For him, status and security are irrelevant, and so he walks about the land with his staff and simple garment. He becomes like the Fool, but his simplicity is by choice, and it conceals a complex mental universe within. The active counterpoint to the Hermit's philosophical detachment is the Wheel of Fortune, an image beloved by gamblers and cynics. Fortune is capricious and unpredictable. Riding the Wheel is the ultimate in active engagement with life's many twists and turns.
Life is a gamble.
As the Hermit echoes the Fool, the Wheel of Fortune echoes the Juggler. But the Juggler is unflective, he doesn't yet see the big picture. The Wheel of Fortune is the reminder that all worldly success is transient, that the cycle of birth and death goes on without end, always coming back on itself. Progress is an illusion. This recognition of futility can lead to cynicism, a mindset perhaps superficially similar to the Hermit's detachment, but ultimately of a very different character.