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Mind with all of its attunements, all of its pathways, is the domain of the Magician. In most depictions of this card, you see the Magician standing before a table set with the symbols of the four elements: a wand, for fire; a cup, for water; a coin, for earth; a sword, for air; and above his head coils the infinity symbol. These symbols tell you that you must know about the abilities of your brain. They tell you that the mind is capable of using all the elements of life to work out a problem. The infinity symbol above the Magician's head shows his (but of course a Magician can be "her") attunement with the timeless energy of life and her connection to life's essential composition, the electrons, molecules, quarks, as we have so far named them, that flow thru and link all and everything. From this attunement, the Magician draws inspiration; as does the Fool before him. But, unlike the Fool, the Magician plans. He or she searches for correlation between idea and reality. Reality is represented by the four elements. The first reality the Magician seeks is volition: fire. He weighs the inspiration against his true interest. The idea that lights his fire, makes him want to leap out of the chair and start working on it, that's the one he knows is his to manifest, the one he knows he'll carry out to completion. Now the energy to move the idea is present, but that's just step one. The energized new idea must be loved and nurtured: water. The Magician must immerse the idea in the stream of her desires, she must get in touch with the passion that tells her this idea is now her Wholly Purpose, her holy grail until the idea is born. The realities of energy and nurture, fire and water, have joined the idea. Now it's time for the intellect: air. The rational pathways of the Magician's mind bring the idea into a plan. Visioning begins, mental blueprints flow from synapse to synapse; research is conducted, phone calls made, meetings held, ideas circulated, helpers gathered. Finally, after engaging fire, water, air -- energy, nurture, intellect -- it's time for manifestation: earth. The foundation is laid for the building, the canvas is stretched for the painting, the clay is turned for the urn, the first sentence of the novel, poem or play is written. And the Magician continues, empowered by her interest, and love and vision, to build, paint, mold, write until the original idea has been translated completely into the reality of form. When the Magician shows up, it's a message to focus on all the elements of your being to figure things out: be aware of what fires you up and interests you; tune in to your desires; think about how to create these interests and desires; visualize the actual things you'll need to make them part of your reality. The Magician reminds you that your mind has everything you need to show you how to turn sludge into orchids. The Magician is associated astrologically with Mercury, the planet of communication, thus adding another message from the Magician: get social, get and give information, and learn from all your interactions.
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