"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."

Marriage of Heaven and Hell -- William Blake

The Magus is the 1st key in the Tarot Arcana and is represented astrologically by the planet Mercury. Mercury rules vital activity, growth, communication, words, and ideas. It functions as an impetus toward expansion and momentum, being highly active and creative.

The Magus reveals that the consciousness enlivening human kind is of divine origin. If one wishes to cross the bridge dividing the self in time from its immortal counterpart, it is imperative that one relinquish the mask of reason and worldly conceits that reduce the wonders of being human into little more than an accident of chance.