The Magician teaches us to do actual magic—specifically, how to sharpen our manifestation skills by unlocking the subconscious. If you look at the Magician’s table, he has four tools. I like to map these directly to Carl Jung’s four psychological functions, which align beautifully with the tarot suits:

• Sensation (Pentacles): Gathering raw data through our physical senses (what we can see, touch, hear, taste, and smell).

• Intuition (Wands): Perceiving cosmic insights, gut feelings, and potential futures without needing logical proof.

• Thinking (Swords): Analyzing, organizing, and structurally categorizing that information.

• Feeling (Cups): Assigning personal, ethical, or subjective value to things—deciding what they are actually worth to you.

Putting the Tools to Work: A 3-Step Ritual

Here is how we can intentionally lay these elements out on our own "table" during a practice:

1. Sensation (Pentacles): Prep your space! Light incense, put on music, or chant to get your physical senses fully engaged.

2. Thinking & Feeling (Swords & Cups): Hold your goal in mind while acknowledging that you currently lack it. Blending thought and emotion is the secret sauce of energy transmutation—the ultimate magical technique.

3. Intuition (Wands): Shift your thinking to a state of absolute completion, acting as if the goal is already yours.

The Secret Backdoor to the Subconscious

Jung noticed that most of us lean heavily on one dominant function, use two as sidekicks, and leave one completely in the dark. This weakest one is known as your Inferior Function.

Because it sits squarely in your blind spot, it is deeply embedded in your unconscious. That means your weakest function is actually your personal backdoor to the subconscious mind. Integrating it is the real key to unlocking authentic magic.

Easy Daily Exercises to Strengthen Your Functions

You don't need a fancy altar to practice this; you can do it on the fly!

• Alchemize Everyday Stress: Got yelled at by your boss? Don't waste that energy! Sit in your car or a quiet corner and use that frustration to fuel a completely different manifestation (like a new car). To anchor yourself, engage your senses internally: visualize a peaceful river, hear the birds, or replay the taste and smell of your morning coffee.

• The Senses Check-In: While walking or working, take a moment to notice everything you can physically see, hear, feel, taste, and smell. Then, close your eyes and recreate those exact sensations internally in your mind's eye.

How do you see these four functions playing out on your own Magician’s table? Which suit or Jungian function do you think is your "inferior function" or blind spot when trying to pull things down from the astral into the physical?