DeaconBlues
Barbaras, I also got the impression of a solar eclipse right away!
I can't help noticing how small the suit symbols are that he's juggling, in comparison to most of the rest of the cards in proportion to the people on them. In the Pentacles suit, the pentacles are usually portrayed as being about the size of a shield. To the Magician, it would be more saucer-sized. This, too, conveys power. And do you see how his body seems to extend downward into shadows and infinity? Who knows how tall he is, or what he may be standing on?
I also can't help noticing the contrast between the adeptness with which the Magician handles his tools, as opposed to the Fool, who could come crashing down any second. This Magician is very much in command! And it feels like he's extending his power to me. It's almost as though he's pushing all of the suit symbols out of the card toward me, urging me to utilize them to their fullest. Look at the way his hands are positioned.
He is one of the few personae in this deck that looks straight out of the card and right into your eyes. Power, dominance, mastery, and in a big way!
I can't help noticing how small the suit symbols are that he's juggling, in comparison to most of the rest of the cards in proportion to the people on them. In the Pentacles suit, the pentacles are usually portrayed as being about the size of a shield. To the Magician, it would be more saucer-sized. This, too, conveys power. And do you see how his body seems to extend downward into shadows and infinity? Who knows how tall he is, or what he may be standing on?
I also can't help noticing the contrast between the adeptness with which the Magician handles his tools, as opposed to the Fool, who could come crashing down any second. This Magician is very much in command! And it feels like he's extending his power to me. It's almost as though he's pushing all of the suit symbols out of the card toward me, urging me to utilize them to their fullest. Look at the way his hands are positioned.
He is one of the few personae in this deck that looks straight out of the card and right into your eyes. Power, dominance, mastery, and in a big way!