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[[File:00 The Fool.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of The Fool from various Tarot decks]] | [[File:00 The Fool.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of The Fool from various Tarot decks]] | ||
'''The Fool''' is an unnumbered card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. Some systems place the card, labeled "0" as either the first card or the last card in the trumps. | '''The Fool''' is an unnumbered card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. Some systems place the card, labeled "0" as either the first card, the last card, or the second-to-last card in the trumps. | ||
It is associated with the [[qlippoth]] of [[Belial (qlippoth)|Belial]] ("Worthless") on the [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] [[Tree of Death]]. | |||
The Fool's elemental correspondence is [[Air (element)|air]]. | |||
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In reversed position, it means: negligence, absence, and carelessness. | In reversed position, it means: negligence, absence, and carelessness. | ||
==In popular culture== | |||
The Fool card has been integrated into various forms of art. | |||
* The hero in ''[[The Holy Mountain]]'' (1973) is a thief whose journey is compared with that of the Fool. | |||
* The lead character in the horror film ''The People Under the Stairs'' (1991) is called "Fool" as his nickname. It was derived from his sister's tarot reading for him. | |||
* The 2007 variant of the Marvel Comics character Foolkiller, Mike Trace, leaves a tarot card of the Fool at the scene of his murders. | |||
* The 2009 musical project ''Teargarden by Kaleidyscope'' by The Smashing Pumpkins is a series of songs representing the Fool's journey through the tarot. | |||