I — The Magician (Le Bateleur)

Essence: the beginning; every possibility laid out on the table, not yet chosen. Meaning: One is the seed: everything is present but nothing is yet developed. He is young and gifted but inexperienced, standing before the choice of where to put his energy. In the card: the objects on the table hint at the four suits (cup, coin, blade, wand), the tools of all life. The hidden fourth leg of the table points to what he cannot yet see. One hand reaches up, the other holds something from below, linking spirit and matter. Light / shadow: beginning, initiative, talent, study · insecurity, trickery, scattering, lack of experience.