Wendywu
She is lovely – many armed (multi-tasking!) and dancing on a cobra – really dicing with death. The Magician and her many followers are in a grove of trees – twisted, gnarled trees and the ground is dark. Beyond her, seen through the trees, lies cultivated farmland.
She holds the skull of a king – all of us must die, even kings, but equally all of us can learn the Magician’s truths. In this deck skulls often represent heretical thoughts, and we are invited to think about spiritual purity and apparent heresy. The Magician holds the crowned skull and the lotus flower – a symbol of spiritual thought. Her thoughts rest with the spiritual and the struggle of the Path of Return. The only other thing she holds is a feather. I see this as representative of the Feather that Ma’at will use to judge us in the Hall of the Dead, when our time comes.
For me the Magician shows her purity even more plainly by wearing white and having a halo. She is actually trampling on the snake, which is posed to bite her. The Magician dances on, uncaring. She knows that she is quick enough to dodge her way out of trouble at the last moment. Her many hands also indicate a quickness of hand – the Magician at work – the hand quicker than the eye.
This Magician is self-confident and strong enough to believe totally in herself, so much so that she attracts others to believe in her teachings as well. She has followers of many sorts – well dressed, naked, in ragged robes and in furs. This tells me that the Magician has danced through time and her followers are loyal down the years. I can see an old pagan, recognisable by his horns – he follows her path – so do some winged beings who are advanced enough on their Paths to be wearing haloes.
There is a skull in the foreground with feathers protruding from it, and wings on the ground. A winged being has died here and their spirit has taken flight on its own, leaving the wings and skull behind.
There are two worshippers in front of the Magician, completely bowed down in submission. The Magician pays them no attention whatsoever. Don’t worship her – follow her teachings of listening to the apparently heretical, exploring the spiritual and her belief in questioning all she was taught as absolute truth.
I find it interesting how some of her followers appear scared of the Magician – hiding their faces and too scared to take what is offered. Others are so relaxed and accepting of her teachings that they sleep naked in her presence, and on these she smiles benignly.
I see a man dressed in furs holding up a book and pointing at one of the pages. He’s looking out of the card at us looking in. He’s trying to get a message across to us and for me his message is “Look, I hold the book of my life” – but only you can write your book. You will be judged by the contents of your book – your life – follow the Magician and think for yourself.
Heresy and belief – and watch out because the Magician is quick and tricky – you will no sooner think you have your answer than she’ll hand you another question.
And so for me the message of the card is THINK. Don’t blithely accept. Read, question, discuss, research but somehow define your beliefs and then wait for the Magician to question you some more.
She holds the skull of a king – all of us must die, even kings, but equally all of us can learn the Magician’s truths. In this deck skulls often represent heretical thoughts, and we are invited to think about spiritual purity and apparent heresy. The Magician holds the crowned skull and the lotus flower – a symbol of spiritual thought. Her thoughts rest with the spiritual and the struggle of the Path of Return. The only other thing she holds is a feather. I see this as representative of the Feather that Ma’at will use to judge us in the Hall of the Dead, when our time comes.
For me the Magician shows her purity even more plainly by wearing white and having a halo. She is actually trampling on the snake, which is posed to bite her. The Magician dances on, uncaring. She knows that she is quick enough to dodge her way out of trouble at the last moment. Her many hands also indicate a quickness of hand – the Magician at work – the hand quicker than the eye.
This Magician is self-confident and strong enough to believe totally in herself, so much so that she attracts others to believe in her teachings as well. She has followers of many sorts – well dressed, naked, in ragged robes and in furs. This tells me that the Magician has danced through time and her followers are loyal down the years. I can see an old pagan, recognisable by his horns – he follows her path – so do some winged beings who are advanced enough on their Paths to be wearing haloes.
There is a skull in the foreground with feathers protruding from it, and wings on the ground. A winged being has died here and their spirit has taken flight on its own, leaving the wings and skull behind.
There are two worshippers in front of the Magician, completely bowed down in submission. The Magician pays them no attention whatsoever. Don’t worship her – follow her teachings of listening to the apparently heretical, exploring the spiritual and her belief in questioning all she was taught as absolute truth.
I find it interesting how some of her followers appear scared of the Magician – hiding their faces and too scared to take what is offered. Others are so relaxed and accepting of her teachings that they sleep naked in her presence, and on these she smiles benignly.
I see a man dressed in furs holding up a book and pointing at one of the pages. He’s looking out of the card at us looking in. He’s trying to get a message across to us and for me his message is “Look, I hold the book of my life” – but only you can write your book. You will be judged by the contents of your book – your life – follow the Magician and think for yourself.
Heresy and belief – and watch out because the Magician is quick and tricky – you will no sooner think you have your answer than she’ll hand you another question.
And so for me the message of the card is THINK. Don’t blithely accept. Read, question, discuss, research but somehow define your beliefs and then wait for the Magician to question you some more.
