May 1970
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for May 1970 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 May 1970 becomes The Fool
The collective year card for 1970 is The Star (17). Add the month number (May is month 5): 17 + 5 = 22, which wraps around the twenty-two to 0. Card 0 is The Fool.