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Tarot — The Fool

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The Prophecy
The Tortured Poets Department · 2024

Mine play out like fools in a fable

Angela & Uncle Jerry identify the Fool as a specific tarot card reference. Uncle Jerry describes the card in detail: a figure with the sun over his shoulder, a rose in hand, a stave with a satchel, walking straight off a cliff while looking up at the sky, with a dog trying to stop him. He cites a Hebrew idiom from non-canonical literature: 'a fool walks with his dog behind him.' He notes that in all fables featuring fools, from Gimpel the Fool to Chaucer's Miller's Tale, the fool's story never ends well, and Taylor is saying her cards play out the same way.

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