The Sun
Major Arcana · 19
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- Joy
- Success
- Vitality
- Clarity
- General
- Everything lights up and succeeds. The Sun brings simple joy, confidence, and the energy to live fully.
- Love & relationships
- A radiant, shared love. Happiness, complicity, sometimes a wedding or a birth.
- Career & money
- A recognized success, an achievement that shows. Prosperity and a goal fulfilled.
- Advice
- Enjoy and share. Show yourself as you are, without fear.
Reversed
- Excessive optimism
- Clouded joy
- Vanity
- Delay
- General
- The light is there, but veiled. A happiness one doesn't allow oneself, or enthusiasm lacking realism.
- Love & relationships
- A happy relationship dimmed by ego or doubt. Forgetting to savor it.
- Career & money
- A success that's late, or overconfidence leading to mistakes. Results fall short of expectations.
- Advice
- Don't dramatize the clouds. Return to simplicity and let yourself feel joy.
What you see on the card
- A great sun with a radiant face
- A naked child riding a white horse
- A red banner in hand
- Sunflowers behind a wall
- A wreath of flowers on the child's head
How the card works
Planet: Sun