XVIIII: The Sun

Sweat rolls down your cheek and into your mouth. The Sun swells overhead as the dusty, infested labyrinth ahead of you crackles with flame. In the glow you see a shimmering vision of the fifth house: games, self-expression and The Sun’s pleasure in her heat dance at the edges of your vision.

Three birds emerge from the shadows of the labyrinth into the light of consciousness. In the sweltering heat, you find new clarity.

Upright

• Energy
• Health
• Certainty

You glow. Your heat energises all who travel with you. Health, joy and clarity burn obstacles in your path, and the certainty of success enables you to make plans for less favourable times.

Seek out hot places, for they may herald a fortunate meeting, a positive development, or a time of emotional fulfilment. Look to other cards to understand your potential.

Inverted

• Destruction
• Vanity
• Arrogance

Fire is an animal, powerful and difficult to control. You are too hot, and you may destroy things around you; vanity disrupts your plans and failure is to be expected. You do not share the perspectives of your fellow travellers.

Understand the context provided by other cards. Unending positivity can overcome even the wildest fire; if other signs are favourable, The Sun inverted may also signify happiness delayed.