0(2). The Fool

Leaping into the unknown. Again and again.

So here we have another bit of strangeness for my deck: there are to be three Fools. This is taking a page from the way there are three Magicians in some printings of the Crowley/Harris Thoth. However, in the Thoth, these three Magicians are there because they weren't satisfied with the first two (or so I gather), and some publishers decided to use the extra images to fill out the full sheet of cards to a nice round 80. In mine, this is quite intentional; my notes on doing this show up about a dozen cards into the sketches.

This is the third fool, number 0(2). It is the old fool, the Crone fool. This Fool has gone along the "Fool's Journey" narrative of the Major Arcana more than a few times; she knows the road and knows the observers. She's playing for the camera a bit as she dives headlong into the future.

I'll talk about the commonalities between this card, the other two Fools, and other cards in the deck once it's all done.

Also I need to remember to post this to the VCL once it's working again.

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