"An Innate Sense Of Rightness And Relief..."

Enjoying the recent spike in solar activity? Last year scientists began worrying over the lack of spots and storms on the Sun's surface -- the star seemed eerily calm, deviating from its 11-year cycle, which astronomers had been observing since the 17th century. What would that have meant for us? There's no telling really. But now NASA is measuring an uptick in activity that indicates the Sun's new "monsoon season" is finally underway.

In short, the Sun knows what it's doing, even if we don't. If winter on Earth was 11 years long, and one year we had a rather late spring, I imagine it would be a lot like this. Even over five hundred years ago, when the Tarot was in its infancy, I don't think everyday people would have been shocked to learn that the Sun has its own phases and seasons like everything else does; it's still a far steadier orb than the fickle Moon, and that's all that matters.

Daylight has always been a powerful metaphor for that which reveals what is hidden. Enchantments end when the sun rises, dreams are dispelled, messengers arrive, hours are counted by its arc, and we may finally resume our discovery of this world's realities with all our senses intact. Naturally, the Sun card hints that something which has thusfar eluded you may finally be laid bare and dealt with practically. It is the victory of reason over the irrational, writ large in our world.

Once you experience that dawning realization in your current situation (and it is coming) you'll be able to proceed with nearly unprecedented optimism and fearlessness. The Sun card typically shows human figures rejoicing at the sight of our life-giving star. Our species' helplessly joyous reaction to its arrival predates our memory of ourselves. We know the sunrise is coming; we even know when, down to the minute. All the same, we celebrate its arrival -- at our innermost core we understand that it's too big an event to experience without feeling an innate sense of rightness and relief, as if it were happening for the first time. [Via]

Previously On Arcanalogue: The Sun