The Sun

Major Arcana XIX, The Sun shows a radiant sun shining above a walled garden where a naked child rides a white horse, a banner of triumph in hand. Waite's Pictorial Key calls this the card of material happiness, success, and the simple joy of consciousness fully illuminated. After the trials of The Moon, The Sun restores clarity, warmth, and certainty. It is the most unambiguously positive card in the Major Arcana, representing the state where the conscious and unconscious are reconciled and the Fool sees the world as it actually is. In the Golden Dawn system, this card is attributed to the Sun itself — radiance without subterfuge.