Reading Tarot Card–The Magician
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How to read tarot cards series–The Magician (Major Arcana)
The Magician Tarot Card from Rider-Waite Tarot Deck
Tarot Symbol
The magician is dressed in red and white and has a halo with the infinity symbol. He’s holding a small wand and is standing in front of a table with a chalice, a pentacle, a staff (wand) and a sword.
Tarot Story
The Fool encounters a Magician while he startes on his journey. The Magician portrays a skillful and powerful image, with a infinity sign as a halo floating above his head. The Fool is in awe of the Magician and when asked by the Magician, the Fool hands over his belongings (the bundled pack and the stick). The Magician raises his wand to heaven and points his finger to the Earth and the cloth of the pack from the Fool unpacked. To the Fool, it appears that the Magician has created the future through his power. The Sword, which represents intellect and communication, the fiercy Wand of ambition, the overflowing Chalice of Love and Emotions and the Pentacle of work and body. Armed with these tools, the Fool can create anything that he wishes, However, the question is: did the Magician actually created the tools or were the tools already present in the packed bundle the Fool handed over to the Magician? Only the Magician knows the answer to this question and has refused to say a word about this.
Tarot meaning
The Magician is numbered #1 and is represented by Mercury.He is the epitome of a smooth talker and a salesman. When the querent has picked this card, it means that he or she will be given an idea or an image of whatever they wanted most, i.e. a solution to a problem, a love life or a job. The querent is clever and witty and people tend to listen and agree with him or her.
It is important to bear in mind that the Magician can easily be a clever manipulator as with a magnetic personality, the Magician can convince people of almost anything, for better or worse. It is also a good idea to note that the querent might have an idea all along but the Magician merely reminds the querent of that idea. Hence, be careful when you are the querent and has picked the Magician. This card just simply means that if you have some idea, the primal forces of creativity is yours if you can claim your power and act with with awareness and concentration.
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