- Arcana 22 in the Destiny Matrix is The Fool and is called the energy of freedom.
- Arcana 22 is considered transitional: the person's soul is completing a cycle and moving to another level of development.
- A person with arcana 22 in its plus is free of dependence in relationships, work and money, travels a lot and is not attached to material things.
- In its minus, arcana 22 shows up as lack of freedom, addictions, irresponsibility, debts and loans, and breaking the law.
- With arcana 22, money comes through fun, entertainment, creativity, tourism and work with children.
Arcana 22 in the Destiny Matrix is The Fool, the twenty-second energy of the matrix. It is called the energy of freedom, release and spiritual freedom. A person with arcana 22 is free of dogmas, frames and prohibitions, sees the world as a whole, much like arcana 21, and thinks about global tasks. This is a wanderer who is not tied to one place and travels light through life, treating it as a road of adventures and laughing at difficulties.
In the matrix, The Fool stands for the inner child who is allowed everything. It holds all twenty-two archetypes and, unlike the other energies, has no limits: what can you demand of a child? The twenty-second arcana is called the child-person. When an adult who has already found their place in life has children, they enjoy the children's spontaneity and learn from the way a child finds something to do, chooses what feels best and does what it wants.
This is a transitional arcana. Its presence in the matrix shows that in this life the soul is completing a cycle and moving to another level of development, heading in the right direction along the path of evolution. That is why freedom of choice matters so much to you and why someone else's will is so hard to bear: the choice has to be made by your soul. True freedom means being able to have everything and cling to nothing.
The twenty-second arcana is most often lived in its minus. People of other arcana do not take The Fool seriously. They impose their opinions and push him into frames, while society pressures and criticises him and calls him a fool until he starts to believe it himself. Under pressure he stops being himself. Like the eighteenth arcana, he hides his irrational side inside material frames and pretends to be ordinary, or, like the fifteenth, he forces himself into "proper" behaviour and then breaks loose.
People often build these frames for themselves. It might be a marriage of convenience without love, a job you hold on to for fear of being fired, or a business you have lost interest in but cannot bring yourself to drop. A golden cage is still a cage, and the soul will find a way out: through alcohol, drugs and wild living, through illness and hospital, and in the most extreme case through prison. If you do not dare to say "no" yourself, the release will happen anyway, and the soul does not care how.
- Personal freedom is your highest value and it is not up for negotiation. You cannot stand prohibitions, pressure by force or excessive control, and you have inner independence.
- You have an open heart and plenty of friends and acquaintances. You get on with people easily, become the life of the party, tell jokes brilliantly and like to embellish a story.
- You are adventurous, inventive and always ready to go. You are willing to take risks and head into the unknown, you make decisions easily and on impulse, and you start new projects and new chapters of life from a clean slate.
- You cannot sit still, and stagnation is torture for you. You travel a lot, feel at home anywhere, and love nature, hiking and nights in a tent.
- Material wealth ranks below spiritual wealth and below experiences for you. The energy in its plus is free of any dependence: in relationships, in work and in money.
- You are a creative, sensitive person with strong intuition, imagination and a sense of humour. You write poems and funny rhymes and improvise. You create when you feel like it; creating to order does not work for you.
- You can turn any moment into a celebration without even trying. You love being at the centre of things, you live in the present and you end up in the right place at the right time.
- You are kind, sincere, democratic and tolerant. You accept new things without prejudice and are not afraid of looking silly or foolish. All religions and all people are equal to you, and the whole Earth is your home. At the same time, you are poorly adapted to the practical realities of life.
- You feel guided and protected by angels, you trust divine protection at every moment and carry an unusual spiritual strength. You understand the cycles of life, you are capable of inner journeys and mystical experiences, and you are wise in your simplicity, perceptive and incorruptible.
- You love spending time with children, and children are sacred to you. Your optimism has a healing effect on people who are heavy at heart. You are a living, joyful example: you show others new paths and help them let go of illusions and imagined limits.
