Choice, Love
Appearance
A man and a woman standing in front of a pair of trees. The man's tree is flowering, the woman's tree is in full fruit. An angel or cupid may be depicted.
Story
The Fool comes to a cross-road, filled with energy, confidence and purpose, knowing exactly where he wants to go and what he wants to do. But he comes to a dead stop.
A flowering tree marks the path he wants to take, the one he's been planning on taking. But standing before a fruit tree marking the other path is a woman. Seeing her, he feels as though he's just been shot in the heart with cupid's arrow, so shocking, so painful is his recognition of her. As he speaks with her, the feeling intensifies; like finding a missing part of himself, a part he's been searching for his life long. It is clear that she feels the same about him. They finish each others sentences, think the same thoughts. It is as if an angel above had introduced their souls to each other.
Though it was his plan to follow the path of the flowering tree, and though it will cause some trouble for him to bring this woman with him, to go somewhere else entirely, the Fool knows he dare not leave her behind. Like the fruit tree, she will fulfill him. No matter how divergent from his original intent, she is his future. He chooses her, and together they head down a whole new road.
Divinatory Meanings
Choice, trusting one's instincts. Love (not just affectionate love). Surrendering. Communication. Twins, completion.
Reversed
A parting, split. A poor choice, or the inability to choose; a choice made for the wrong reasons, or based on poor information. A shallow or meaningless unity.
The Fool | The Magician | The High Priestess | The Empress | The Emperor | The Hierophant | The Lovers | The Chariot | Strength | The Hermit | Wheel of Fortune | Justice | The Hanged Man | Death | Temperance | The Devil | The Tower | The Star | The Moon | The Sun | Judgement | The World
