The Magician reminds us that intention is the seed of creation and what we focus upon, we can empower. Just as the Fender’s Blue Butterfly and the Kincaid’s Lupine depend on each other, our own thriving depends upon the ecosystems we nurture. Each act of restoration be it planting native seeds, protecting pollinators or tending the wild edges becomes an invocation, a spell of renewal cast in service to this balance. The Fender’s blue butterfly is a species from the Willamette Valley in Oregon that was named after mailman Kenney Fender who noticed them fluttering around in 1937, a couple of years later, they were declared extinct until they magically reappeared in the 1980’s. The larvae of the species feed off of lupine plants, but the adults feed on an assortment of flowers. To protect the Lupine and the Butterfly is to participate in sacred reciprocity. They are mirrors of transformation, showing us that fragility is not weakness but the threshold of wonder. The Magician asks us, how will we use our tools? Our will? Our knowledge? Our community? Our power? Through mindful stewardship, we become magicians ourselves, co-creating with nature. As we align our intentions with the cycles of the earth, we restore not only habitats but hope. The flutter of the Fender’s Blue butterfly becomes a sign that our spell is working and that life, once endangered, can return to the circle with our care and our courage. The Fender’s blue butterfly is a species from the Willamette Valley in Oregon that was named after mailman Kenney Fender who noticed them fluttering around in 1937, a couple of years later, they were declared extinct until they magically reappeared in the 1980’s.