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I - the Magus
Zodiac: Mercury (rules Gemini & Virgo - VI. the Lovers & IX. the Hermit) Tree of life: From Kether to Binah Element: Air (Hot and Wet - Sanguine) Number: 1 as symbol for unity (male) The Magician represents consciousness, action and creation. He's the symbol for the idea of manifestation - the possibility of making an idea come true. He gives meaning and direction to life, and he reminds us that the emotional and creative powers of our souls must have a physical basis to be of real use. Powers unused are powers non-existant, we have to set them free in order to use them, and to gain and renew. The Magician is related to the Mercurius of alchemy. The Magus shows that we're aware of the power in life, he can be a symbol for all the creative skills and ideas inside. Most people don't really act, they just react, being driven from one situation to the next. The Magus indicates that a power is ready to use as soon as it is recognized. The negative side of the card could mean that the free run of energy is blocked, that we can feel the energy but can't use it. This could mean fear and restlessness, even the fear to go insane. Energy tends to explode when not finding a ventile. Finally, there's a negative aspect in the abuse of energy. Drive: Self-realization, a strong will, the energy to have one's way Light: Activity, power of life, impulse, energy Shadow: Aggression, egoism, the abuse of power ( source: www.corax.com/tarot/cards )
Skill. Wisdom. Adroitness. Elasticity. Craft. Cunning. Deceit. Theft. Sometimes esoteric wisdom or powers. Messages. Business transactions. Learning or intelligence interfering with the matter at hand. Mercury, who is Wisdom. Will and Word, by whom the world is created, symbolises the fluidic basis of all transmission of activity. Behind him and through him is the Ape, Hanuman, which is a Hindu conception. The Egyptian counterpart, Thoth, is also always followed by the Cynocephalus Ape. Mercury. Beth. He is Mercury, the messenger of God, and juggles with the four symbols of the elements, and the papyrus or Word, the pen or Will, the wand or Wisdom. He represents the creative force in action. As Thoth in Egyptian tradition, his attendant and shadow is the Cynocephalus Ape. ( source: Aleister Crowley's Thoth tarot deck booklet )
Uncle Al's extended commentaries on the Major Arcana Coming Soon! --- ( source: Aleister Crowley's Book of Thoth )
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