The Magician and Strength

Technique beside temperament. The Magician has tools; Strength has none and does not need them. The tradition reads the pair as a reminder that some situations do not respond to method at all, and that recognising one is itself a skill.

Associated with attempting to handle a feeling as though it were a problem to solve. The pair is gentle and clear that it does not work.

Read for a difficulty involving people rather than systems. The pair favours patience over cleverness where the two conflict.

Not everything is a technique problem. The instinct to reach for a tool is the thing worth noticing here.