My Magician Tattoo

Much to the dismay of my parents (yes I'm 40) I have delved into the world of tattoos with my first tattoo done after I visited Harry Potter World in Orlando this year - I got the Deathly Hallows symbol.  I then got a tarot related tattoo I made using the suits of the tarot.  All of these symbols hold a lot of associations and they are also found within the Magician card.  
The Magician is all about taking action and manifesting your goals and dreams.  

• The cup is all about emotions, relationships , intuition and receptivity and represents the element of water.  
• The sword symbolizes intellect, power, truth, discernment, communication and the element of air.
• The wands represents our passions, travel, growth, vitality, willpower and the spiritual realm as well as the element of fire.
• The pentacle is a symbol of protection, family, health, wealth, nature, harmony and the element of earth.
• The lemniscate (infinity sign) speaks of perpetual motion, balance, limitlessness, and eternity.  For the Magician, this means the potential to create and manifest has no limits.  

I also wanted the sword and the wand to face different directions to represent 'As Above, So Below' which means that what happens in the cosmos, is drawn down like a lighting rod through the Magician and into the material realm.  What we think, we can do.  What we desire, we can create/manifest. There is always a connection between the various planes of being and life.  We can do whatever we put our minds to.