The Sun: tarot card meaning

The Sun is card XIX of the Major Arcana, associated with the element of Fire. Drawn upright it speaks of joy, clarity, success; reversed, of feeling down, delay, clouded vision.

Upright meaning

joy, clarity, success, vitality

Joy and success are yours -- things are what they seem, and celebrating your genuine wins out loud helps them keep coming.

Reversed meaning

feeling down, delay, clouded vision, temporary sadness

The brightness is temporarily dimmed -- guard against over-promising yourself and don't mistake a passing cloud for a permanent sky.

Vedic and astrological correspondence

In a three-card reading

In the past position The Sun describes the current that carried you to where you are; in the present position, what is most alive in the situation now; in the future position, the direction things tend toward if nothing changes. A reading weighs it against the other two cards rather than on its own.