The Magician In The Natural Array


 * Alchemical Correspondence: The Principle of Mercury
 * Astrological Correspondence: The Modality of Cardinality
 * Hebrew Correspondence: The Mother Letter Shin
 * Philosophical Correspondence: Thesis
 * Eastern Correspondence: Yang

In A Reading
The Magician is the archetypal dynamic force, the Maker and Creator, the epitome of masculinity within all humans. Upright, a Magician is an expert at making things and making things happen. They are a smart, ambitious problem-solver. When this card appears in a reading about achieving any kind of goal, the message is that the goal is within your grasp as long as you work to make it happen. The Magician tends to be self-absorbed and driven by goals that don't make them good at prioritizing anything else like being a nurturing parent or partner.

Reversed, this card warns the Querent of hubris either in themselves or someone central to their lives. One or more people are being too ambitious or are willing to cut corners and provide half truths in order to accomplish the goals and things will not go well in the long-term because of it. The reversed magician warns of perceptions overriding actual reality and latent (possibly secret) prejudices getting in the way of clear vision and honorable actions- even if that isn't obvious at first glance.

In The Natural Array
The three modalities are represented by the three horizontal paths in the Olam Mandala. As the activating principle that creates a thesis, The Magician can be the top path with bridging between Chokmah and Binah. Because it represents the activating principle among the Major Arcana and Chokmah represents the activating principle among the Minor Arcana, the Magician -has- to perpetually direct Yang force into Yin form. Whereas The Fool is synthesis and balance by drawing Yang-Yin into harmony, the Magician only knows harmony through channeling and production, being the synthesizer rather than the synthesis.

In Daily Life
History books and social media pay a lot of attention to people who successfully live out the Magician archetype (knowingly or unknowingly). These individuals turn an "interesting idea" into a phenomenon like Microsoft, Youtube, Google, Amazon.Com, Netflix, Ebay. Everyone who has a dream or ambition and then perseveres into making it come true is also living out the Magician archetype. We're all better off when the Magicians among us are tempered by empathy and the desire to help all humankind. We're all better off when the Magicians among us don't exploit biomes, the labor force, or the judicial system in order to become rich and powerful. Unfortunately, since far too many Magicians among us -don't- have nurturing instincts, goodwill towards their fellow humans great and small, or a sense of responsibility to be good stewards of the planet at the cost of their personal asset gain.... very bad things have happened, are happening, and will continue to happen until the magicians among us, enmasse, change their priorities. |

And since every single human can be a Magician? This means everyone needs:
 * to acquire and channel nurturing instincts
 * to demonstrate goodwill towards their fellow humans great and small
 * to be good stewards of the planet even at the cost of our personal asset gains.