The Magician: Tarot Meaning Deep Dive

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Join me as I dive deep into the Tarot Meaning of The Magician to uncover the keywords, symbols and dark side of this Tarot card!
Card shown is The Magician from the Universal Waite Tarot
*Disclaimer: readings are for entertainment purposes only and should never be used to make important decisions or take the place of professional therapy or professional legal, medical or financial advice.

[@mattsmall1695]

Cup= creative imagination, wand= focus & concentration, sword= action,coin= finished product.

[@Nomadicshieldmaid75]

That's excellent logic ❤ thx

[@nathalieforage4653]

😊 your bath salt story could also be the perfect example of how your thoughts blocked the magic... manifestation is impossible if there are resistances (fear, control, doubt, etc)

[@kitty.6246]

I love "Your power lies in your ability to be intentional and in alignment." This is great to keep in mind when we're reading it with other cards in a spread. Thanks Kate. 🐈💜

[@DirtySoap1144]

I am just so mind blown.. I know nothing about tarot and someone told me about this and explained what they believed I was representing I guess and I sort of believe in numerology and 1 and 4 was the numbers I told them which coincided with the emperor and the magician in tarot and holy crap I am just exactly that. I feel as of now I have a more prominent darkside of the emperor now but I am seeing myself about to transition into the wise emperor but cannot even explain it. For the Magician I am exactly a good side of wise magician and a master manifestor. It is the fact that I am a great manifestor that I am even going to be able to hopefully transition from dark emperor to wise emperor. This was so fascinating thank you so much for your wonderful knowledge 😁😊🧘🏾‍♂️

[@markherron1407]

My Birth Card is The Magician (The Fox 🦊) Merry Christmas ⛄🎄 Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!

[@johndrese7194]

Excellent deep dive. You could also mention the yellow background and the roses and lillies at his feet(Purity and Courage, I think). Thank you!

[@lovainecohen]

HI John. Paul Foster Case, a Tarot authority says the red roses represent Venus and our desire nature and the lillies represent abstract thought.

[@jennifermiller1032]

Amazing teacher!

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Thank you Jennifer ♥

[@Gnolopezfb]

I loved this video and yes I learn what the card means now and also learned about bath salts too😂 Much Respect to you and I appreciate it also ... Love ❤ & Light 🌞🙏

[@FelipeZahta]

I'm loving this new series! And yes, learning a lot of new perspectives for the cards, specially in practical uses. Also, I love journaling with the Tarot, so your questions are great for self-discovering and personal understanding about the cards.

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Yay! I'm so glad you're enjoying this series! I should mention that I post the written version of each video (along with the video) on my blog, so if you want direct access to the journal questions, I post them here: daily-tarot-girl.com/tarot-blog/

[@FelipeZahta]

@@DailyTarotGirl Yes! I just saw it! Thank you so much!

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

Felipe!!! Haven’t seen you in a while

[@FelipeZahta]

@@ultravioletpisces3666 hey! I know, I’ve been missing TO’s show because I’m always busy when he’s live streaming. But I usually watch it later to keep updated. ;)

[@nickagunter]

Every time you have a deja vu is a time when you have successfully manifested a moment into existence.

[@MissteriousMisstress]

Thank you! Awesome video. Learnt more deeply about myself and the magician.😊

[@joehebert789]

Great explanation and maybe a call to look in the mirror to make sure that we aren't creating a false narrative for ourselves.

[@bryantscott7495]

Yes!!! I always saw my self as creative or creator of the energy. Now I see that we are directors of Devine energy that was before and will always be. That is such a powerful concept. No matter what energy comes your way you are responsible (or capable) of directing it in a manner that serves you and those around you. The Alchemist, using whatever you have to win! Thank you so much!❤️🥳

[@josebaca3075]

I am simply captivated by this explanation. I've gotten the Magician 4 out of 6 readings by other people.

[@Hs5ab]

Love the series as well. When you bought the bath salts with doubts on your mind, it knocked out there power. Even fairy dust loses its magic, when the receiver doesn't believe. It's like when you do a reading and you see all the connections lining up, but the viewer just keeps up a wall of nay say. You see the magic, and coat yourself with the dust. They see it like dirty powder and throw it away.

