Major Arcana 19 · Resh ר · Sun
The Sun
Joy, success, vitality. Shine, and let others shine with you.
Good and bad traits
Good traits
- Joyful
- Confident
- Warm
- Successful
- Generous
Bad traits
- Vain
- Arrogant
- Overconfident
- Showy
What The Sun means
- Love
- You love warmly and openly; happiness in love is your gift.
- Work
- Leadership, children, entertainment, and any work in the light.
- Money
- Money comes easily when you work in the light: leadership, children, entertainment.
- Health
- The heart, spine and eyes; your vitality is strong, so protect it from overwork.
- Spirit
- Joy: you came to live fully and to warm others with your light.
- Advice
- Shine, and let others shine with you.
Reversed
Showing off, burning out, or a joy that depends on applause.
Shadow work: Pride can blind you to others. Let them shine beside you.
Yes or no
Yes
As a yes or no card, the Sun answers yes.
Ask yourself
What makes me truly happy, and am I giving it time?
Affirmation: “I shine, and I let others shine with me.”
Correspondences
- Number
- 19
- Hebrew letter
- Resh ר
- Astrology
- Sun
- Constellation
- Will and self-creation. The Magician, the Wheel of Fortune and the Sun: you make things happen, and luck follows the one who acts.
- In the Destiny Matrix
- Joy, Success, Warmth, Vitality, Generosity; in the minus: Arrogance, Burnout, Egoism, Showing off
The Sun as a birth card
Add your birth month, day and year (for 7 March 1990: 3 + 7 + 1990 = 2000), then add the digits until the total is 22 or less; 22 is the Fool. The card you reach first is your soul card, the last your personality card. Work out yours.
Famous people with The Sun as their soul card
Every card
- 0. The FoolBeginnings, faith, the leap into the unknown
- 1. The MagicianWill, skill, turning ideas into reality
- 2. The High PriestessIntuition, secrets, the inner voice
- 3. The EmpressFertility, abundance, nature, mothering
- 4. The EmperorAuthority, structure, fatherhood
- 5. The HierophantTradition, teaching, institutions
- 6. The LoversUnion, choice, values
- 7. The ChariotWillpower, victory, direction
- 8. StrengthCourage and gentle mastery (Justice is 8 in Marseille;…
- 9. The HermitSolitude, wisdom, the inner light
- 10. Wheel of FortuneCycles, fate, turning points
- 11. JusticeTruth, cause and effect (Strength is 11 in Marseille; Lust…
- 12. The Hanged ManSurrender, sacrifice, a new perspective
- 13. DeathTransformation and endings
- 14. TemperanceBalance and alchemy (Art in Thoth)
- 15. The DevilBondage, desire, materialism
- 16. The TowerSudden upheaval and revelation
- 17. The StarHope, healing, renewal
- 18. The MoonIllusion, dreams, the unconscious
- 20. JudgementAwakening and calling (The Aeon in Thoth)
- 21. The WorldCompletion and wholeness (The Universe in Thoth)
Questions and answers
What does The Sun mean?
Joy, success, vitality. Shine, and let others shine with you.
What does The Sun mean reversed?
Showing off, burning out, or a joy that depends on applause.
Is The Sun a yes or no card?
Yes.
What does The Sun mean in love?
You love warmly and openly; happiness in love is your gift.
What does The Sun mean for money and work?
Money comes easily when you work in the light: leadership, children, entertainment. Leadership, children, entertainment, and any work in the light.