One hand raised to the sky, one pointing to the earth: he is a conduit, not a source.The MagicianA silhouetted figure faces seven cups in cloud, each holding something different: a face, a shrouded glowing figure, a snake, a castle, jewels, a laurel, a dragon.Seven of Cups

Card combination

The Magician and Seven of Cups

Real means against imaginary options. The Magician has four suits on the table and can use all of them; the Seven of Cups is seven visions in the clouds, and the classical reading is that most of them are not there. Together the tradition reads capability paralysed by choice.

Together

Real means against imaginary options. The Magician has four suits on the table and can use all of them; the Seven of Cups is seven visions in the clouds, and the classical reading is that most of them are not there. Together the tradition reads capability paralysed by choice.

In love

Associated with somebody keeping several possibilities open who is capable of committing to one. The pair reads the keeping-open as the problem, not the capability.

In career

Talent with too many directions. Read for people who could do any of it and are therefore doing none of it properly.

The advice

The Magician's table is the answer to the Seven of Cups. Take the option you have the actual tools for, and the tradition is blunt that this is usually obvious.

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