This is the card of beginnings, where we encounter the ability to renew and reinvent self.
If the Fool appears in a free tarot reading it demonstrates the transpersonal aspects of who we are, expressed outwardly. The Fool hungers for experience and adventure.
The Fool has an insatiable lust for life, and greedily rushes to embrace every opportunity. This tarot card represents a seeker of knowledge, his goal is to know self, then expand awareness to reach a gnosis.
The Fool begins his journey with tentative steps, but filled with the joy of discovery. Beginnings are times of fragility and vulnerability.
The Fool radiates the confidence of youth, the determination of the ages, and courage. Courage, that indefinable 'something' that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution, and emerge with zeal and lust intact. Courage may however, be indicative of folly: will The Fool's folly be controlled or reckless?
Just like learning how to read the tarot cards, every journey begins with a single step. Step out, now.
What IS in his bag of tricks? Four magical symbols, a wand, a cup, a sword, a coin are tucked within. At this point of his sojourn the symbols have little meaning aside from their mundane use, however he is aware on some level that they are important to him and to completing his journey to the World. The symbols retain their power, await the opportunity to demonstrate their spiritual use.
Who is the Fool? Why, I am! Now, watch that cliff (the symbol for a division of worlds) and get ready to Tarot on!