- You feel completely unfree, dependent on circumstances and on your own weaknesses, and you build frames for yourself. Passivity and narrow views set in, along with a fear of leaping into the unknown and starting a new life cycle. Inspiration and the feeling of flight disappear.
- You work nine to five at a hard job you do not like and cling to results and money. Burdens pile up: loans, debts, illnesses, obligations you cannot walk away from.
- Addictions of every kind: alcohol, drugs, gambling, TV series, financial dependence on other people.
- Irresponsibility, weak will, infantilism, unwillingness to take responsibility for your life and to make decisions. A person can genuinely slip into a childlike state and never come out of it.
- Wild living, anarchism, resistance to any limits, breaking the law, even to the point of prison. This is one of the most criminal arcana in the matrix, and the first sign of the minus here is thinking about where to make some easy money. Out of foolishness The Fool gets caught where others go unnoticed.
- A tendency to dabble in black magic on a hunch, out of ignorance or for lack of information, especially if the matrix also contains the first, fifteenth or eighteenth arcana. This can ruin both your life and the lives of those close to you.
- Naivety bordering on foolishness, gullibility, lack of discernment in everything, inability to read people and foresee consequences, betrayal committed unintentionally out of carelessness. Impulsiveness, recklessness, eccentricity, flightiness, whims, unhealthy thrill-seeking, lack of logic.
- Vagrancy, drifting from one job to another, thoughtless spending, untidiness and neglect. This is the only arcana that can bring a person to homelessness, and sometimes it is a conscious choice. In its minus it also shows up as children who run away from home.
- Jealousy, domineering behaviour, greed, controlling loved ones, suppressing their will and imposing your own wishes on them.
- A complete lack of joy and fun, or chaos in your own and other people's lives because of inappropriate jokes. Mistakes in raising children: giving them too much freedom, drinking with them, discussing sex with them. There may be a dislike of children, or an unwillingness or inability to have them.
The arcana in the main points of the chart
The same arcana is read differently depending on the point where it stands.
22 · In the day of birth · point A
With twenty-two in your day of birth, you are inwardly free and open to everything new. You live life to the full and see it as an endless celebration. You manage to get the most enjoyment out of life without becoming attached to material things.
You stand out for your inner ease and the absence of rigid beliefs. You value your own freedom and other people's, and you are ready for change and experiments. You are sincere and direct. You are self-sufficient: you rely on your own strength and do not need approval. You take joy in small things and fill life with positivity, and your view of the world is unconventional and unique.
A whirlwind of carefreeness can turn into a reluctance to take on any obligations. The pursuit of absolute freedom sometimes leads away from reality into illness or wild living. The paradox is that imagined freedom often ends in real slavery: a hospital, a prison, or material comfort that holds you tighter than bars. Excessive attachment to material things pushes you to try to limit the freedom of those around you.
In the minus, tediousness and an inability to take criticism appear. Your openness and naivety make you an easy target for manipulators. Your actions are driven by emotion while common sense stays silent. The craving for boundless freedom turns into an insatiable thirst to possess, that is, greed. You lose interest quickly and do not finish what you start, you have your head in the clouds and do not keep your word, and this leads to absurd, rash actions.
22 · In the month · point B
Twenty-two in your month of birth sits in the guardian angel point. The filter here is at the level of the inner child: blocks set up in childhood. Your task is to release the fear of trusting God and people.
You need to work through childhood problems and the way a child trusts its parents. Behind this trust it is important to see Divine energy. If you believe in the miraculous protection of the Higher Powers and trust your fate, no harm will come.
- Start new things and discover new ideas, horizons and countries.
- Be natural and spontaneous.
- Work with your inner child; be trusting and open to the whole world.
- Walk through your fate as a Divine child. Tell yourself: "I am a beloved child of God."
22 · In the year · point C
Twenty-two in your year of birth points to a creative nature in which the urge for freedom and creativity go hand in hand. Your soul longs for self-expression, but the fear of heading into the unknown sometimes holds it back. This point of the matrix also governs health and money.
You find true freedom and joy in creativity. You are meant to lead people along new, unusual paths. Your optimism and openness can be a rescue for those locked inside the narrow frames of their own fears.
