where it will take you and that is the beauty of it. Embrace it, let go of any fear and self doubt. If it feels brilliant and bonkers in equal measure, do it!
How The Fool is Relevant to Me
I think the phrase “this time next week” is becoming a recurring thing in my journal! Today is Friday and tomorrow we pack for a night away. On Sunday we go to meet the current boat owners (via IKEA for a sweep of the market and a cheeky lunch) for a full lowdown on Message in a Bottle. Sunday evening we have a lovely roast dinner and chill out in our hotel room. Monday we have our Helmsman course, an all day affair on the Grand Union Canal. Tuesday is survey day followed by two days of anxiously waiting for the report and giving the owners time to pack their lives into a van, ready to start the next part of their journey. Friday will hopefully be exchange of ownership and the day I spend the most money I have ever spent on a “material thing”.
This does indeed feel brilliant and bonkers in equal measure and I cannot flipping wait!!
Physically, these next few days will be a challenge and a learning experience. I have felt loads better this week and have cut my Dihydrocodine dose in half. My left hand is feeling very stiff after an hour of hand therapy in the wonderful department at Broomfield but I need to persevere.
I am curious to see how a couple of days clambering around narrowboats impacts my pain levels. I am feeling strangely confident for the first time in months that I may actually make a full recovery. I genuinely had this feeling that I was going to be in pain for the rest of my life but this week has shown me that may not be the case.
I am ready to embark on this fools journey. I love not knowing what is around the corner and am ready to embrace whatever comes from it.