The Magician
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| The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, The Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World. | |
| Wands | Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Page, Knight, Queen, King. |
| Cups | Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Page, Knight, Queen, King. |
| Swords | Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Page, Knight, Queen, King. |
| Pentacles | Ace 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Page, Knight, Queen, King. |
| Aces, Twos, Threes, Fours, Fives, Sixes, Sevens, Eights, Nines, Tens, Pages, Knights, Queens, Kings | |
A tarot card. Position 1 in the Major Arcana.
AKA: Mage or Magus.
This is sometimes considered to be the first Major Arcana (some people consider The Fool to either not belong at the start, or be a special case. The Thoth Deck has 3 magician cards in, but I don't know why.
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Description
Rider Waite Deck
A youthful figure in the robe of a magician, having the countenance of divine Apollo, with smile of confidence and shining eyes. Above his head is the mysterious sign of the Holy Spirit, the sign of life, like an endless cord, forming the figure 8 in a horizontal position, the Lemniscate (this only appears elsewhere above Strength). About his waist is a serpent-cincture, the serpent appearing to devour its own tail. This is familiar to most as a conventional symbol of eternity, but here it indicates more especially the eternity of attainment in the spirit. In the Magician's right hand is a wand raised towards heaven, while the left hand is pointing to the earth. This dual sign is known in very high grades of the Instituted Mysteries; it shews the descent of grace, virtue and light, drawn from things above and derived to things below. The suggestion throughout is therefore the possession and communication of the Powers and Gifts of the Spirit. On the table in front of the Magician are the symbols of the four Tarot suits, signifying the elements of natural life, which lie like counters before the adept, and he adapts them as he wills. Beneath are roses and lilies, the flos campi and lilium convallium, changed into garden flowers, to shew the culture of aspiration. This card signifies the divine motive in man, reflecting God, the will in the liberation of its union with that which is above. It is also the unity of individual being on all planes, and in a very high sense it is thought, in the fixation thereof.
The bower above him represents the passion and protection of love, repeated in the Queen of Pentacles. It shows his work originates from Love.
Meanings
Make an educated decision by understanding the elements, systems, and institutions involved.
Reversed Meaning
Correspondences
- Links Kether to Binah as path number 12 of the Tree of Life
- Colour yellow
- the planet Mercury
- The direction Above (from the Sepher Yetzirah)
- Yetziratic Intelligence - the Transparent intelligence
- Musical note E (Paul Case)
- Hebrew letter HEBREW:Bet meaning House and also the number 2
- Infinity symbol also over the head of the figure on Strength.
- Organic Time - The Big Bang The exnihiliation of the universe. <i/>In Time, You initiate Change.</i>
External Links
- Barbelith Thread
- Hypersigil Chapter
- LearnTarot.com page for The Magician
- Wikipedia page for The Magician
Resources
- Waite, A.E. (1911) The Pictoral Key to the Tarot: Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition Under the Veil of Divination. London: Rider.
