01-The Magus – Reversed Thoth Deck

Your Chosen Card – The Magus Reversed Thoth Deck

When reversed, the Magician may be using his willpower, knowledge and skills for less than honorable purposes. An ill-dignified Magician may be engaged in deception, manipulation, or the misuse of power. He may be weak-willed or lacking in confidence and thus fail to use his communication skills in a productive manner. When the Magician appears reversed in a reading, it is wise to explore what is preventing you from maintaining the mental focus that will enable you to act like a magician in your life.

Keywords Reversed: Trickery, illusion, parlor tricks, deceit, sleight of hand, hesitancy, impotence, lack of confidence, confusion of purpose, the ill use of one’s skills; a trickster, con artist, mountebank, stage magician, quack doctor, sleight of hand artist, swindler, thief.

Key 1: The Magician (Juggler)
Myths/Archetypes: Thoth. Hermes Trismegistus. Merlin. Faust. The Magus. The Juggler. The Con Artist.
Astrology: Mercury, messenger of the gods (Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo).
Numerology: 1 (Magician) = 1 + 0 (Wheel of Fortune) = 1 + 9 (The Sun)

Element: Air

When The Magus is reversed you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise.  If The Magus is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is The Magus is trying to tell you.  If you had a particular issue in  mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.

This chosen card is part of your reversed card reading for The Magus using cards from the Thoth Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.


Here are some snippets from a few of my favorite books

Complete Book of Tarot
Book Details
Complete Book of Tarot: Fact(s) 10: Every reader develops his or her own method of interpreting the cards on the basis of experience and intuition. The Golden Dawn routinely abandoned a divination if the querent’s significator failed to appear in a spread in a way that clearly addressed the client’s concerns. It’s hard to be objective when reading for yourself or for people you care about. Remember that the doctor who treats himself has a fool for a patient. When in doubt, it is wise to get a second opinion from an experienced tarot reader. As you become more skilled, your readings will become valuable resources others are willing to pay for, just as they would compensate any valued consultant.

Tarot Books

Complete Book of Tarot: Mercury is the messenger of the gods, assigned to the Magician, trump I. Mercury is a planet of communication, travel, commerce, dexterity, sleight of hand, trade, writing, theft, and magic.

Portable Magic: Grimoire: A word from the French meaning ‘grammar.’ Literally, a copybook of practical magic written by a magician as an aid to memory, or as a way of passing on a system of ceremonial magic to a disciple. Grimoires are handwritten texts never intended for public reading, often put together in the form of brief comments

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Portable Magic: Grimoire: A word from the French meaning ‘grammar.’ Literally, a copybook of practical magic written by a magician as an aid to memory, or as a way of passing on a system of ceremonial magic to a disciple. Grimoires are handwritten texts never intended for public reading, often put together in the form of brief comments