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The JokerDecember 31st
The Joker, the final card of the deck, is actually considered more to be outside the deck. They can be anything they choose. They have chosen a script this time around which is a blank page in many ways. This is not to say that they have no karma, or pre-arrangements with other souls, or a purpose or destiny. It's just that perhaps, it is so unique and customized to them, that it couldn't fit into one of the choices that the 'system' has available.
Hey Jokers, find another December 31st person, and figure out what you have in common. Then hop on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook and tell us! We need to know.
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The Numerology
The Destiny Card System is based on both astrology and numerology. Here is how The Joker fits (or rather, doesn’t fit) into the system:
** 52 cards = 52 weeks in the year
** 5 + 2 = 7 (obvi, the # of days in a week)
** 52 x 7 = 364 days
** The Joker is the 365th day
** 52 cards = 52 weeks in the year
** 5 + 2 = 7 (obvi, the # of days in a week)
** 52 x 7 = 364 days
** The Joker is the 365th day
People with the Joker card can take on the personality of any of the other 52 cards in the deck at anytime. Take a look at the list of celebrities. Anthony Hopkins. Ben Kingsley. Come on now. Even people like Gabby Douglas and Donald Trump, Jr…. you just can’t quite get a grasp for who they are. Because of this, the Destiny Cards System does not apply to the Joker but they might find reading the Ace of Hearts and King of Spades to be useful as those two cards are December 30th and January 1st respectively.
Another way to figure out how The Joker applies, check out The Fool Card (number 0) in the Tarot deck. Keep in mind, there is a place for the 'Fool' within each of us. There is a perspective which can make fun of ourselves. There is an empty place which is to honor the mystery of life. So in a sense, we all have access to the archetype of the Joker.
Another way to figure out how The Joker applies, check out The Fool Card (number 0) in the Tarot deck. Keep in mind, there is a place for the 'Fool' within each of us. There is a perspective which can make fun of ourselves. There is an empty place which is to honor the mystery of life. So in a sense, we all have access to the archetype of the Joker.
The Origin Stories
In the courts of yesteryear, the jesters performed skits and imitations to get people to lighten up, to laugh at themselves, and perhaps, for the wisest jesters, to communicate a message to the ruling elite through humor, that no one else could. The Jester archetype today is played by comic news hosts such as Bill Maher, Samantha Bee and Jon Stewart. They have the stage, and they can say whatever they wish to the powers that be.
There are wisdom traditions which include the concept of zero, or nothing, as part of the all. That which is not, is included in that which is. For example, in ancient Chinese Feng Shui, when writing out your affirmations for what you want, make eight of them, and then make the ninth irrelevant and empty. Also, in the Bagua, which is the eight-sided figure used as a template on physical spaces for Feng Shui, the center place is to remain empty, both in the diagram and in the physical space, to invoke a sense of peace.
The printed card came about during the Civil War in the United States as the result of a need for a higher Bower card (other than the trump cards of the two Jacks) in the card game, Euchre. This Joker therefore, can also be interpreted as the 'Jack of all Jacks' taking on some of the characteristics of a typical Jack card. Creative, youthful, independent but still a part of the royal fam, they don't liked to be bossed around and they tend to have a sense of pride and strength. Like all Jacks, the Joker can also turn this creative energy into deceptive, shady business.
There are wisdom traditions which include the concept of zero, or nothing, as part of the all. That which is not, is included in that which is. For example, in ancient Chinese Feng Shui, when writing out your affirmations for what you want, make eight of them, and then make the ninth irrelevant and empty. Also, in the Bagua, which is the eight-sided figure used as a template on physical spaces for Feng Shui, the center place is to remain empty, both in the diagram and in the physical space, to invoke a sense of peace.
The printed card came about during the Civil War in the United States as the result of a need for a higher Bower card (other than the trump cards of the two Jacks) in the card game, Euchre. This Joker therefore, can also be interpreted as the 'Jack of all Jacks' taking on some of the characteristics of a typical Jack card. Creative, youthful, independent but still a part of the royal fam, they don't liked to be bossed around and they tend to have a sense of pride and strength. Like all Jacks, the Joker can also turn this creative energy into deceptive, shady business.
Famous Jokers
Alex Ferguson
Anthony Hopkins
Barbara Carrera
Ben Kingsley
Dianne Von Furstenberg
Donald Trump Jr.
Donna Summer
Gabby Douglas
General Cornwallis
George C. Marshall
George Thorogood
Henri Matisse
Jacques Cartier
Joe McIntyre
John Denver
Maurice Sinet
Psy
Tim Matheson
Val Kilmer
Anthony Hopkins
Barbara Carrera
Ben Kingsley
Dianne Von Furstenberg
Donald Trump Jr.
Donna Summer
Gabby Douglas
General Cornwallis
George C. Marshall
George Thorogood
Henri Matisse
Jacques Cartier
Joe McIntyre
John Denver
Maurice Sinet
Psy
Tim Matheson
Val Kilmer
