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The first of the major Arcana, The Magician represents birth and incarnation and childhood. He is assimilated to the Aces of the Minor Arcana to which he transmits his energy. As with the Aces he represents unity and undiscriminating intuitive action cutting through duality.
In time he is present, the here and now. His personality traits are candor, charm, curiosity, open mindedness and faculties of imagination and ingenuity. He is skillful, quick and willing to learn.
The magician points to our potential. It is he that stirs us from our dreams and coaxes us to recognize and develop the gifts, capabilities, skills and talent necessary to make our dreams come true. He is “Magic” in that he opens up our eyes to what we have yet to discover in ourselves. He is the “Seer” in all directions, but also the Eye within. His finger is the wand of action in the sentient world and orients us through the elements : earth, air, fire and water.
The finger/wand is held upright appeals for our attention and encourages us to develop wholeheartedness, diligence, application, tenacity and care.
In the negative his finger/wand is warns us not to misuse our potential for fear that our projects fail to gain substance or dissipate like mist into empty regrets and remorse. In his face hides the reddish, devilish profile of devious cunning. We must beware of how easily our unique capabilities can slip into treacherous duplicities of manipulation and deceit.
The Magician bears the signs that tell us that Creation is a sacred ever evolving flux to be revered and honored. He carries with him the promise that only by abiding in ethical actions and behavior shall we succeed in our endeavor.
The Ace of Pentacles
Unity, wholeness, completion, beginning and end of material success. The spiral invites us to go beyond : material success is only a part of our lives and not the ultimate purpose. We have yet to evolve and mature further towards full realization.
The stonework represents the solid foundations of ethical values on which we may build further meaning through dedication and service to the sentient world.
However in the negative the stonework defines a walled up, self centered and self serving attitude towards life and others engendering rejection and ultimate isolation.
Purple is the symbol of wealth, green symbolizes wealth as the fodder of creativity, gold symbolizes the purity of creation.
The bird symbols inside the eggs represent a new beginning : we must refrain from clinging to our success and prepare ourselves to fly away towards a higher goal. The figures with upheld arms call upon our generosity, the necessity to let go and bestow our wealth on to others for fear of falling into the trap of cupidity and greed.
Bio: As an artist and a collector of tarots it has always been my dream to create a tarot deck. Now retired in the Cook Islands and certainly helped by the Magician who urged me to browse and join this group (to whom I shall ever be grateful), I have the time and inspiration to develop an iconography of my own. Blending my European, (French and English) origins to my newly embraced culture of the Pacific Islands I see these two cards as an invitation to work my way further and more deeply to materialize my visions along the Arcana Pathways.
These are painted in acrylic, scanned, scaled and tidied up in Photoshop.
Last edited on Tue Jun 28th, 2011 03:20 am by clandestinezen
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