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| | 1 - Magician |
 | | The Magician, the King of the Saturnalia (Saturnalicius Princeps), is chosen by lot, and during his seven-day reign his whim is law, and other people will be made kings or beggars, winners or losers, by his caprice. |
 | | The Magician (I) is the alchemical Mercury who will unite the Salt of the Empress (II) and the Sulphur of the Emperor (III); he will preside over the marriage of the lunar High Priestess (IV) to the solar High Priest (V), oversee its consummation in Love (VI), and deliver the child Temperance (VII). |
 | | The Magician's two extended fingers, which match the snake eyes, show that he has been chosen by lot to be the King of the Saturnalia. |
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