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Okay... BUT - I'm going to push back just a little bit here because I've noticed a few people commenting on this video suggesting the bath salts didn't change my life because I didn't believe hard enough or that I had doubts. I think it's perfectly reasonable to be skeptical of the idea that a specific type of bath salt will "change your life". We can't go around believing 100% everything others tell us - that is actually quite dangerous! I think it's healthy to be open minded and willing to try things (which I did) but this idea that one cannot question or have any doubts makes me a little uneasy! I bought the salts with hope that they might work, and also with doubts that it all sounded too good to be true, and curiosity to see what would happen if I just tried it. But I know what you're saying and I totally agree - our belief does add power to things, in a big way! Thanks for reading my rant, lol! ♥ Glad you're enjoying this series :)

[@chloemaxwell2628]

Very interesting discussion. Perhaps nothing happened after your bath with the magical salts because your emotions, thoughts, energy and action weren't aligned LOL.😉

[@DailyTarotGirl]

You're probably right, Chloe! I was expecting the bath salts to do all the work!

[@rewritex]

Thank you for your interpretation. I've realized how much I've forgotten how to work with my table swords, cups, wands, and pentacles. I've realized how my synergy with myself is off kilter for my future. These major arcana are pretty strong. Thanks again.

[@lisalawn1111]

Love this deep dive into the Magician. I tend to forget the "trickster" side of the Magician. Looking forward to more of this series. Thanks!!

[@LuisPerez-ik1zx]

These videos are the best videos I have found on card explanations in my personal opinion. I only wish you had the entire deck. I have watched every single one you have.

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Thank you Luis! I'm so glad you're enjoying my videos :) Thanks for watching them!

[@vudoan8992]

Thank you very much for this series. I'm a beginner in tarot reading. I'm your fan from Vietnam!

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Welcome! I'm so happy to hear you're enjoying these :) ♥

[@nikkicapone1018]

I learned that The Magician is using his will and power. mindfully and with awareness to impact or manifest here on the worldly plane.

[@halfbeth906]

I’m loving this series! Your explanations of the cards are in depth, yet easy to understand.🖤🌹

[@consciouswalker517]

Thanks so much for your insight. Definitely a magician over here.

[@-rimondachiflawi7758]

Thank you🙏💓. Now i have a better understanding of how manifestation works. Love it🌸💖

[@greenlimabean]

Excellent. I get new nuances of meaning in these deep dives. Magician appeared in my summer reading. I am a conduit for energy and I'm now willing to "honor it and take responsibility." Thank you so much.

[@thebigeazye3000]

Really good and thought provoking talk on the Magician Card. Yes, I learned some very cool things, thank you.

[@stephanieware69]

Wonderful--- I never caught the snake -- what a great new idea and explains another aspect of the card I did not know. thank you 😁

[@jonstein6868]

Very helpful guide to this fascinating archetype. Thank you!

[@thelastwave1985]

Love this series!

[@debsllewelyn230]

Really enjoying these deep dives xx

[@anamehta6481]

Thankyou so much for making videos on each card's meaning 🥺❤️

[@mcloud1070]

This series is fantastic ! I love the journaling questions ! 🙏

[@claudiarose383]

Your descriptions are so clear thankyou

[@starwest3121]

Yes! This is wonderful!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!💙🙏💙

[@colbyd83]

Thank you. I drew this card, and you answered my questions dead on. I appreciate the knowledge!

[@gailshelley4479]

I’m enjoying this series. Thanks for sharing.

[@blessingsoflove]

I love love love your videos!! Thank you kindly 🥹 Blessings of love 💜

[@3BandJ]

Enjoyed the insight👏🏾✨👑

[@iinnersong8541]

I loved what you shared Divine learning🙏💗☀️

[@vickypawsey1331]

I am really loving this new series. You have a wonderful way of teaching that really brings it all together to make perfect sense. thank you

[@charlottedoyle8070]

Thank you so much for this new series! I really like the asking question part. This helps me gain a better understanding and kinda form a convection with the card.

[@suetishelman4255]

Excellent thank you for sharing the belt was not mentioned in other videos you present well and good pace and pronunciation and vocabulary well well done

[@saimoooo]

Loved this video. ❤

[@emzz1310]

Great video thank you Kate! I would love to eventually see a video of your must used/favorite decks :)

[@bigomamma]

You have provided a thorough in-depth and meaningful explanation. Simple and succinct. Thank You!

[@kavannahlight5378]

Thank you!! Your insights helped me and I enjoyed your personal stories of illustration. I'm kind of SURPRISED you didn't manifest in your salt bath. You were mentally prepared and you felt the energy strongly and believed. Maybe try again 😊

[@DailyTarotGirl]

I'm happy you enjoyed this :) And I WILL try the salt bath manifesting thing again in the future for sure!

[@juliedennis8733]

I am really loving this series. It is helping me to connect to the cards in a personal level. Thankyou.

[@fredbissnette3104]

This is great content, learning lots!!

