The Sun Major Arcana XIX · tarot card meaning
- Attribution
- The Sun
- Hebrew letter
- Resh
- Yes or no
- Yes
The Sun upright
The Sun means clear happiness, warmth, and success that needs little interpretation. Its goodness is direct rather than hidden. Look at the picture. Nothing important is concealed from view.
Yes or no: Yes, plainly and warmly. The Sun answers with the clearest light in the deck.
The Sun reversed
Reversed, the Sun is good news held at arm's length — happiness performed rather than felt. A success that arrives without landing, or light you are standing just outside of. The sun does not move. You are in your own shade.
Yes or no: Yes, though with less strength. Tradition keeps the favorable answer in a diminished form.
The card at a glance
- Attribution
- System
- First printed
- Themes
- feeling, truth, growth
What is shown
A naked child rides a white horse without saddle or reins. A red banner streams from one hand. Red feathers rise from a flower wreath. Four sunflowers grow above a grey wall. Behind them, a human-faced sun fills the sky. Its straight and wavy rays alternate. Smaller rays appear between them.
- Number
- XIX
- Yes or no
- Yes
The Sun upright
Le Soleil shines over two children sharing a bounded space. It represents warmth, trust, partnership, abundance, and limits held without oppression.
Yes or no: Yes. Le Soleil brings clarity, trust, and supportive partnership.
The Sun reversed
Reversed, brightness becomes too intense or the shared space grows narrow. Dependence can replace open partnership.
Yes or no: No. Reversed, dependence or confinement limits the promising surface.
Le Soleil is read in its Marseille title, image, and position; its RWS link is a structural cross-reference, not permission to replace the card's identity.
The card at a glance
- Printed title
- LE SOLEIL
- Printed number
- XVIIII
- Pattern
- Edition
- Themes
- feeling, truth, growth
- Deck
- Tarot de Marseille: The Sun (Le Soleil)
What is shown
A full face looks outward from a many-rayed sun. Coloured drops fill the air below. Two lightly dressed young people stand before a low brick wall. One reaches toward the other's chest and shoulder.
- Attribution
- Sabino (19)
- Yes or no
- Yes
The Sun upright
A crowned Sabino holds a long spear while metal vessels cluster around him beneath a large curved form. The scene joins rank, force, and containment.
Yes or no: Yes. Sabino has the authority and equipment to organize the gathered resources.
The Sun reversed
Reversed, authority becomes defined by equipment and accumulation. Command may remain visible while the many contained demands lose coordination.
Yes or no: Not yet. Reversed, visible command has not created coordination.
Sabino belongs to the independent Sola Busca trump sequence. The app does not equate it with an RWS major.
The card at a glance
- Attribution
- Sabino (19)
- Workshop
- First documented
- c. 1491
- Themes
- feeling, truth, growth
- Deck
- Sola Busca: Sabino (19)
What is shown
A crowned, bearded Sabino sits or kneels with a long spear. Metal vessels cluster around the lower body and a large curved pale form rises behind his shoulder.
Questions
What does The Sun mean?
Clarity, warmth, and visible life. The Sun means clear happiness, warmth, and success that needs little interpretation.
What does The Sun mean reversed?
Reversed, the Sun is good news held at arm's length — happiness performed rather than felt.
Is The Sun a yes or no card?
Yes upright, yes reversed. Plainly and warmly.
What is shown on The Sun?
A naked child rides a white horse without saddle or reins.
