Major Arcana 1 · Bet ב · Mercury
The Magician
Will, skill, turning ideas into reality. Use every tool you have, and use it honestly.
Good and bad traits
Good traits
- Skilled
- Confident
- Resourceful
- Persuasive
- Quick
Bad traits
- Manipulative
- Tricky
- Scattered
- Vain
What The Magician means
- Love
- You win love with words and charm; honesty is what keeps it.
- Work
- You can make anything work: business, technology, sales, crafts, any field where skill turns ideas into results.
- Money
- You earn by skill and persuasion; several streams of income suit you, as long as each is honest.
- Health
- Nervous energy runs high: the hands, lungs and nerves need rest from screens and constant doing.
- Spirit
- As above, so below: what you hold clearly in mind you can bring into the world.
- Advice
- Use every tool you have, and use it honestly.
Reversed
Talent used to trick or to show off, or plans that stay ideas because the focus is scattered.
Shadow work: You can talk anyone into anything, yourself included. Check that your words and your deeds match.
Yes or no
Yes
As a yes or no card, the Magician answers yes.
Ask yourself
Which of my gifts am I not using yet?
Affirmation: “I have everything I need to begin, and I use it well.”
Correspondences
- Number
- 1
- Hebrew letter
- Bet ב
- Astrology
- Mercury
- Constellation
- Will and self-creation. The Magician, the Wheel of Fortune and the Sun: you make things happen, and luck follows the one who acts.
- In the Destiny Matrix
- Initiative, Willpower, Skill, Eloquence, New beginnings; in the minus: Manipulation, Scattered energy, Unfinished work, Arrogance
The Magician as a birth card
Add your birth month, day and year (for 7 March 1990: 3 + 7 + 1990 = 2000), then add the digits until the total is 22 or less; 22 is the Fool. The card you reach first is your soul card, the last your personality card. Work out yours.
Every card
- 0. The FoolBeginnings, faith, the leap into the unknown
- 2. The High PriestessIntuition, secrets, the inner voice
- 3. The EmpressFertility, abundance, nature, mothering
- 4. The EmperorAuthority, structure, fatherhood
- 5. The HierophantTradition, teaching, institutions
- 6. The LoversUnion, choice, values
- 7. The ChariotWillpower, victory, direction
- 8. StrengthCourage and gentle mastery (Justice is 8 in Marseille;…
- 9. The HermitSolitude, wisdom, the inner light
- 10. Wheel of FortuneCycles, fate, turning points
- 11. JusticeTruth, cause and effect (Strength is 11 in Marseille; Lust…
- 12. The Hanged ManSurrender, sacrifice, a new perspective
- 13. DeathTransformation and endings
- 14. TemperanceBalance and alchemy (Art in Thoth)
- 15. The DevilBondage, desire, materialism
- 16. The TowerSudden upheaval and revelation
- 17. The StarHope, healing, renewal
- 18. The MoonIllusion, dreams, the unconscious
- 19. The SunJoy, success, vitality
- 20. JudgementAwakening and calling (The Aeon in Thoth)
- 21. The WorldCompletion and wholeness (The Universe in Thoth)
Questions and answers
What does The Magician mean?
Will, skill, turning ideas into reality. Use every tool you have, and use it honestly.
What does The Magician mean reversed?
Talent used to trick or to show off, or plans that stay ideas because the focus is scattered.
Is The Magician a yes or no card?
Yes.
What does The Magician mean in love?
You win love with words and charm; honesty is what keeps it.
What does The Magician mean for money and work?
You earn by skill and persuasion; several streams of income suit you, as long as each is honest. You can make anything work: business, technology, sales, crafts, any field where skill turns ideas into results.