The Magician
Major Arcana
Meanings
- willpower
- desire
- being resourceful
- skill
- ability
- concentration
- manifestation
Meanings Reversed
- manipulation
- cunning
- trickery
- wasted talent
- illusion
- deception
Other Meanings
- taking appropriate action
- receiving guidance from a higher power
- becoming a channel of divine will
- expressing masculine energy in appropriate and constructive ways
- being yourself in every way
Other Meanings Reversed
- inflating your own ego
- abusing talents
- manipulating or deceiving others
- being too aggressive
- using cheap illusions to dazzle others
- refusing to invest the time and effort needed to master your craft
- taking shortcuts
Meanings
- capability
- empowerment
- activity
Fortunes
- A powerful man may play a role in your day
- Your current situation must be seen as one element of a much larger plan
Questions
- What am I empowered to do?
- How might my abilities come into play?
- To what extent am I making the most of my talents?
- Element
- The Sun/Mercury
- Arche Type
- The Ego/The Self
- Numerology
- 1 (origins, unity, seeds)
- Hebrew Alphabet
- Beth/House/2
- Spiritual
- Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom, known to the Greeks as Hermes and to the Romans as Mercury. Christ working miracles. Brahma, the Creator.