An empty crossroads on a heath at night, a leaning signpost and poppy heads in the verge.

The tarot · XIX

The Sun

Lord of the Fire of the World

The face of XIX, The Sun, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of the Fire of the World.

Vitality, clarity and the joy of being seen.

Upright

Success, warmth and confidence. Everything comes into the light. Play, celebrate and let yourself shine without apology.

Reversed

Temporary clouds, ego or joy you will not let yourself feel.

Show the spirits

The spirit work

Sorath is the spirit of the Sun under the intelligence Nakhiel. Helios sees all. A strong card to read at noon or on a Sunday, and for questions about vocation.

A question to sit with

Where am I hiding light I am meant to share?

Where the card sits

Correspondences

Path30, Hod to Yesod
Hebrew letterResh, the head, value 200
AstrologySun, planet
Presiding powerHelios, the all-seeing eye of day
Governing angelsArchangel Michael; intelligence Nakhiel
SpiritSorath, spirit of the Sun; Olympic spirit Och
Sealthe sigil of Sorath on the kamea of the Sun
RuneSowilo, the sun: victory, wholeness and a guiding light
The Sun in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.