The Magician (tarot card)
The Magician (I), also known as The Magus or The Juggler, is the first
Within the card game context, the equivalent is the
Iconography
In French Le Bateleur, "the
In esoteric decks, occultists, starting with
The illustration of the tarot card "The Magician" from the
In the tarot game
In most tarot games, the Bagatto is the lowest ranking trump card but worth a lot of points. Therefore, many players want to take a trick when it is played. In most games played out of Italy, winning the last trick with it awards bonus points.
In
In Sicilian tarocchi, the Bagatto is the second lowest trump, outranking an unnumbered trump called Miseria of no significance.[5]
Symbolism
Rider–Waite
The Magician is depicted with one hand pointing upwards towards the sky and the other pointing down to the earth, interpreted widely as an "
The Magician is associated with the planet Mercury, and hence the signs of Gemini and Virgo in astrology.[9]
Marseilles
Although the
Rather than flowers, the Magician of the Marseilles deck is depicted with a small plant between his feet. The plant has a
Divination
Like the other cards of the Major Arcana, the Magician is the subject of complex and extensive analysis as to its occult interpretations. On the broad level, the Magician is interpreted with energy, potential, and the manifestation of one's desires; the card symbolizes the meetings of the physical and spiritual worlds ("as above, so below") and the conduit converting spiritual energy into real-world action.[6]
Tarot experts have defined the Magician in association with
According to A. E. Waite's 1910 book Pictorial Key To The Tarot, the Magician card is associated with the divine motive in man. In particular, Waite interprets the Magician through a Gnostic lens, linking the card's connection with the number eight (which the infinity symbol is visually related to) and the Gnostic concept of the Ogdoad, spiritual rebirth into a hidden eighth celestial realm. Said infinity symbol above the Magician's head is also interpreted as a symbol of the Holy Spirit, the prophetic and theophanic aspect of the Trinity.[7]
Like other tarot cards, the symbolism of the Magician is interpreted differently depending on whether the card is drawn in an upright or reversed position. While the upright Magician represents potential and tapping into one's talents, the reversed Magician's potential and talents are unfocused and unmanifested.
In art
The Surrealist (Le surréaliste), 1947, is a painting by Victor Brauner. The Juggler provided Brauner with a key prototype for his self-portrait: the Surrealist's large hat, medieval costume, and the position of his arms all derive from this figure who, like Brauner's subject, stands behind a table displaying a knife, a goblet, and coins.[16]
In media
In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the character Muhammad Avdol wields the pyrokinetic Stand named after The Magician, Magician's Red.
In the Persona games, The Magician is represented by three characters: Makoto Yuki's classmate Kenji Tomochika in Persona 3, Yu Narukami's classmate Yosuke Hanamura in Persona 4 and Ren Amamiya's cat companion Morgana in Persona 5. The latter of the three, upon ranking up its relationship, allows the player to craft more items when navigating through dungeons, as well as stealing items from enemies via melee attacks.
In The House of the Dead, each of its bosses in the mainline series are named after the Major Arcana Tarot Cards (excluding The Devil.) The final boss of the first installment is named after The Magician card, and it has reappeared in its second installment, the 'Special' version of the fourth installment, and its remake. It was iconic and remembered for being one of the games most difficult bosses.
Notes
Citations
- ^ ISBN 0-8052-0559-4)
- ^ Gray, E. (1960). The Tarot Revealed: A Modern Guide to Reading the Tarot Cards. New York, N.Y.: Bell Publishing Company.
- ^ Tarocchino Bolognese
- ^ Tarocchini sequences
- ^ Sicilian tarocchi
- ^ a b c Esselmont, Brigit. "Magician Tarot Card Meanings". Biddy Tarot. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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- ^ Hoosen, Mishka (2019). "Symbolism of The Magician in Tarot". Tarot With Mishka. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ McCann, David (March 1999). Houlding, Deborah (ed.). "Mercury in Myth & Occult Philosophy". The Traditional Astrologer (18). Nottingham, UK: Ascella.
- ISBN 978-1-59477-656-4.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59477-656-4.
- ISBN 9780722535721.
- ISBN 9780722535721.
- ISBN 9780722535721.
- ISBN 9780722535721.
- ^ Childs, Elizabeth C. "The Surrealist (Le surréaliste). January 1947 - Guggenheim Museum". Guggenheim.org. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
References
- A. E. Waite's 1910 Pictorial Key to the Tarot
- Most works of Joseph Campbell.
- Lewis Hyde, Trickster Makes this World: Mischief, Myth, and Art (1998).
- Juliette Wood, Folklore 109 (1998):15-24, The Celtic Tarot and the Secret Tradition: A Study in Modern Legend Making (1998)
External links
- Media related to Magician (Major Arcana) at Wikimedia Commons
- The symbolism of The Magician - how to interpret this card