[@robtaylor9547]

Thanks, i got this card today, made me very happy as i am on a mission at the moment in work

[@timetravelkitty425]

Love this series, love your style. No frills, no act. Your not performative or focused on aesthetic (a LOT of people making content like this seem mostly wrapped up in LOOKING like a tarot devotee than actually getting into the deep symbolism or correspondences😂) I appreciate your genuine desire to make these helpful for those of us working on learning and embodying the meanings of the tarot. The goal being not needing a book to do a reading😅 your one of a couple channels I’ve been using alongside a few very good books ( a sort of “canon” of esoterica i call it). So thankful I found this channel! 🙏

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Thank you so much for the lovely compliments, timetravelkitty :) I'm so happy you're finding my videos helpful!!! That's my whole plan ♥ Welcome to my channel!

[@adventureswithforest]

Thanks Kate, I particularly like when you pose a question for us to answer I.e. manifesting that worked or didn’t. Those types of questions always give pause for thought. Also enjoy your personal stories to illustrate an aspect I.e, the bath crystals. I must admit to chuckling at your use of the term bath salts as it has quite a different meaning in seedier parts and might have been what the sales person was on 😂

[@crystalheart9]

A really nice series, and I appreciate your time and effort so much.💖

[@pamolds8597]

Loving your you tube channel. Thank you so much

[@juliechaplin8021]

Thank you, I enjoyed this video 🙏

[@gregclark4769]

I very much enjoyed the Magician video. It really deepened my understanding. I’m looking forward to hearing from you about the High Priestess.

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Thanks Greg! Here's my video on the High Priestess: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap2ae5WNrZ6Kp7M

[@Chloeproulx]

Hi Kate I've watched most of your major arcana videos and I just wanted to say thank you so much for making these 💗💗 It's been so helpful in my learning journey and I just LOVE your energy. You are so kind and genuine in your demeanor, it's really refreshing and lovely! Loved the bath salts story by the way lol! Thanks again!

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Thank you so much Chloe ♥ I'm so happy that you're enjoying my videos on the cards :)

[@roberta6795]

Thank you, dear. A big hug❤🎉

[@ozlempoyrazoglu]

Thank you for your enlightment❤

[@HeenaGupta-yb7yk]

Awesome video ❤

[@meeras4462]

Thank you soo much ... Your teaching is interesting 💖

[@artawhirler]

Excellent video, Kate! I watched it when it first came out and I watched it again today!

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Well, I'm super flattered that you re-watched this!

[@Flashbagfolly]

Thank you. Very helpful video.

[@kimoconnor8182]

Thank you so much for these videos. I am learning a lot. Keep them coming Kate. ❤

[@DailyTarotGirl]

So good to hear, Kim! I will!

[@ioanabatca4410]

Amazing lady ❤, thank You! I believe there are no words of gratitude for the message you sent, has arrived after 2 years, best timing though, reached me at the right time for me. You have no idea how powerful You are... manifesting through time. Sending me help 😂 at the right moment. I HAD NO IDEA I needed this, You offered to me much more than the answers to so many questions and new questions to think about. Now I see where it is all coming from. Thank you! I hope everyone receives Your message when needed. God bless!❤

[@barbararivera2380]

loved learning about the dark side of the magician. Thank you

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@viewernum72]

You do a wonderful job.

[@TimelessTarot-qt4eh]

Thank you ☺️

[@ontheVERGE.]

Your videos are amazing! I’m on the the second lol but you are so welll spoken! I’m a baby tarot reader and want to really understand and get in tune with each card and this video was such a huge help! My understanding of manifestation and stepping into my own power is so much clearer now! I also resonated with what you said when you said do you feel like you’re the driver or the passenger to your car Bc I definitely feel like the passenger to that runaway car 😂 I also recalled these dreams I used to have of younger smaller me being in a car in the back seat that was driving itself and set to crash and me trying to get to the wheel but my whole body feeling sluggish and numb and not being able to get there in time. It was like a full circle moment because now I understand what the dreams mean. This was such an insightful video-keep going!!!

[@DailyTarotGirl]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this :) Thank you for watching and best wishes to you on your Tarot journey ♥

[@user-pz8hh3zz4i]

Thank you so much. You do such a great job explaining the cards in very meaningful concise terms. You are my go to with each of the cards that I am studying. I really appreciate you.

[@laurafrausto15]

thank you for share you knowledge Kate, you´re funny and cool :) have a great day!!!!!

[@patrickpilatimoreira4230]

Thank you so much for the vídeo! It helped me understand this symbolism and my previous lives!

