Tarot as Initiatory Journey (The Fool)
 
In ‘Astrology, Aleister and Aeon’, Charles Kipp describes the intention of the initiatory journey of the Golden Dawn and other mystery schools.  It’s also a very apt description of the initiatory journey inherent in Tarot.
 
“In traditional astrology the Ascendent and the sign in which it is placed is taken as [...]

The Fool’s element is Air and its Hebrew letter is Aleph, which means ‘ox’. You could think of this as the air that aerates the soil as it is ploughed by the ox, allowing life to bloom. Recently, the unpredictable planet Uranus has come to be linked with this card.
The Fool is your [...]