The Sun (Tarot card)
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The Sun (XIX) is a trump card
Trump Card
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in the tarot
Tarot (disambiguation)
*Tarot, card decks used for divinatory and esoteric/occult purposes and for trick-taking games**Divinatory, esoteric and occult tarot, divinatory and esoteric/occult uses**Tarot, tarock and tarocchi games, a family of trick taking card games...
deck. Tarot trumps are often called Major Arcana
Major Arcana
The Major Arcana or trumps are a suit of twenty-two cards in the tarot deck. They serve as a permanent trump suit in games played with the tarot deck, and are distinguished from the four standard suits collectively known as the Minor Arcana...
by tarot card readers.
Rider-Waite symbolism
A. E. Waite suggested that this card is associated with attained knowledge. An infant rides a white horse under the anthropomorphizedAnthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is any attribution of human characteristics to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. The term was coined in the mid 1700s...
sun, with sunflowers in the background. The child of life holds a red flag, representing the blood of renewal while a smiling sun shines down on him, representing accomplishment. The conscious mind prevails over the fears and illusion
Illusion
An illusion is a distortion of the senses, revealing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. While illusions distort reality, they are generally shared by most people....
s of the unconscious
Unconscious mind
The unconscious mind is a term coined by the 18th century German romantic philosopher Friedrich Schelling and later introduced into English by the poet and essayist Samuel Taylor Coleridge...
. Innocence
Innocence
Innocence is a term used to indicate a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, sin, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence refers to the lack of legal guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime.-Symbolism:...
is renewed through discovery, bringing hope for the future.
Divination usage
A. E. Waite was a key figure in the development of modern Tarot interpretations. However, all Tarot decks used for divination are interpreted according to personal experience and standards.Some frequent keywords used by tarot readers are:
- Optimism---Expansion---Being radiant---Positive feelings
- Enlightenment---Vitality---Innocence---Non-criticism
- Assurance---Energy---Personal power---Happiness
- Splendor---Brilliance---Joy ---Enthusiasm
This card is generally considered positive. It is said to reflect happiness and contentment, vitality, self-confidence and success. Sometimes referred to as the best card in Tarot, it represents good things and positive outcomes to current struggles.
Pop culture
- In Persona 3Persona 3Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, originally released in Japan as simply , is the fourth video game in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series of console role-playing games developed by Atlus, which is part of the larger Megami Tensei series of video games...
, Akinari Kamiki, a young man dying from a terminal illness, is the Sun social link. In Persona 4, the Sun is correlated with various creatures with similar qualities, most involving fire. Some include Gdon, PhoenixPhoenix (mythology)The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and Phoenicians....
, and Cu SithCu SithThe Cù Sìth of Scottish mythology is an enormous, otherworldly hound, said to haunt the Scottish Highlands. Roughly the size of a cow or large calf, the Cù Sìth was said to be dark green in color with shaggy fur and a long braided or curled tail...
. It also includes two people associated with the sun card, and the one you meet depends on whether the protagonist joins the drama club (Yumi Ozawa) or the band (Ayane Matsunaga).
- In the rail shooter The House of the Dead IIIThe House of the Dead IIIThe House of the Dead III is a 2002 light gun arcade game with a horror zombie-survival theme, and the third installment to the House of the Dead series of video games, developed by Wow Entertainment and Sega. It was later ported to the Xbox in 2003, Microsoft Windows in 2005, and the Wii in 2008,...
, a giant flower-based boss-like mutation is named after this tarot card. All bosses in the series are named after the Major Arcana cards.
- Jojo's Bizarre AdventureJoJo's Bizarre Adventureis a manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Every main character's name in each part can be read as JoJo. The manga, published by Shueisha, first ran in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 2002, before being transferred to the seinen magazine Ultra Jump in 2004. The current story...
, the Sun was a minor enemy stand, being quickly defeated.
- In Episode 2 of the animeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series "Kuroshitsuji II" (sequel to "KuroshitsujiKuroshitsujiis a manga written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. Since its debut on September 16, 2006, it has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy....
"), the Sun card is featured during the intermission slides. Ciel Phantomhive holds the card right side up, while Sebastian Michaelis holds it upside down.
- In the SNES video game Ogre Battle: The March of the Black QueenOgre Battle: The March of the Black Queenis a 1993 real-time strategy role-playing video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, directed by Yasumi Matsuno with artwork by Akihiko Yoshida...
, the Sun Tarot card depicts a swimsuit-clad woman and a nearly-nude standing back-to-back raising and extending their arms toward the sun, with the woman facing toward the camera. On drawing the card after liberation of one of the towns, it changes the time of day to noon, and also heavily damages all characters in both units who have very low alignment while slaying the undead when used in battle.
External links
- The Sun from Learning the Tarot: A Tarot Book for Beginners - Joan Bunning
- The Sun and related cards from tarot-cards-reading.com