I THE MAGICIAN ♾️
Why is there an infinity sign above the magician’s head?
The endless figure eight represents eternal life, and it isn’t the card’s only symbol of eternity.
Encircling the magician’s waist is an ouroboros, a serpent consuming its own tail.
The roses and lilies in the garden represent what Arthur Edward Waite called the “culture of aspiration,” the deliberate cultivation of higher goals.
On the table sit all four tarot suits: wand, cup, sword and pentacle, giving him the elements of fire, water, air, and earth.
As the full figure comes into view, his hands point in opposite directions: one reaches toward heaven while the other points to earth.
Representing spiritual power descending into the material world, magicians have long expressed this idea in the phrase “as above, so below.”🕺