What does the The Magician tarot card mean?

With such a trump card in hand, one can begin the game! The time of waiting and inaction has clearly passed — it is time, it is time! New opportunities are appearing for solving old problems and achieving set goals, and swift developments are to be expected. The Magician is a highly charged and positive card, and it calls for equally energetic and constructive action on the part of the querent ("wanted it for yourself — did it yourself"). The Magician says: you have power. Right at this present moment, you have been given the ability to steer the course of events and control your surroundings. Apply your will and reason — and you will be able to master the elements in play, the people, the resources, the driving forces of the action. Don't you want that? Carpe diem! This is a rare opportunity to transform the situation, to move to a qualitatively different level of being, to surpass yourself, to master new spheres of life, to reach new heights — material, intellectual, romantic, creative, spiritual — whatever you wish. The Magician, as the first card of the first septet, always signifies the beginning of some new life period, when nothing has yet been decided and no mistakes have been made.

What does the The Magician reversed mean?

The reversed card can point to two different phenomena: a blocked flow of energy or its incorrect application. In the first case, this is weakness of will and ability, impotence, lack of self-belief. It may signal indecisiveness and self-doubt, a dismissive and unfounded attitude toward oneself (as a person) and toward one's abilities. Nevertheless, there are authors who assert that The Magician card is always positive — the person simply underestimates their control over the situation, the scope of their power of realization, so to speak. In reversed position, The Magician may mean that the moment of choice has already passed, that events have begun to unfold according to their own laws, so that now all one can do is wait for the outcome. In the second case, the reversed Magician points to the use of abilities for destructive purposes, to the abuse of force and power, to egoism. As the remarkable author Mary Greer writes: "The Reversed Magician reminds me of a teenager who, having committed a misdeed, shouts: 'It wasn't me! I wasn't even there.'"

What does the The Magician mean in love?

The Magician is an ambiguous card in love. On the one hand, he has earned a reputation as a sign of powerful, vivid, confident masculine sexuality. The number one is the archetype of the masculine number, and The Magician's wand is a phallic symbol. The partner described by The Magician is a vibrant personality — sexual, virile, self-assured, possessing the full range of physical and spiritual capacities. Quite often — a subtle dictator and manipulator, regardless of gender. The Magician knows how to enchant and seduce. He knows how to make the first move, or to attract without making that move yet motivating the other to make it.

What does the The Magician mean for career?

The Magician heralds the conquest of new heights in some endeavor — one that is, as a rule, genuinely interesting to the person themselves. This is not the case of someone dragging themselves to work, listless and cursing everything. The Magician is a devotee of his craft and as a rule is brilliantly versed in his field. An indicator of the competent specialist, the master. The Magician emphasizes professionalism, mastery, command of many kinds of knowledge and skill, competitive advantages. Readiness to transform the world, the ability to use one's talents to accomplish a task. Confidence in one's professionalism. Creative abilities. The ability to manage — people and events. In business, it usually means a call to active action, to seizing the initiative, to firmly asserting one's positions. Sometimes (if the person cannot at all identify themselves with The Magician in this situation) it points to intrigues, a complication of affairs, and naturally to a strong competitor capable of causing a great deal of trouble. Someone may be trying to seize power, to gain control over the situation.

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The Magician

Major Arcana

Demiurge, Wizard, Conjurer

Beth (path 12, from Kether to Binah, from the Crown to the Intellect)

Aleph and the number 1

Hermes Trismegistus, the Great Merlin,

Alchemist, Healer

The Resurrection of Lazarus

"Per aspera ad astra"

"Desire and achieve"

Archetype of the Animus, the masculine principle.

Uranus, Chiron, partly Pluto

The Sun as a symbol of strength and warmth.

Mercury as a symbol of flexibility and quick-wittedness.

Taurus, Gemini

1st lunar day

Occult meaning of the card — WILL

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