The master of alchemy, the magician harnesses the four elements to create magnificent manifestations. Will you use this power to create magic or chaos?

This is your Magician Tarot Guide, including all his tarot card meanings explained. upright, reversed, how it impacts love, career, finances, and powerful magician tarot card combinations.

The Magician Keywords

Upright Magician : Power, Skill, Desire, Resourcefulness, Willpower, Manifestation, Concentration

Reversed magician : Manipulation, Forcing of Will, trickery, deception, wasted talents, illusion

The Magician Tarot Card Description

The magician stands with one arm reaching towards the sky, and the other pointing down towards the earth. On the table in front of him a pentacle, a cup, a sword, and a wand, rest. Representing the four tarot suits and the four elements, earth, water, air and fire. Above the magician’s head sits an infinity symbol and around his waist a snake biting its own tail, these show his access to unlimited potential.

Scroll down to read about and understand the symbolism of the magician on a deeper level.

What does the Magician tarot card represent in a tarot reading?

The magician calls for decisive action, and is a card of great spiritual power, regardless of position and context. All the tarot card meanings for the magician are detailed below, including what it means for love, career and finances.

Upright Magician

When dealt in the upright position, the magician is a positive card indicating infinite possibilities. It shows you have all the skills necessary to create the outcome you desire. The magician represents pure willpower, reminding you that if you carefully craft your inner world, your outer world will follow.

Now is the time for inspired action and intense concentration, when you commit yourself fully to the task at hand, you will easily and effortlessly bring about what you are wanting. Don’t hold yourself back, this is the perfect time to use your abilities to their full potential.

Drawing the magician card is positive sign in the realm of psychic development. If you’ve been connecting more to your spiritual side, or looking to hone your skills of intuition this is confirmation that you’re doing great. Your spiritual awareness and powers of manifestation will increase at a rapid rate, as long as you maintain concentration.

The Magician Reversed

The reversed magician card indicates wasted talent and a lack of will. What has occurred to make you lose faith in your abilities? If a tough situation caused you to make reckless decisions, now is the time to recenter your focus. When all your concentration is going towards what you don’t want, this card can be a warning sign of negative thoughts becoming manifested. What can you do to align your inner world with what you truly want?

Hidden agendas, trickery and deception all come into play with the reversed magician. It’s possible selfishness has taken hold of you, and you are going after what you want at the detriment of people around you. Or someone near you is. If you feel a person you’re dealing with is giving off an illusion that’s too good to be true, the magician appears to confirm your suspicions. Trust your gut and move with caution when things are not as they seem.

For health context the magician reversed represents mental health issues. The psychic nature of this card can be associated with anxiety, or conditions where one struggles with differentiating between imagination and reality.

Is The Magician Tarot Card Yes or No?

If you draw the magician in a yes or no tarot reading, consider is a powerful YES! Upright or reversed, the magician is an extremely high-energy card, indicating manifestation of whatever you’re asking about it.

The Magician in Different Life Aspects

Love and Relationships (Upright)

The magician is an exciting card to pull in a love reading. This card shows that the power is truly in your hands, and with determination, you can manifest the exact relationship you’re desiring.

If you’re single and looking for love, use all the tools at your disposal to find your match. This card is telling you to take action and not be passive with your desire for romance.

For couples, the magician is a call to experiment, what can you do to bring excitement into your relationship (in and out of the bedroom)?

If you’re asking about a specific love interest, the upright magician card indicates a successful person, who may have an intense willpower. Expect this person to know exactly what they want in life and how to use their skills to get it.

Reversed Magician Tarot Meaning: Love

When the magician appears in the reversed position in a love reading, there may be illusions or deception at play. You or the person you’re dealing with may be putting their best foot forward and not showing who they really are in relationships. This can leave one person feeling completely duped and disappointed. If this is you, how can you start being more authentic to manifest a positive situation for yourself?

Alternatively, the magician could be a sign that you’re feeling insecure in regard to your love life. If you find yourself asking, “what’s even the point?” You may be lacking romantic willpower, and feeling unable to manifest the relationship you desire. Address your confidence to create a more favourable result.

Career and Work

Career Meaning – Upright Magician

Drawing the magician in a career reading suggests you are in a favorable time of opportunity. Put your talents and skills to good use, and take action on your ambitions. New ideas are only valuable if you use them. When you’re unsure what next step to take, connect to your higher self, your clear vision leads to the fulfillment of your goals.

