Ageless wisdom assigned to the Attention card the dualism of life and death.
Attention gives life. If we pay attention to our relationships, they will thrive. If we pay attention to our businesses, they will thrive, too. Everything we don’t pay attention to disappears from our lives. This takes us to the first principle of manifesting: Don’t pay attention to things, people, and situations you don’t want in your life.
The picture shows that attention has two aspects: receptivity to guidance from above and focus on a task at hand.
On the table on the right, you can find the four implements, which allow our inner magician to express himself on the four levels of human expression.
As you can see, the magician channels inspiration. By doing so, he turns inspiration (white roses) into personal desires (the red roses). Doing so, he gains knowledge, which the white lilies symbolize. The less resistance we offer to inspiration, the better. That’s why this Tarot card has the ancient epithet transparent intelligence.
The white wand symbolizes this selflessness in channeling inspiration. The color white signifies purification. Hence, the white wand stands for purified personal intention or personal intention aligns with cosmic intention.
An auspicious Attention card calls for focused receptivity.
An inauspicious Attention card may indicate that inattention, neglect, or unawareness caused the querent’s challenge.
On the Tree of Life, the Attention card illustrates the path that connects the spheres Intention (aces) and Understanding (3’s). The white roses represent Intention (1’s) and the garden signifies the context (3’s) that the magician focuses on.
The titles and the five core meanings of the Attention card are:
Enlightenment Tarot Title: Attention
Traditional title: Magician
Power of Consciousness: Attention
Constructive Use: Focused receptivity
Unconstructive Use: Reverie
Auspicious state of mind: Lucidity (life)
Inauspicious state of mind: Unawareness (death)
On the spiritual-intentional level (wands), the Attention card stands for spiritual initiation, aka prophecy, aka mystical visions.
On the creative-feely level (cups), the Attention card stands for creative attention and receptivity to the Muse.
On the intellectual level (swords), the Attention card stands for vigilance, mindful meditation, and focused thinking.
On the bodily-practical level (pents), the Attention card stands for brain focus. Brain focus resides behind and a little above your eyes. If you strain your brain focus, you may get a headache there.
More Attributions:
Number: 1
Letter: Beth, meaning house (the body-mind-soul vehicle)
Astrology: Mercury
Color: Yellow
Chakra: the chakra on top of the head