Alright, let’s talk about the Sun card in Tarot. Took me a good while to really figure this one out, not just spitting back what the books say. It was a bit of a journey, honestly.
I remember when I first started doing readings for myself, like really digging in. I kept pulling the Sun card. Seemed kinda funny because, honestly, things felt pretty cloudy for me back then. I was thinking, ‘Sun? Really? Doesn’t feel very sunny right now.’
So, my first step was just grabbing the card and really looking at it. You know, ignoring the book for a minute. Just looked at the picture – usually it’s got that kid, looks happy, riding a horse or just being free under this huge, bright sun. Felt pretty simple, pretty straightforward visually.
Then I started noticing when it popped up in readings for other people. There was this one time, doing a reading for a buddy of mine. He was completely tangled up about a career move, just couldn’t see straight. And bam, right at the end, in the position that kinda shows the final outcome? The Sun card showed up.
I didn’t even really think too hard about the classic ‘success’ meaning. What came out of my mouth was something like, ‘Look, it’s pointing towards things just getting… clear. Like the confusion will just burn off. You’ll see the path and feel genuinely good, energized about it.’
And that’s kinda when it clicked for me.
He called me maybe a week or two later. Said it was weird, like one morning he woke up and just knew what to do. Felt super positive, confident, full of beans. He used the word ‘clarity’ himself. That really stuck with me.
So, I stopped thinking about the Sun as just ‘winning’ or ‘big success’. I mean, yeah, it can definitely mean that, but it felt deeper, more fundamental based on what I was seeing.
My Takeaway Through Practice
After seeing it play out a few times, both for myself and others, I landed on my own understanding. It wasn’t about reading more books, it was about watching the card in action. Here’s what it boiled down to for me:
- Things becoming obvious: Like a light switch turning on. Suddenly, you just see things clearly, the confusion is gone.
- Pure, simple joy: Not complicated happiness. Just that basic feeling of warmth, optimism, and things being good. Like being a kid on a sunny day.
- Energy boost: Feeling alive, vital, ready to go. Like you’ve been recharged.
- Confidence: A natural, easy confidence. Knowing things are okay and you can handle them.
It’s less about achieving some huge external goal (though that can happen!) and more about that internal feeling of sunshine and clarity. That’s what I learned just by doing readings, messing up sometimes, and paying attention to how things actually felt afterwards. It’s a great card to see, always feels like a warm hug when it appears in a spread now.
