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The Magician: Mercury's Mastery of the Four Elements | Astrology Ride of the Day
The Magician is Mercury in the tarot deck — communication, thoughts, perception. He speaks to conscious manifestation because he stands with all four elements at once: the wand, will; the cup, emotion; the sword, intellect; the pentacle, the body. He creates reality through focus and intention, the bridge between vision and form. Going back through the deck, from the Fool falling into the world, the Magician has to master those four elements to actually manifest anything. The Hermit is where you first step back and gain deep understanding; the Lovers is where you test that understanding with others in real life; and the Magician, ruling both the Lovers and the Hermit through Mercury, enables you to act and create from what actually survived that test. Know thyself. Balance your energy.
Takeaways
- The Magician card holds all four elements at once — wand (will), cup (emotion), sword (intellect), pentacle (body) — creating reality through focused intention.
- Mercury rules both the Hermit and the Lovers, meaning the Magician's power to manifest only comes after understanding is gained in solitude and then tested against real relationships.
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The magician guard, like we said, magician is Mercury in the deck.
Speaker A:Mercury and astrology has to do with communication, thoughts, perception.
Speaker A:And the magician speaks to conscious manifestation because, well, the one who stands with all the four elements.
Speaker A:If you look at the magician, the card, he has the four elements.
Speaker A:The wine, which is will, he has the cups, which is emotion, he has the sword, which is intellect, and the pinnacle, which is the body.
Speaker A:And it creates reality through focused intention, the bridge between vision and form.
Speaker A:And you know, you remember Tarot, we did that episode when we went through the whole deck and we went from the fool fall, the soul falling into down here.
Speaker A:And now we have to.
Speaker A:The magician has to learn how to use the four elements.
Speaker B:It's going to be mastery of those.
Speaker B:And those four elements you're referencing is going to be that earth, air, fire and water which is depicted on the table on that Magician card in the Tarot deck.
Speaker B:And that is him really mastering that form of manifestation.
Speaker B:Because the Hermit card is where you're going to first take a step back and enable a deep understanding.
Speaker B:And then if you factor in the lovers card, that's where you can test the understanding that you have with others in real life.
Speaker B:And then when you incorporate the Magician card, which is Mercury ruling both of the lovers and the Hermit, that enables you to act and create from what has survived the test being that lover's card.
