Le Fou

Element: Air

Zodiac: Aquarius

Planet: Uranus 

Magickal Applications: An initiatory shock of energy for launching new projects, overcoming stagnation/procrastination, and radical self transformation 

Le Fauve

Mixed media, approx 18”

The Fool features a concealed, 3” zippered chamber, for loading with materia magicka, petitions, etc. 

We are calling this Foolish manifestation “Le Fauve”, meaning “wild beast.” A tribute to the Fool’s form as trickster, this fox-masked reveler bears the iconic Thyrsis, as his bundled walking-stick. A large staff of fennel, topped with a pinecone and ribbon, the Thyrsis is an iconographic attribute of Dionysus, and His followers. The Wild God of drunken revelry, and inspired, *divine* ecstasy, Dionysus’ followers were suitably wild, themselves. This Fool is as mad, as he is clever, and walks a path of his own making.

It feels appropriate to launch our 2026 release slate, with a figure that is so rich in the symbolism of *new beginnings.* The unnumbered arcanum is all about initiatory energy; a new project, a journey, a new persona. The Fool is an oft-misunderstood cypher of an archetype; with his esteem - and fortune - seemingly dependent on era, context, and artistic impression. 

Viva la Fool! Here’s to a year of revolution. 🔥