August 1950
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for August 1950 is The Magician. It’s the same for everyone alive this month, set by the date alone, and it sits in the initiation third of the wheel.
The Magician is the part of you that can make something real. He is focus and will, and the knowledge that the tools are already in your hands. Where the Fool has potential, the Magician has the power to direct it.
How August 1950 becomes The Magician
The collective year card for 1950 is The Devil (15). Add the month number (August is month 8): 15 + 8 = 23, which wraps around the twenty-two to 1. Card 1 is The Magician.