A tarot card, numbered 0 and titled THE FOOL.
Inside the border, a skeleton in a red-and-green jester’s costume and belled hat steps off the edge of a cliff with a bundle over one shoulder, a smiling sun above and mountains behind. A tabby cat walks at his heels instead of the usual small dog.
The Fool is the beginning of the deck — setting out with no plan and no idea what is below. Making him a skeleton sharpens the point considerably. For tarot readers, for anyone starting something ill-advised, and for the cat, who appears to be going along with it.
