The Fool

The fool is the only one of the major arcana in a tarot deck without a number.

"Beware, Sir Gawain: if the lance catches your backside,the ladies in the tower shall have another moon at which to stare."

Certainly the fool is a simpleton. Maybe he has been made simple by love, like Sir Gawain. Or maybe he is just simple-minded by nature:

"Lament, Parsifal the wretched: through your simple-mindedness,the Fisher King yet suffers from his wound."

• Philosophy
• Parsifal the fool, in Act 1 of Wagner's opera
• See the other tarot cards