August 1940
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for August 1940 is The Fool. It’s the same for everyone alive this month, set by the date alone, and it sits in the initiation third of the wheel.
The Fool is the part of you willing to step off into something before you can see where your foot will land. He is pure beginning, the openness that comes before experience has had a chance to make you careful. He trusts that the ground will be there.
How August 1940 becomes The Fool
The collective year card for 1940 is Temperance (14). Add the month number (August is month 8): 14 + 8 = 22, which wraps around the twenty-two to 0. Card 0 is The Fool.