Major Arcana · I
The Magician Tarot Card Meaning
- Arcana
- Major Arcana
- Number
- I · No. 1
- Yes or no
- Yes · Reversed: Maybe
Upright meaning
Willpower · skill · action
You already hold the tools and talent you need. Turn your ideas into action and you can make the result you want.
Reversed meaning
Wasted talent · trickery · all plans, no action
Your abilities are going unused, or your words and actions don't match. Be careful not to fall for someone's smooth talk.
In a yes-or-no reading
- UprightYesThe card says things are moving the way you hope.
- ReversedMaybeIt isn't settled yet. It could depend on conditions or timing.
Its place in the Major Arcana
The 22 cards of life's big currents and turning points. They are read as one person's journey from 0, The Fool, to 21, The World, and the more of them in a spread, the more the matter goes beyond personal choice.
Cards 1 to 7 are the stage of finding your place in the world. Outward matters such as will, learning, relationships and achievement are at the centre.
The 22 Major Arcana
- The Fool
- The Magician
- The High Priestess
- The Empress
- The Emperor
- The Hierophant
- The Lovers
- The Chariot
- Strength
- The Hermit
- Wheel of Fortune
- Justice
- The Hanged Man
- Death
- Temperance
- The Devil
- The Tower
- The Star
- The Moon
- The Sun
- Judgement
- The World
Draw your own
Now that you know the card, think of one question and shuffle the deck yourself. Which of the 78 cards comes up is decided the moment you shuffle.
Meanings follow the widely used Rider–Waite tradition, and the pictures are simple designs drawn for this site. Please treat tarot as a light-hearted aid to reflection.