Hidden details of Tarot of Marseilles Fool card not seen before

[@udowehab6756]

Thanks for your video, the analogy between the Fool card and the painting is amazing! As for the cat's fur, in the Middle Ages it was quite common to skin cats, especially among the poor, who could not afford the hides of wild animals. Cat skins were often traded for other goods or kept for their warmth at night. Here is a quote from one of the poems by Piers Plowman: " I have as much pite of povere men as pedlere hath of cattes, That wolde kille hem, if he cacche hem myghte, for coveitise of hir skynnes." The cat's skin in the painting can be used as a visual queue to confirm the low status of the person portrayed, as can two different shoes. In spite of his misery, resulting from repeated mistakes and being stuck in a lust-driven life, he still thinks he is able to attract luck and happiness to himself just by wearing an amulet (rabbit's foot), completely ignoring the reasons for his mishaps.

[@khan7459]

Oh that makes sense! Yes, maybe that's where the cat skin= bad luck comes from: as only poor ones wore that, because they had no real choice, I suppose wearing cat skin did put the "beware the poor guy - he might steal something from you" stigma on the person, and in middle age society that was the same as attracting bad luck. (or unfortunately even nowadays that isn't quite gone...)

[@JamieZoeGivens]

I heard that the animal limb coming out of the clothes on the Prodigal Son was there in case he met the devil. It is better to shake hands with the devil with that animal's foot than your own hand.

[@VeijaImaginez]

Hi you looking great in that Orange color. I’ m Dutch. Here are some old Dutch expressions with a spoon , 👩🏽‍🍳 You have to spoon-feed it to him. When someone doesn't understand something obvious. You don't know what kind of spoon you're stirring the porridge with! You are entering an area where you do not understand the dangers. If you want to eat porridge, you shouldn't forget the spoon. You can't do much without tools. Throwing the spoon on the table. Being a guest (in the past, people took their spoon with them when they went to eat somewhere). Have the spoon hanging in the rack. Being at home there; belong to the family. Having thrown away/put down his spoon. Have died. Every child who comes brings his spoon. Often something goes wrong at the end. A lot of porridge falls to the floor between the spoon and the mouth. Before the matter is actually finalized, a lot can still go wrong. Between nose and spoon. Inbetween. Spoons cannot be made from all wood. Not everyone (everything) is suitable for a certain task (certain purpose). Anyone who wants to eat from the same dish with the devil must have a long spoon. It is not easy to deceive someone who is himself engaged in deceitful practices. He eats with dirty spoons. It will end badly for him. He has the largest spoon on his side. He makes sure he always gets the most or the best. He has spoon disease. He eats too little. He suffers from spooning. He is hungry. He's at the spoon. He can move his mouth well. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He was born rich. I'm so sick of it, like I've been eating it by the spoonful. I don't feel like it at all. You catch more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a barrel of vinegar. You gain more from being kind than from being strict. The man brings it in with bushels, the woman gives it out with spoons. The man earns the money; the woman arranges the daily expenses. The woman spends more with a spoon than the man brings in with a bushel. For a woman who spends money lavishly, you never earn enough. A spoonful of action is better than a bushelful of advice. You benefit more from people who actually help you than from people who just give advice. Evil bell, evil clapper; evil pot, evil spoon. Bad parents also have children who are no good. If the porridge follows the spoon, it doesn't want to be eaten. When girls follow boys. Pastor has finished the porridge; he rattles the spoon in the kettle. The bell of the Protestant church is ringing. Soup with the sacred ladle. Thin soup. He has spooned up old soup again. He's reviving an old case. One spoonful every hour, if it doesn't help two. Someone who works slowly. Sleeping fork and spoon. Figure in which two people can lie in bed. As hard as the spoon can pour. As hard as possible. Vertalen

[@Ty_The_Bonsai_Guy]

You're a professor of tarot Mr. Pitisci. 👏👏👏👏🙂👍

[@gabrielleaumont3971]

Thank you, interesting talk. More, please.

[@khan7459]

We have an idiom: "he passed on his spoon" , that means he died. So I always saw the spoon in TdM as a symbol for the fool being alive. He basically has nothing else, but his life. And he's going on the journey now, not knowing where, or how it will end, not very skilled either, a useless guy basically, but as long as he's still got his spoon, he can move on, and gain experience. With the spoon he'll be able to get food (=survive), and it is also proof, that even in his ragged situation, he has the potential of stirring things up and thus change his life, so he is not totally powerless. His life is basically in his own hands, he just might not know this yet. Thanks for showing us the Bosch painting. You're right - why didn't they choose that one...

[@carolinewalker3106]

Thank you Vincent 🕊✨️

[@SarahAnew]

For some reason the symbol at the peak of the roof made me think of shoes on power lines.

[@glynnphillips9703]

Love you Mr Pitisci. All good blessings to you and your family

[@gcmgcm4238]

A favorite painting and artist! Must be the evocative insightful way Bosch depicted the nature of the times without compromising, but weaving social content and meaning into spiritually heightened narrative allegory. Wonderful insight Vince!

[@nightravellerx]

Very interesting, thank you for sharing the video.

[@tarotsignals1451]

associating the prodigal son to the fool card sure opens up a whole other view point of the fool card that can totally be applied in a reading . makes alot of sense actually ... changing paths, learning from past mistakes making a choice to re center and start your journey towards better life choices etc

[@missylucy9933]

I’ve noticed the fool often plays out for me as doing something foolish or a little bit of bad luck, rather than a new beginning so that’s interesting. Thank you for the insight! 🙏

[@jumpingspider6659]

Great video thank you.

[@lisle3013]

What a great video..great subject...gotta love history and what it teaches us...and help us better understand the tarot..its history and symbolism...I really enjoyed and learned quite a bit from your video... looking forward to more of your videos...I love art history.

[@odessafrankson1478]

Thank you for sharing.

[@juanitab888]

This is amazing!

[@Richard_Boo]

Thank you for the history lesson ❤

[@glynnphillips9703]

Keep throwing cards 🃏🃏🃏

[@wren1019]

mind blown. thank you💙

[@glynnphillips9703]

Great taste in art Mr Pitisci. 💯

[@mat6468]

The cow and the fence is aleph

[@malthus101]

Yes a rabbit's foot is good luck, just like a horse's shoe.

[@MINDVIKING]

Seems to be linked with soup. What's going on in the background? Potatoes?

[@vincentdonnelly1490]

If you would sup with the devil, you will need a long spoon.

[@vincentdonnelly1490]

A basket of “deplorables”? Perhaps. Meagre offerings of a misspent youth.

[@ramoloii]

I’m still impressed by how I attracted learning from you as a Tarot teacher 😢🥹 forever grateful Pitici 🙏🏾 I also think you should get that ad money, it ain’t a big deal 😅