such eloquence
so much eloquence, i find it beautiful to read what's been posted thus far.
I never made the correlation between He of the Fiery Sword and Michale before, but now that you mention it, i feel like i've been missing out on something vitably important about this card. It's like "of course it is" feeling.
And boy am i glad to not be the only one to see such strong male characteristics in this card. phew! I've been seeing that as well, and I love how Alissa put together He of the Fiery sword and She of the Crauch. This makes a lot of sense too, as i've always seen She of the Cruach as a female womb impregnated.
The messages i find are usually much more basic, in the form of internal strength. Being strong, or the need to be strong. The meaning i find is more in relation to that of the Strength card in tarot. (I don't really see the correlation here of the magician, i'll have to think about that one). Usually it talks of a particular strength, for example, for one person, it may be a card of "keep it up, trust me, you'll win this fight" and for others it's a message of "you have the strength you need to face this, you need to see it, and feel it, believe it inside yourself" along with an array of other types of internal strength messages. Intuitively i feel out what message is the "right" message, and sometimes use some scrying into the card as well. (hard to explain, but it helps me a lot to pin point what is going on in the person's life).
May strength be with you all, and i look forward to hearing more about this fae from others!