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The Magicianfor Pisces · Money and Wealth
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The Magician stands at a table perpetually in balance with all four elements and surrounded by nature. While peaceful and at one with their world, they are also creating magic, creating something out of nothing. Their insight acts as a conduit: they bridge the gap between yourself and the divine creative.
Look closer.
By nurturing connection and giving space for balance you find a creative spark within yourself. Follow this spark intuitively and continue to do things that help it grow
You are blocked by an imbalance or disconnect. Pause and reconnect with the natural world and your own inner voice. Some things are not meant for us and that deep truth will reveal itself with time
Some early depictions of this card showed him as a juggler balancing the many things in life. However, the magician here is perhaps invoking Merlin more than a juggler. The infinity symbol above his head has been used in mathematics since the 17th century, but the symbol is often referencing the ouroboros (a snake eating it's own tail) or the inner magical knowledge
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The Magician for Pisces in Money and Wealth
The Dreamer
Mercury against Neptune-ruled Pisces puts the whole thing into words, which is either the relief or the trap depending on whether Pisces then acts on them. Upright, this is happening out in the visible world, where other people can see it and respond to it.
When reading about money through a Pisces lens, the Magician card says that you feel like money is something you're afraid to look at directly, a problem you can solve by not thinking about it, and something tied to whether you deserve to take up space at all. This has either left you in financial chaos that someone else eventually rescues you from, or made you hoard quietly because scarcity feels like the only thing you can control. You have not looked at your full financial picture all at once, and the not-looking costs more than the looking would. The Pisces blind spot in it is the moment they have to stop being useful and admit they're drowning.
In practice that can look like a change in circumstance rather than an amount, or what money is for shifting. Whatever form it takes, it is happening in the visible world where other people can see it.
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