The Sun in Tarot: Meaning of Arcanum XIX

If you have just drawn the Sun, you can breathe. It is one of the most positive cards in the Marseille tarot, and probably the brightest. Success, clarity, joy, union: the Sun lights up everything it touches. But to make the most of its message, you still need to know what it concretely announces, and in which cases it calls for nuance. Here are the essentials, area by area.

Description of the card

A large sun with a human face shines at the top of the card, with colored drops falling from it. Below, two almost naked children stand close together, one resting a hand on the other's shoulder. Behind them, a low brick wall.

• The sun represents light, truth, vital energy.
• The two children evoke closeness, friendship, sincere love, spontaneity.
• The wall marks out a protected, safe space.

The Sun's keywords

• Success, achievement, fulfillment
• Clarity, truth, lucidity
• Joy, happiness, optimism
• Union, closeness, sharing
• Reversed: delayed success, excessive optimism, fatigue

The Sun in love

In a relationship

It is the ideal card: a happy, bright, sincere relationship. The Sun favors closeness, plans for two, moments of shared joy. It can announce a commitment, moving in together, a happy new stage.

Single

It announces a very favorable period for meeting someone. You are radiant, you attract people. A sincere and joyful relationship can be born.

When love is confused with need

The Sun also sheds light on what is true. It can reveal that a relationship rests more on need than on shared joy. Our article on spotting the pattern of emotional dependency in a spread can help you tell the difference. And if you are preparing a reading about your love life, see what is useful to ask a psychic about your love life.

The Sun at work

At work, the Sun announces:

• success, visible recognition;
• fruitful collaboration, good team spirit;
• a project coming to completion;
• a period of energy and motivation.

It is an ideal card for launching a project, presenting your ideas or negotiating. For an overview, see our guide on professional future and money as seen through a spread.

The Sun and money

For money, the Sun announces a more favorable, clearer period. It guarantees no gain, but it indicates a positive energy, a situation becoming clearer. If you are going through a difficult period, it invites you to stay confident while remaining clear headed, as our article on a tight financial period and how to keep a cool head reminds us.

The Sun reversed

Even reversed, the Sun remains a positive card. Its light is simply dimmed:

• delayed success: success will come, but later;
• excessive optimism: be careful not to see everything through rose colored glasses;
• fatigue: the energy is there, but you need to rest.

The Sun in a yes or no reading

It is the clearest yes in tarot. Clear, sharp, bright.

Common combinations

Combination	Meaning
Sun and World	Complete success, an accomplishment
Sun and Lovers	A happy choice, a bright union
Sun and Star	A period of grace and confidence
Sun and Moon	The passage from doubt to clarity
Sun and Tower	A liberation that brings joy

An example reading

Question: "How will my new job evolve over the coming months?" Three card spread: the Magician, the Moon, the Sun. The beginning is promising, with real skills to showcase (the Magician). A period of fog follows, perhaps unclear instructions or doubts about your place (the Moon). But the tendency is clearly favorable: the situation clears up and your work is recognized (the Sun). The implicit advice: get through the phase of doubt without getting discouraged.

The Sun, a card of lucidity

People mostly remember the Sun's joy, but it is also a card of truth. It sheds light on what was hidden. It invites you to look at your situation clearly, and to recognize what is going well. This inner reading lends itself perfectly to an introspective spread to ask yourself the right questions.

It can also confirm an intuition. If you already sensed that something positive was coming, the Sun invites you to trust that feeling. To learn to recognize it, read our article on intuition, and how to tell it apart from fear and desire.

In a free reading

The Sun comes out regularly in online readings, where it is always presented as excellent news. That is true, but remember to connect it to the other cards in the spread to grasp its nuance. To get the most out of these readings, read our analysis of what a free online tarot reading is really worth.

In summary

The Sun is the card of success, clarity and joy. In love, it announces a happy relationship. At work, success and recognition. For money, a more favorable period. Reversed, a success that is simply delayed. Its message: enjoy the light, and share it.