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Offering the next; The Magician  The Magician The first card in the Major Arcana, the first position, is usually held by the Magician. In some decks he's right-handed; in some he's left-handed; in most, he's male. We progress from the Fool starting the journey to the Magician, representing mind in training, concentration yoked to will, intellect over instinct. This is truly a card indicating self-reliance. Generally indicating an individual, though not always a male, this card indicates an individual with skill and training, working towards or already having achieved great personal clarity. To put it in Westernized terms, this is the frontier spirit, the drive to understand and control, the drive to map out and realize. Ideas into actions, thoughts into deeds, the Magician brings the desire to communicate on all levels forward, along with a significant amount of will needed to enforce such changes. The Magician card can indicate new projects, new job or home interests, or it can plainly indicate spiritual growth and power, occult knowledge, intellectual drive. To put it in comic terms, Lex Luthor is much stronger in terms of the Magician card than, say, the Emperor. Illusion is part of the Magician's powers; but in general the card is not about deception and trickery. Any means can be used to achieve the desired ends, and illusion, deception, and misdirection can be part of the means, but in general, the Magician is very straightforward. Examine the principles behind the Jewish Qabala, the Gnostic practices of Europe, ceremonial magery in all countries--these are fairly straightforward, intellect-driven styles of organized, regimented magic. The Magician uses order, organization, concentration and will to surmount basic emotion and desire. "To dream the impossible dream..." Such an idea only works if will and action are taken after the dreaming. Post a comment in response: |
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