The Magician shows us that you are able to master any desired skill through practice, sacrifice and a determined focus on your outcome. He encourages you to invest the time to cultivate your potential abilities. Patrick Valenza – Deviant Moon Tarot.
When she was just a five year old kid, Cath Jamison got a magic kit, loved it and started putting on magic shows for her family. She used to try to make the dog disappear and she confesses that she had a crack at making a pier vanish as well. But she is not about to divulge any of her secrets. This award winning Australian entertainer has no hesitation in saying that she was a quirky kid and that she still is a quirky person.
Pulling the Magician in a reading is a reminder that you have the necessary tools to manifest your dreams. Just as the man depicted in the Magician card has learned to wield the unseen forces of the universe, so, too, can we learn to master our own skills to get the outcomes we desire.
Today Cath’s mind-blowing and frequently uproarious shows have earned her a reputation as a leader in her field and she’s known as one of Australia’s most unusual women entertainers, wielding her trademark sass and mind illusion. Jamison is an impressive entertainer who delivers a masterful blend of magic, mentalism, and enjoyable audience engagement.
Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians…
The Magician is one of the most compelling figures in the Tarot. Standing before an altar laid with the symbols of all four suits, he represents the ability to transform ideas into reality through skill, knowledge, focus and action. The Magician reminds us that the resources we need are often already at hand; the challenge is recognising them and learning how to use them wisely.
In mythology, the Magician finds an early expression in Hermes (Mercury in Roman tradition), the messenger god of Mount Olympus. Hermes carried the Caduceus, a magical staff gifted to him by Apollo. The Caduceus has long been associated with healing and transformation, and is often seen as a symbol of the spinal column, the central conduit through which life force and nerve energy flow throughout the body.
The appearance of the Magician points to the talents, capabilities and resources available to us when we choose to apply them. Magical powers do not emanate from us directly. Rather, they emerge through our creativity and through the tools we place in our hands. Given the right instruments, scientists become magicians. Their wands are microscopes, scalpels, laboratories and technologies that allow them to transform what once seemed impossible into reality.
Few modern Australians embody the spirit of the Magician more completely than Professor Fiona Wood. A plastic and reconstructive surgeon and researcher for almost three decades, she has dedicated her career to improving outcomes for burns patients and advancing the science of wound healing. In 1991 she became Western Australia’s first female plastic surgeon.
Magic is just science that we don’t understand yet – Arthur C Clark
In October 2002, Fiona Wood was thrust into the national spotlight when many survivors of the Bali bombings were transferred to Royal Perth Hospital. She led Western Australia’s burns disaster response, drawing upon years of planning and preparation. Earlier in her career, she had pioneered the revolutionary “spray-on skin” technique, dramatically reducing permanent scarring in burns victims. Patented in 1993, the innovation would later be promoted worldwide through a company she co-founded.
Like the Magician of the Tarot, Fiona Wood demonstrates how knowledge, imagination and the right tools can be combined to create extraordinary change. Her work reminds us that true magic is often found not in enchantment, but in the disciplined application of skill, compassion and vision.
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The Magician shows us that you are able to master any desired skill through practice, sacrifice and a determined focus on your outcome. He encourages you to invest the time to cultivate your potential abilities. Patrick Valenza – Deviant Moon Tarot.
The power of setting intentions cannot be overestimated. Intention is the foundation of spellwork and ritual (for the Magician is a witch and a wizard, too). Intention is the foundation of any serious project. Setting an intention means making a declaration that you intend to do a thing. In doing so, you invite in the energy of the world around you. Where the Fool said “I trust you. I will step forwards”, the Magician says “Here is what I want to do. Will you help me?”Little Red Apple
Whereas the Fool is not clear about where he is headed the Magician has set an intention and has the tools needed. It makes all the difference to know your ‘why’, to set an intention and consciously choosing a direction in which to head. This enables you to focus your energy.
Need help setting an intention? Try this daily morning meditation by Sarah Raymond of the Mindful Movement.
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