{The C Card}[23rd September 1989]

[Redbook6:270][19890923:2059]{The C Card}[23rd September 1989]

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A likely reason* why no card was inserted between T.XIII and T.XIV at the C degree of the Circle, is that the only possible figure for the card, Christ, would have led to producers and users probably being burnt at the stake – in the era when these cards first appeared.

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The Fool, [T.]0, being numberless, may move anywhere; on the other hand, his position at C~ fills this gap, and Christ is indeed the Holy Fool; not through being foolish, but through his perception and deliberate lack of diplomacy: as the Jester or Joker is the King’s Fool, and as the small boy was to the Emperor who had no clothes.

*{(But see [[Redbook6:273][19890926:2135#]{Christ and the Circle}[26th September 1989],] 273)}

{cf V. [[Redbook5:209][19880717:1610d]{Tarot Jokers}[17th July 1988],] 209}

[& [Redbook4:28-33][19870709:2358]{The Invisible Cards}[9^th July 1987]ff,

& esp [Redbook4:31-32][19870710:0855d]{The Invisible Cards [continued(6)]}[10^th July 1987];

& [Redbook4:253][19871221:1955d]{The Tarot Pack [continued (6)]}[21st December 1987]]

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