[@hermanloud3098]

Something to manifest must be in the four elements mental, emotions, action and practical plane, I have never seen it that way before, useful note for a Wicca beginner. We are always manifesting something regardless if we are aware about it or not, but better move in life in the driver seat, I can't wait until you get to such controversial card as The Devil, The Death or The Tower, there are rumors that people freak out about it. 😄

[@miriamstarchild]

Great series 💖

[@amandacookworm]

Such a great informative thorough video!! Thank you im grateful for this! 💙💫

[@_flowstateyoga_]

Love all your videos :)❤

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Thanks David!

[@StunningPhoenix]

I love your videos, Kate!! They make tarot digestible and so much fun to learn!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Yay! I'm so happy to hear that - thank you :)

[@c.azriel]

I’ve only watched a few videos of this series and I’m so grateful I manifested this into my life! I’m grateful to you for making this series. This morning I asked the deck: What do I need to focus on today? And Bam! The Magician popped out 😂❤

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Welcome, Carmen! Glad you're enjoying this series!!!

[@coachmanedontplay]

I clicked this video expecting to cringe, but you did a fantastic job describing this. Keep it up!

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Thanks so much, glad I wasn't cringey, lol!

[@mapssak1]

Excellent learning experience

[@bionicwarrior5885]

Thank you!!

[@lucydenton4017]

Thank you! I was having a lot of trouble understanding this card, your video was a big help!

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Great to hear! I'm so glad this helped :)

[@lilpeepkin4377]

This was really amazing u really explained everything so well and i could understand alot ( im not fluent in english) But thank you for this i hope u conntinue this series it would really mean alot! Can’t wait for the next one. 🤗🤗💓🌸New subscriber!

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Thanks for subscribing! I'll be posting these each week until I've done all the cards in the Major Arcana :) So glad you're enjoying!

[@bhaskaraj8277]

You carry some magic in the way you speak... blessings

[@BlackChinchilla]

Great series. Im enjoying these videos. I would say for the dark side has to also include the illusions of manifestating things in your life when you're not focusing on the right things. Like when you think your being productive when your actually are just being busy. When your efforts to manifest things lack focus. I think the self help gurus and pyramid schemes are great examples (ive fallen for both lol). I was just thinking that, based on your explanation of the Magician, something less physical would be closer example of the dark side.

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Yes! pyramid schemes and cult leader-types are definitely within the dark realm of the Magician!

[@MindfulMike520]

I have recently stepped into the world of tarot, mainly for a better sense of mindfulness and intuition. Your videos are absolutely impeccable and second to none! Thank you so much for your passion and time that you put into these videos and your website.

[@DailyTarotGirl]

Thank you SO much for this lovely compliment! I'm thrilled that you're enjoying these videos so much :) Thanks for watching them!!!

[@MindfulMike520]

@@DailyTarotGirl I just cleansed my new deck card by card with sage, then reversed the process by blessing them with Palo Santo and the feeling I got was almost metatative and I felt a deeper connection to my deck afterwards. It was truly a beautiful ceremony. I look forward to this next chapter in my life with Tarot by my side. ✨💚

[@erigozeletus9045]

Amazing teacher. Please keep on trying.

[@marloncamacho4168]

"The wisdom of The Fool won't set you free." -New Order 😊

[@makarandvaishnao8214]

Thanks

[@MorganThomas-dc7yv]

I like you ❤ new subscriber

[@rogernavarro7111]

I learned more about what the Magician is telling us about his tools.

[@jacquelynskye295]

A guest on the JeffMara show via KZbin said that a certain percentage of us can easily manifest what we go after and the rest of us can not. I'm not saying she's right but it was interesting to listen to the female guest explain the different groups of humans.She has a book about how each of us belong to groups in accordance with our auras. She had the groups broken down into I think four main grouls. She made an interesting guest. Some people are very good at manifesting while others are not. DJT is a great example of someone who can manifest just about anything. I don't like him at all but I acknowledge that he has the ability to manifest about whatever he wants but not everything obviously.

[@DailyTarotGirl]

That's an interesting concept - I will look into that interview, I've never heard it explained that way before.

[@joakimlundgren7043]

Does anyone think that the two first cards belong together: that first & second guy reveal something about high connections & how things are made/meant to be, for some reason? Something more than what the colors of the flowers may mean

[@Pielobyte]

How to manifest: Thoughts, feelings, energy, and words in alignment

[@hamzaaltahan1908]

Thank you sharing 🙏🏻 please i have a question why do you think he’s wearing red robe?

[@iolite2]

The illusion I fell for was that my parents loved me.

[@danap4840]

I manifasted something by using a spirit doll and a wand

[@Gut985]

what does it mean when u ask for a place and this card appears?

[@Reema-gy7gm]

this card showed up while im cleansing my cards what could this mean?

[@Pielobyte]

Intentionally manifest

[@DeejMeej]

The Illusion of Life