The Sun
The Sun represents light, joy, courage, energy, insight, and success, signifying a time of clarity and triumph. It symbolizes illumination that diminishes shadows and reveals truth, bringing healing, inspiration, and optimism. In this deck the image of Fawkes the phoenix emphasizes solar and fire symbolism — rebirth, generosity, and the power to lift others out of darkness. The card advises embracing confidence, creativity, leadership, and the sunny side of life to realize completeness and glory.
Keywords
Card Title
XIX – The Sun
Correspondences
The Sun
Keywords
The day, light, fire, energy, reason, the force of light, ego and self, the sunny side of life, completeness, generosity, insight, clarity, healing, revelation, inspiration, optimism, creativity, vision, joy, leadership, splendor, triumph, glory
Meaning
The Sun is the symbol of all that is light and joyful, true and invincible, and it stands for courage, energy, insight and success. When you stand in the noon-day sun your shadow is the smallest and weakest it will ever be, and you are fully illuminated.
Exploring the Card
The iconography is a little different from the usual motif of a pair of small children frolicking on a fenced green hill. Instead, we see Fawkes, the phoenix, taking flight into the rising sun, his feathers curling like flames and each of his tail-feathers blazing like a little miniature sun.
Phoenix Symbolism
Dumbledore's phoenix is one of the strongest solar/fire symbols that are around in the HP books. He is the light that shines in the darkest places — coming to those that are loyal and true, healing poison and injury, carrying the heaviest loads out of darkness, and gifting people with a song that will lift and open their hearts. All of this really captures the meaning of The Sun as a card.
Visual Description
The card shows the Roman numeral "XIX" at the top and the title "The Sun" at the bottom. A large bird with outstretched wings and a long, peacock-like tail ascends through a sky toward a small circular sun or eye near the upper edge. The background includes a low horizon and a textured sea or landscape, with decorative curling vine-like motifs framing the scene. The image is rendered in high-contrast monochrome pencil or ink, emphasizing feathers, flowing lines, and ornamental swirls.
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