LEARN TO DO YOUR OWN TAROT READINGSThe Sun - Card 19 in The Major Arcana
A benign looking sun shines down upon a naked child astride a horse. A flame coloured cloth floats downwards against the child and horse. Behind them is a wall with sunflowers growing along the top.
The image on this card can be traced back to 17th and 18th century Tarot decks. The cloth is in fact a banner being carried by the child. Waite probably used this form of The Sun because of a poem in the Chaldean Oracles of Julianus which was popular with members of Golden Dawn; "But of these things I revolve in the reclusive temples of my mind.... to see a horse more glittering than light or a boy riding on the back of the horse.... naked".
This card in a reading:
Upright: The Sun is the source of all light and sustenance in the world and so is immensely powerful. The querent can take and use some of the Sun's power and strength. The Sun card asks the querent to trust in his/her own strength and let it shine through.
Reversed: The same meanings as for upright but to a lesser degree.
Summary: Don't hide your light.
|
BACK TO TAROT INDEX | 
|