The Sun

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vitality · simple joy · being seen

The weather is good — let it be good. This is vitality without a thesis: a child, a horse, a wall of sunflowers, the right to be glad in public. Take the compliment, go outside, and shine where it is true; what is working does not need to be distrusted just because you are used to weather.

Reversed

a passing cloud · joy postponed · trouble taking the warmth

The sun did not leave; something in you is squinting. Inner weather, a delay, a difficulty receiving praise — none of that cancels the light. Crack the shutters: a smaller joy still counts, and you need not wait for a more deserved morning.

On the card

• The child

  Joy without a thesis. Permission to be glad in public.

• White horse

  Vitality you can ride. The body agrees with the day.

• Sunflowers

  A garden that turns toward light. Even the wall is blooming.

• Faced sun

  A star that looks back. Being seen, and surviving it.

When it shows up

This looks like the good afternoon, the compliment you take, the project that is simply working.

History

Smith replaced the Marseille twins with a naked child on a white horse, a red banner in hand, sunflowers turning from a walled garden toward a huge rayed sun with a face. Waite’s card is unembarrassed vitality. The white horse is solar, the banner the right to be visible. It is the simplest major, and that is the point.

If you want to sit with it

Where is the weather already good — and can you let it be?

Optional. Nothing is saved.