1 The Magician

[Madame Squee]

Subtitle: Being the Change

 

Keywords: Action, power, transform, intent, direct, commit, concentrate, awareness, vitality, potential

 

Correspondences: Mercury, air, masculine

 

Let's discuss!

[Grizabella]

I was reading the book this morning about the Magician because there was a thread in reference to the Magician the other day. This deck is my very favorite now and I don't use any other at this point.  But the material in the book about the Magician differs somewhat from what I've always been careful to point out is an illusionist meaning you can't trust your eyes, basically.

 

However, in thinking about it, this Everyday Enchantment Magician is still an illusionist but not in a malicious or dishonest way. The illusion he's creating is the illusion of a natural, healthy area in the midst of a run-down area of a city. On the one hand, he's creating a positive illusion. On the other hand, he's creating an illusion that dirty, abused and polluted ground can grow nutritious, organic gardens. There are a ton of chemicals and other substances in the vacant lots of big cities and it's not possible for him to get rid of them so eating any food grown there could be toxic.

 

Again, he might not know that and he may really intend to be doing a very positive thing. Others may see this and share his optimism. Poppy calls that snake-looking animal in the lower right corner of the card a legless lizard, but it could also indicate something like the snake in the Garden of Eden. The fact that it forms an lemniscate  can be pointing to the fact that there's always a "snake in the garden" of what you think is real and good.

 

Also, usually the lemniscate is portrayed as being over the Magician's head but in this case, it's down in the dirt. This may be telling us to never forget to consider both sides of an issue and never to blindly accept something without considering all sides. Never just see the situation and catch the enthusiasm for someone else's ideas and projects without considering every aspect.

 

I love this deck.