The number in this point is the code of health and money. The health map and the money channel are a separate large topic involving many other energies. But how closely you live up to your code determines your material and physical condition and how wide the doors of abundance will open.
The main idea of the energy of freedom in this point is this: by freeing yourself from inner frames and beliefs, you help your soul soar. In doing so you show others how to live freely and not get stuck on anything.
- Show by your own example that a person's possibilities are limitless once they let go of material chains and follow the call of their heart.
- Enrich yourself with new knowledge and experiences: learn languages, travel the world.
- Share your understanding of the unity of all that exists.
- Do not forget discipline and responsibility; they help turn dreams into reality.
22 · In the bottom corner · point D
Twenty-two in the karma point, the point of main work, shows up as recurring events: restricted freedom, addictions, the feeling of being in a cage. Your karmic task is to start again, to love life and to be a light, cheerful person.
The Fool's karma can be recognised by storylines that come back again and again. These are chronic illnesses, melancholy, controlling loved ones, jealousy, weak will, greed for money or power. You often feel unfree and yet refuse to take responsibility. There are always excuses and reasons that supposedly hold you back, and you surround yourself with many imagined obstacles.
Fear of the unknown and fear of risk keep you from feeling the true lightness and joy of being. There is only one way to loosen up and find the freedom you long for: accept responsibility for your life and be ready to step into the unknown.
The task of this point is to start something anew, to have children, to learn to let situations go, to try again, to make the same mistakes and learn from new experience. It is worked off through having children or raising them well, through seeking the new and being open to new tasks. You are called to inspire and free constrained souls.
- Adopt freedom and creative inspiration as your life creed, and look at where you do not feel truly free.
- Let go of all attachments and give freedom to yourself and those around you.
- Become an example of optimism, cheerfulness and lightness. Enjoy life like a child; do not shut yourself away or frown.
- Open your heart to the world, believe in yourself and expect nothing in return. Travel and carry the philosophy of spirituality and freedom.
22 · In the centre · comfort zone
Twenty-two in the centre of the matrix describes your comfort zone. You draw strength from a sense of freedom, wherever things are fun and interesting. Your main need is to be free and independent and to be recognised for your originality and eccentricity.
You love extremes and adventure, and the brighter the setting, the better you feel. You need attention, entertainment, fun and travel. You want to be loved like a child: spoiled, given presents, your wishes granted.
You feel bad around dull people and wherever there is nothing new. Seriousness and not being able to joke and have fun weigh on you.
Arcana 22 in love and relationships
Love line
Twenty-two in the relationship channel describes your partner. This is a cheerful, active person with inner freedom, someone you will never be bored with. In the minus they are irresponsible and unreliable.
In the plus, the partner is positive, spontaneous and adventurous. They are capable of spontaneous actions and decisions that bring new colours into life. They are not attached to material things and part with them easily.
Balance point
Twenty-two in the balance point teaches you fun and relaxation. It is important for you not to get attached to material things and to be free in everything.
Freedom in this point concerns both you and those around you: you learn to give it to others as you give it to yourself. This freedom has a limit. It must not slide into extremes and wild living.
Arcana 22 in money and career
Entry to the money line
Twenty-two at the entrance to the money channel shows what blocks your financial flow: not knowing how to enjoy life, no sense of freedom, addictions and restricting other people's freedom. For the flow to open, do not cling to material values or keep anyone in a frame.
The financial flow is blocked by self-imposed limits in your thoughts, actions and movement. It is also blocked by being a subordinate, when you are under someone's power and cannot act freely.
Money line
Twenty-two in the money channel brings money through fun, freedom and joy. Your fields are entertainment, the stage, creativity, tourism and anything to do with movement. The key is that you feel free in your profession.
