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The Fool (Tarot card) facts for kids

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In the Visconti-Sforza tarot deck, the Fool is depicted as a ragged vagabond.

The Fool or The Jester ("Il Matto" in Italian) is one of the 78 cards in a Tarot deck. It is one of the 22 Trump cards that make up the Major Arcana and the only one of the major arcana found in the modern playing cards in the role of the joker. The Fool is often numbered 0. It is used in divination as well as in game playing.

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  • Excuse

    The two most common Fool cards in tarot card games, l'Excuse (left) of the Tarot Nouveau and the Sküs (right) of the Industrie und Glück.

  • Giotto- The Seven Vices - Foolishness

    A standard medieval allegory of Foolishness, painted by Giotto from Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. This depiction resembles the Fool in the earliest surviving painted decks.

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