From Touchstone TarotTM by Kat Black
The Magician
Meanings
A wise person with deep knowledge. You are the sum of what you know. Assess your choices well, using all available tools. An important new venture begins. Scientific knowledge. Action.
Reversed (?)
Take care who you trust. Beware sleight of hand. Instability, fear of the unknown, inaction. Misuse of power, talent wasted.
Description
An enigmatic man with a knowing smile and fine clothing covered in mystical symbols displays an array
of items: a knife, a coin, a cup and a wand. There are books on the shelf, and an owl perches behind him. In his right hand, he holds a small gold orb on a chain.
Artwork
- Staircase: RING, Ludger tom, the Younger, The Delphic Sibyl, 1500s, Musee du Louvre, Paris.
- Books: GUERCINO, Portrait of Francesco Righetti, 1626-28, private collection.
- Face, shirt: RAFFAELLO, Sanzio, Cardinal Bibbiena, c.1516, Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence.
- Cape, cap: KULMBACH, Hans Suss von, Portrait of the Margrave Casimir of Brandenburg,1511, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
- Right hand with orb: OOSTANEN, Jacob Cornelisz van, Portrait of a Man, c.1518, private collection.
- Right sleeve, left hand: BOUTS, Dieric the Elder, Portrait of a Man, 1462, National Gallery, London.
- Table: RIJN, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van, The Holy Family with a Curtain, 1646, Staatliche Museen, Kassel.
- Knife: DIJCK, Floris Claes van, Still Life with Fruit, Nuts and Cheese, 1613, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem.
- Wand: MASSYS, Quentin, The Adoration of the Magi, 1526, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Owl: DURER, Albrecht, The Little Owl, 1506, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna.
- Cup: SCHOOTEN, Floris Gerritsz van, Still life with Glass, Cheese, Butter and Cake,1600s, private collection.
- Coin: MASSYS, Quentin, The Moneylender and his Wife, 1514, Musee du Louvre, Paris.
Members
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The look in The Magician's eyes is perfect: I wouldn't want to play the shell game with this guy!
I love the owl in this card! he is the little familiar that is always whispering in your ear, giving you good advice. I like the strenght this card stands for. The ability to use all of your senses to obtain goals.