Money comes through pop music and show business, music and the stage, theatre and circus, through work as a master of ceremonies, children's entertainer, clown, event host or party organiser. The travel business, work as a tour guide or travel agent suit you, as do the jobs of journalist, writer, poet, blogger, photographer, choreographer, promoter, mountaineer, long-haul truck driver, yoga teacher or personal growth coach. Work with children suits you, including street children. The Fool's paths also include that of the traveller, the pilgrim and the jobless wanderer. You know how to start new projects from zero, and even a crazy idea can bring in profit.
Suitable professions
- The road and the heights: long-haul truck driver, pilot, aviation work, cosmonaut, geologist, expedition member, paratrooper, hang-glider pilot, mountaineer, rock climber.
- Stage and art: director, actor, musician, painter, photographer, poet, freelance artist, show host, choreographer, spontaneous dance, circus, clowning, juggler, illusionist, fire walking.
- Celebrations and events: organiser of parties, festivals, exhibitions and conferences, event agency, master of ceremonies, children's entertainer, promoter.
- Tourism: tour guide, travel agent, travel business, travel gear.
- Journalism, writing, blogging, diplomacy, politics, international finance.
- Studying global, universal and cosmic processes.
- Psychiatry, addiction medicine, work in clinics and special institutions, work with children with special needs.
- Work with children, including street children.
- Public and humanitarian organisations, defending freedom and independence.
- Self-development and personal growth training, teaching yoga, spiritual healing, shamanism.
- Freelancing and your own business with flexible hours.
Arcana 22 in the talent zone
Talent zone
Twenty-two in the talent zone gives inner freedom, an excellent sense of humour and the ability to rejoice like a child. You adapt to any circumstances and find a way out of any situation. For you there seem to be no limits and nothing impossible.
Your talent is freedom from material attachments. You adapt to any conditions and living arrangements, feel comfortable anywhere and stay free within any boundaries. This can also look like the ability to live at someone else's expense without a second thought. You are filled up by fun and even by taking part in amateur performances.
Arcana 22 in your purpose
Purpose
The purpose of the twenty-second energy is to be free of any frames and limits. This lets you choose your own tasks and directions in life. Your karmic task is also connected with working with children.
The main goal of your life is to feel inner freedom in all its forms. Once you become a free, friendly and open person, you will be able to inspire those around you and free them from their inner chains. This applies especially to children.
What this arcana means in your own chart
This is the general meaning. The full reading explains every one of the 30 points of your date of birth, the money and love lines, the karmic tail and how to work through the minus.
Arcana 22 in the family line: parents and children
Family task
Twenty-two in the family lines points to unfreedom and addictions in the family. Among your ancestors were people addicted to alcohol and gambling, who lost their homes or served prison time. Your task is to free the line from addictions, live freely and teach this to your loved ones.
The family may have included people with mental disorders, homeless people, people dependent on others, and there were troubles on the road. The Fool's family programme includes several storylines. The debt programme means arrears, living on credit and overdue loans: the ancestors borrowed money and could not repay it on time. The addiction programme can be financial, psychological, drug-related or alcohol-related. Unfreedom comes as prison, exile or confinement. Poverty and vagrancy bring uncertainty in life and the loss or lack of a home of one's own, on the principle of "easy come, easy go". Foolishness and irresponsibility are added to this.
Parent and child karma
Twenty-two in the parent-child channel puts freedom at the centre of the relationship between parents and children. Your child came to teach you not to restrict other people's freedom, to live as you wish and to take everything lightly, with humour. Both denying freedom and not getting involved at all are mistakes.
In childhood your parents may have restricted your freedom of movement and choice. They were overly strict and did not let the child be cheerful and carefree. They explained their decisions and their inaction by saying they "had no choice". In adult life this turns into losing the ability to think freely and speak your mind, disrespect for other people's boundaries and a habit of inventing limits on what you can do.
Arcana 22 by year of life
Arcana of a year of life
A year under the twenty-second energy can bring travel, winnings and unexpected money. The other side of such a year is limits and addictions.
In this year, your possibilities may be limited physically or financially. Addictions also arise during this period.
Arcana 22 in a child
In a child
A child with the twenty-second energy is born with a complete sense of freedom. For them there are no limits, and they believe they can achieve anything. If they are not restricted, they really can.