At work, people may be taking notice of your abilities. Your talents are appreciated by others, and could even lead to more responsibilities, a promotion or new financial opportunities.

The magician card is a good sign if you’re considering a new business venture. You have what it takes to be successful, take advantage of all the resources available to you, and make magic happen!

Career Meaning – Reversed Magician

The magician reversed is a sign that you’re not putting your potential to good use. You may have talents you’re ignoring. Rather than waste your precious skills, what can you do to nurture your abilities and let them shine?

If your willpower and ambition is lacking, ask yourself what exactly do you need to get motivated? There are opportunities for improvement and advancement around you, you simply aren’t taking them.

At its worst, this tarot card can suggest untrustworthy people in your career world. Consider who you are sharing details about your career with, and if they truly have your best interests at heart.

Finances and Wealth

Finances Meaning – Upright Magician

The magician card shows that there are opportunities for more money around you. Inspired action will yield amazing results. What tools do you have available, what skills can you put to use?

You’re in a prime position to manifest the wealth you’ve been craving. Be creative and when in doubt use your intuition and spiritual connection to lead the way.

Finances Meaning – Reversed Magician

The magician reversed shows that you may not be doing much, if anything, to improve your financial situation. There may be financial opportunities that you’re ignoring, or talents of yours that could be monetized, going to waste. This is an active tarot card, that asks you to use what you have to see your desires manifested on earth. So, what do you have that you could be using to grow your income?

In a financial tarot card reading, the magician can also suggest that limiting beliefs and negative thoughts about money are manifesting. If you’re unhappy with your financial situation and feel there’s nothing you can do to improve it, it might be your perspective that needs to shift.

Lastly, this tarot card could appear as caution to be wary of greedy people. If you feel someone is taking advantage of your generosity, and the magician pops up reversed, you’re probably right!

What are the key symbols and elements associated with the Magician tarot card?

Rich symbolism creates the magician tarot card meaning. The position of his hands, one pointing up towards the heavens and the other down towards the earth, shows that in order to manifest, one must consider both the physical realm and the spiritual. Mastery of both, willpower and action power, creates incredible results.

The flowers blooming around this major arcana card symbolize the blossoming of his ideas and aspirations. While the infinity sign above his head is a testament to his psychic powers and unlimited power of creation. His red robe symbolizes his passion and strong will, while the white tunic shows his purity and wisdom.

The four suits of the Rider Waite tarot deck are present on the magician’s table, indicating the magician’s ability to use the four elements to master the material realms. He uses all the resources at his disposal.

The magician tarot card is ruled by the planet of mercury, which connects him to the astrology signs of Gemini and Virgo.

The magician card is numbered one in the original Rider Waite tarot deck. However, it is not the first tarot card of the major arcana, it follows the fool (numbered zero). 1 is where creation truly begins, in numerology it is the number of beginnings, opportunities, determination and independence.

How does the Magician tarot card influence various aspects of life?

Like the infinity symbol above its head, the magician represents infinite potential. You’re unlimited in what you can create. Regardless of the situation at hand, ask yourself, are you using your resources to create positive or negative outcomes, for yourself and others?

Your answer will show you exactly how the magician is influencing your life.

Important Magician Tarot Card Combinations

Tarot card meanings must always be evaluated in the context of the other tarot cards in your reading. Here are a few powerful magician tarot card combinations to pay attention to.

The Magician + The Fool = A beginning of a new journey

The Magician + Hierophant = Spiritual mastery

The Magician + The High Priestess = Perfect balance of yin and yang energies

The Magician + King of Wands = Incredible success in Business especially sales and sharing ideas

The Magician + 6 of swords = A life changing move or trip on the horizon

The Magician + Queen of Pentacles = Home renovation, or buying/ selling of property

The Magician and The Lovers or Two of Cups

When these tarot cards appear together in a reading, it is an amazing sign for love. It shows that you’ve found or are about to find you other half. This is the manifestation of your perfect divine love. Whether you’re single or in a relationship the general meaning of of these cards is incredibly positive for romance.

Is The Magician a good card?

The magician is a power card, whether it’s a good sign that it appears in your tarot reading, or a bad sign depends on the context. As a master of the spiritual and earthly realms, he has the power to create harmony or chaos. When the magician tarot card appears, pay attention, something significant is going on.

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