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The Magician Tarot Card Meaning
The Magician is card I of the Major Arcana. Upright it speaks of manifestation, willpower, skill; reversed, of manipulation, scattered energy. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's Jungian archetype and its astrological correspondence.
Major ArcanaAirMercury
Upright meaning
“Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; sickness, pain, loss, disaster, snares of enemies; self-confidence, will; the Querent, if male”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911
Keywords: manifestation, willpower, skill, focus, resourcefulness.
Reversed meaning
“Physician, Magus, mental disease, disgrace, disquiet”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911
Keywords: manipulation, scattered energy, untapped talent, trickery.
The archetype
The Magus/Trickster — conscious will directing unconscious resources; the ego as mediator between worlds.
Astrology
Correspondence: Mercury.
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