These children are cheerful, playful and very sociable. They take to anything new easily and love nature and travel. Foreign languages come easily to them.
Arcana 22 and health
The twenty-second energy carries a high risk of mental illness. Illness, up to being admitted to a psychiatric hospital, becomes the way the soul breaks out of the frames a person has imposed on themselves.
When a person becomes afraid of making decisions and slides into the minus, the likelihood of early dementia rises. Feeble-mindedness is also listed among the minuses of this energy.
The Destiny Matrix health chart — seven chakras, body, energy and emotionsYour health map by the seven chakras is in the full reading- Make freedom and creative inspiration in everything your motto. Remember that you invent all your limits yourself and that you are the creator of your own reality.
- Work out what exactly makes you feel locked in and what you are still holding on to. Let go of material and emotional attachments; this helps the soul take flight.
- Work through the fear of leaping into the unknown and the fear of losing your freedom. Learn to start from zero.
- Give the people around you the same freedom you give yourself. Let go of jealousy, control and the need to dominate.
- Combine freedom with responsibility and self-discipline. As long as you live among people, respect the law, morals and the way society works. The Fool in particular must stay away from crime.
- Travel a lot, learn new languages, and carry the philosophy of freedom and spirituality. Open your heart to the whole world as your home.
- Look after your health, keep moving and do not stay shut in between four walls.
- Live lightly and simply, without expecting anything in return, and believe in your success. Help others, especially the weak-willed, to free themselves from the attachments and addictions that stop them enjoying life.
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Questions people ask
What does arcana 22 mean in the Destiny Matrix?
It is The Fool, the energy of freedom and release. A person with arcana 22 is free of dogmas and prohibitions, lives lightly, travels a lot and keeps their inner child alive. The arcana is considered transitional: the soul completes a cycle and rises to another level of development.
How does arcana 22 show up in its minus?
The person feels unfree, builds frames for themselves, clings to money and a job they dislike, and piles up loans and debts. Addictions, irresponsibility, jealousy and control over loved ones appear. The other extreme looks like wild living, vagrancy and breaking the law, even to the point of prison.
How do you work through arcana 22 in its minus and bring it into its plus?
Let go of material and emotional attachments, work through the fear of the new and learn to start from zero. Give freedom to yourself and others, travel, learn languages and move more. It is important to combine freedom with responsibility, self-discipline and respect for the law.
What professions suit arcana 22?
Anything connected with movement, the stage and celebration: tourism, event organising, circus, theatre, music, journalism, work as a pilot or long-haul truck driver. Work with children, psychiatry and addiction medicine, and personal growth training also suit. It is better to work for yourself with flexible hours.
Arcana 22 in relationships: what kind of partner is it?
A partner with arcana 22 is cheerful, active, adventurous and not attached to material things. In the minus they are unreliable, do not think about tomorrow and choose an open relationship. It is important for you to learn lightness and become a self-sufficient person who does not depend on your partner.
Arcana 22 and money: how do finances come in?
With arcana 22, money comes through fun, freedom and joy: the stage and show business, entertainment, creativity, tourism and anything to do with movement. The key is to feel free in your profession, so it is better to work for yourself with flexible hours. The task of the money channel is to become financially independent and build passive income that exceeds your expenses. Treat money lightly and do not cling to it; the flow is blocked by control and by depriving anyone of freedom.
What does arcana 22 mean in a year of life?
A year of life under arcana 22 can bring travel, winnings and unexpected money. Such a year also has another side: your possibilities may be limited, physically or financially, and addictions can arise. That is why in this period it helps to remember The Fool's main lesson: true freedom means being able to have everything and cling to nothing.
What does arcana 22 mean in the Destiny Matrix?
Arcana 22 in the Destiny Matrix is The Fool. Like each of the 22 arcana it shows in a plus and in a minus, and its meaning depends on the point of the chart where it stands.
How do I find out whether I have arcana 22?
Calculate your Destiny Matrix chart by date of birth. The calculator shows all 30 points; one energy can stand in several points at once.
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