| The Magician is the second card of the tarot deck's | | | | standing next to or behind a table that has the |
| Major Arcana. The number associated with the figure | | | | symbols of all four tarot suits placed upon it. A |
| of the Magician is one, as he stands for the power | | | | garden of roses and lilies typically grows in the |
| of creation -- the act of taking the primordial | | | | foreground. |
| potential represented by the Fool and transforming it | | | | The Magician image as a whole is meant to symbolize |
| into something of actual substance that is real, true, | | | | man's connection to the divine, as well as the earth's |
| and tangible. The Magician could also rightly be | | | | connection to the heavens above. It also reminds us |
| represented by the concepts of divinity, magic, and | | | | of the concepts of unity, eternity, aspiration, and all |
| power of an extremely potent variety. | | | | the ways these concepts fit into the life of man. |
| On a basic level, the Magician represents many | | | | When you see the Magician pop up in a reading, he |
| profound and monumental concepts along the lines of | | | | could stand for either the querent (if he is male) or |
| wisdom, power, action, and creativity. Just as the | | | | for someone else. In the instance he stands for the |
| Fool is all about the initial potential of many things, the | | | | querent, the Magician's appearance could be taken to |
| Magician is all about these same things made real and | | | | mean that said querent is going through a period |
| put into astonishing motion. The Magician quite literally | | | | during which he is feeling quite charismatic, witty, |
| has the power and this power has no limits or | | | | powerful, or "on point". In addition to power and |
| restrictions. He is the conduit for all the infinite | | | | creation, the Magician can also stand for verbal |
| wonders of the divine and the vessel through which | | | | eloquence and charisma, so the querent may simply |
| this power flows into the world. He also represents | | | | be a good speaker, a convincing salesperson, or |
| the perfect union and balance of all things - positive | | | | perhaps simply a person whom other people listen to, |
| and negative, creation and destruction, et cetera. | | | | gravitate toward, or hold in high regard. |
| The Magician is traditionally depicted as a young, | | | | When the Magician stands for someone other than |
| attractive, and robed male figure who has a definite | | | | the querent himself in a reading, it is likely to be a |
| air of confidence and "knowing" about him. The sign | | | | figure with similar qualities to the ones listed above. |
| of the infinite - or alternatively, the Holy Spirit - is | | | | The person in question could very well simply be a |
| above his head and his belt takes the shape of a | | | | charismatic, magnetic individual, but it is important to |
| serpent devouring its own tale, both emphasizing the | | | | note that he could just as easily be someone |
| timelessness and omnipotence of the Magician. In his | | | | deceptive who uses his gift for persuasion to |
| right hand, he holds a wand that is pointed toward | | | | accomplish darker things. The Magician can represent |
| the heavens, while his left hand is pointing toward the | | | | people in certain professions as well - medicine, |
| earth itself ("as above, so below"). He is usually | | | | science, and invention to name just a few. |