Thoth Tarot: New Thought, New Beginnings

 

I love when The Magus shows up in a reading. I know when I see it that I need to allow for the possibility of. Doesn’t matter what it ends up being, I just need to allow whatever it is to manifest. The Magician in other decks, Crowley’s Magus is active creative energy in motion. He represents our willpower and the ability to achieve our goals and dreams. Focus in, visualize what you want, and then act.

Adjustment, or Justice in most decks, represents the power of the Goddess within. She is our alignment, our equilibrium, holding the sword of the Magus, balancing duality of self. She tells us to stand in our own power and make decisions from a dispassionate view and that we center, align, and then know.

The sword of The Magus appears for a third time in the Ace of Swords representing our will and intellect and Elemental Air. The Ace of Swords asks us to look beyond illusion and proceed in full clarity via a controlled intellectual presence while avoiding impulsive thought and action, taking time for reflection if necessary.

The redundancy of the Sword of the Magus is not to be ignored in this reading. Clearly, allowing for all possibilities, all potentials, is the preferred way forward. Judgment clouds our perception and the Ace of Swords cuts away all of that leaving only brilliance and clarity in its place. The dispassionate view suggested by Adjustment reinforces this notion as it supports decisions made from a balanced perspective. Crowley suggests a sexual component to the Sword, representing the phallus, referring to her as the woman satisfied. Please. The sword represents true balance. If she were truly reflecting satisfaction, I think other colors would have been used. The blues reflect the cold steel of the sword, balance, and alignment.

Numerologically, the cards add up to 10 which can be reduced to 1. Again, it brings us back to The Magus and his Sword. The number one is about oneness and beginnings and it sounds like new ideas are about to manifest. With the presence of The Magus, we know that all things are possible, so it would seem that we’re in for a creative period.

I’m pretty sure we call that Spring. But perhaps the cards are telling us that it’s time to embrace new thinking and to rid ourselves of thoughts that disturb our alignment. I know that’s true for me, so as the plants continue to grow with help from our ever-expanding bee colony, I’ll use this time to appreciate Spring as it unfolds and let troubling thoughts be taken by the wind.

~Blessed Be