The Magician is my very favorite card in the RWS deck. It inspired teenage me into exploring what an esoteric magician was, and when I am at my very best? I feel and act like one. I hold up one hand towards the divine power of life, love, light and creativity and ground myself then transform force into form via praxis, just like the figure on the card. But I never would have known how if the tarot and its magician had not shown me and taught me how. I'm still not the master, just a journeyman apprentice.
The Magician is the card that most embodies the principles of Yang to me and the High Priestess most embodies the principles of Yin to me. As a woman, I identify him as my Animus, the part of myself that isn't manifested biologically but rather in my subconscious. I have to reach in deep to draw him out to bring his knowledge and expertise to the surface and whenever he shows up in self-readings, I know that is exactly what I'm supposed to do in order to work towards whatever goal needs accomplished.
The Magician is a ritualist who is prepared to his imagination/spirituality (wands/fire), morality/heart (cup/water), intellect and words (swords/air), body/environment (pentacles/earth) to perform an act of magick. And magick is transformative, most especially self-transformative. He is wearing the white of purity of purpose and the red of passionate intent crowned with the symbol of infinity.
