Editing The Magician (tarot card) (section)

===Marseilles===
Although the [[Rider–Waite Tarot deck]] is the most often used in occult contexts, other decks such as the [[Tarot of Marseilles]] usually used for game-playing have also been read through a symbolic lens. [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]]'s reading of the Magician as ''Le Bateleur'' draws attention to individual details of the Marseilles card, such as the fingers, table, and depiction of the plants, in addition to the elements shared between the Rider–Waite and Marseilles decks.{{sfnp|Jodorowsky|Costa|2009|p=90}} The Magician in the Marseilles deck is depicted with [[Polydactyly|six fingers]] on his left hand{{NoteTag|The Magician holds his wand in his left hand in the Marseilles deck, as opposed to his right in Rider–Waite.}} rather than five, which Jodorowsky interprets as a symbol of manipulating and reorganizing reality. Similarly, the table he stands behind has three legs rather than four; the fourth leg is interpreted as being outside the card, a [[metafictional]] statement that "[i]t is by going beyond the stage of possibilities and moving  into the reality of action and choice that The Magician gives concrete expression to his situation".{{sfnp|Jodorowsky|Costa|2009|pp=90–91}}

Rather than flowers, the Magician of the Marseilles deck is depicted with a small plant between his feet. The plant has a [[yonic]] appearance and has been interpreted as the sex organs of either a personal mother or the abstract concept of [[Mother Nature]].{{sfnp|Jodorowsky|Costa|2009|pp=90–91}}