The Magician, Reversed

...an image of a white and red robed blonde man holding a magical wand above his head. An infinity symbol floats above his head. He looks to be standing in a garden with various artifacts on a table beside him. A sword, a staff, a chalice, and other things. You turn it around in your hand to get a better look as you had flipped it over upside down.

You blink a few times, trying to take it in. It's a tarot card. The Magician card to be exact. Symbol of skill, intellect, and the human's ability to tap into cosmic forces and bring them to bear on the common world. The Magician could channel the elemental forces of the universe. 'This must be a joke.' You think, then sarcastically say, "Too bad I drew you upside down." You knew that, for people who believed in such things, drawing a card reversed changed its meaning greatly.

The little white and red dressed figure on the card responds to you. "Too bad? Are you kidding? You just hit the jackpot kid!"

You blink a few times as you stare at the card. Did it just speak?

You see it blinking back to you. "Yeah, I spoke." He says. "Listen, I don't get much time here so let me lay it out for you."

"This can't be happening." You mutter in disbelief.

"Shut up and listen kid." The figure on the card is now leaning against the table beside him, using the wand to gesture as he speaks. "You just got the best draw you possibly could. Not for anyone else mind you, but for you this is great. You get me, The Magician! Spells and power galore. But you drew me reversed. That means the fates have decided they want someone selfish and full of trickery. Now if you drew me right side up I'd have to give you all these annoying rules and directions...but you drew me reversed. I find that this usually of takes care of itself. Give a human magic power and they'll stir up all kinds of trouble all on their own."

You couldn't believe you were about to engage in conversation with a playing card. "But I'm a good..."

"Oh yeah, you're a good man." The Magician chuckles. "Not for long. Just wait till you have my spells floating around in that head of yours. Listen, I might not have the range and power of my fellow Arcana, but I make up for it with diversity and adaptability. Trust me my friend, you're about to have the best time of your life." He give you a grin and a wink.

The figure is moving back into his original pose. "Anyways, I need to tell you this part. You'll end up giving the card away to someone when the time is right. Don't worry about that though, it's all predestined. You don't have a choice in the matter." The figure has returned to it's original position and it freezes in place. His last words to you are. "Have fun while it lasts kid."

You go to speak to him, a thousand questions on your lips. As you blink your eyes the card face is suddenly blank! Just a plain off white surface. You sit there a moment at a complete loss as to what just happened to you. Looking over to your coffee you wonder if it had been spiked with DMT or something.

"What the...?" Flipping it over you see the back looks the same as it did. Almost the same...you realize the image of the eye now shows it as closed.

You sit there a time. Everything seemed normal now. It must have been a hallucination. Wait a minute...no...something was definitely different. The world around you was the same, but something inside you was different. You had a strange sensation of new options and new possibilities just waiting to be tapped into.

You sit there dumbstruck. What was going on?