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The Sun (XIX) from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Sun (XIX) is the nineteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks. It is commonly associated with joy, success, vitality, and illumination. The card symbolizes positivity and represents a time of clarity and personal growth.
A 44, Sol (The Sun), from the E-series The Mantegna Tarocchi , also known as the Tarocchi Cards , Tarocchi in the style of Mantegna , Baldini Cards , are two different sets each of fifty 15th-century Italian old master prints in engraving , by two different unknown artists.
In the late 18th century French occultists made elaborate, but unsubstantiated, claims about their history and meaning, leading to the emergence of custom decks for use in divination via tarot card reading and cartomancy. [1] Thus, there are two distinct types of tarot packs in circulation: those used for card games and those used for divination.
Thoth Tarot is an esoteric tarot deck painted by Lady Frieda Harris according to instructions from Aleister Crowley. Crowley referred to this deck as The Book of Thoth , and also wrote a 1944 book of that title intended for use with the deck.
They are all up on a cloud, which may reflect their ungrounded, impractical or transient nature and the over-imagination or confusion of the figure conjuring them. Accordingly, they have been associated with wishful thinking. There is some dispute as to what the 7 symbols in the cups mean, but tarotologists have some speculation as to the meanings.
Jean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteilla) at his work table, from the Cours théorique et pratique du livre de Thot (1790).. Etteilla, the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Alliette (1 March 1738 – 12 December 1791), was the French occultist and tarot-researcher, who was the first to develop an interpretation concept for the tarot cards and made a significant contribution to the esoteric development of the ...
[5] [6] The last two Tarot cards seen in the Carnivàle ' s opening title sequence are "The Sun" and "The Moon", standing for God and the Devil. [7] By the same token, the show's title card and the logo of the carnival depict a sun placed opposite a moon. [7] Show creator Daniel Knauf designed this logo. [8]
Page of Swords from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Page of Swords (or jack or knave of swords) is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana" Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. [1]