Every story has a protagonist: the central figure at the heart of the story. You're with them in the beginning and watch as they progress on their adventure until you finish the final page and close the book.
Every story has a protagonist: the central figure at the heart of the story. You're with them in the beginning and watch as they progress on their adventure until you finish the final page and close the book. When we use Tarot as a lens for self-inspection, we put ourselves in the place of the protagonist, The Fool, and observe as we flip through the pages of our own story, or what is commonly known as The Fool's Journey.
The Fool's Journey is a walk through the Major Arcana of Tarot and is represented by the 21 different archetypes that appear throughout our existence. For those unfamiliar with the term archetype, it is a representation of a pattern or collection of characteristics that can easily be identified outside of one's own culture, time, or geographic location. Common archetypal themes found in Tarot include the Mother, the Father, Lovers, and Death - all ideas and concepts that hold a universal understanding, symbols with which we can all identify at some point in our life.