The Magician

Quickly - Air - Mercury - Yes - 1

Simple: Action, Power, Self Confidence, influence, skill, logic, psychic powers

I think of the magician as a working mom, who volunteers for everything, works until exhaustion, yet make it all look simple. People watch and wonder how it gets done.

The magician is the card of creating something of value outside yourself. It's about manifesting your dreams and creating the life you want for yourself. It is a card of being able to manifest whatever you need into reality. Sometimes this might be small everyday things, and at other times it’s huge things. The magician takes all of the elements they have at their disposal and juggles them in a way that makes the manifesting look simple.

Reversed: Depression, blocked energy or abusing power

Who is the magician?

The magician is the first person the fool meets on their journey. This is a card of taking your energy and channeling it to something else. It is about working with everything that life offers you. It’s a card of taking action and working toward your goal, rather than sitting back and reacting to things that come. Unlike the fool, the magician doesn’t just take a leap of faith, the magician has all of the tools and skills to create the reality that they want.

The magician works with self confidence, dexterity and sleight of hand, to grasp the unseen and turn it into reality. The magician represents all of the elements.

White in the magician card symbolizes purity, while red symbolizes worldly experience. The infinity symbol represents limitless possibilities, anything is possible for the magician. We often see the person in the image pointing both to the sky and to the ground. The magician takes the energy from the heavens and channels them down to the earth like a lightening rod.

Reversed the Magician can mean depression, blocked energy, or someone who is abusing their power. If the magician is reversed, it means you need to get it turned right side up. It can also represent a person in your life, or situation that is abusing their power.

In a reading the magician means it is is a time when you can will things into existence. You have the power to change your life or your situation. This is a card of having something that you need to do.

If the magician is your card today, get out there and slay your day!