Card 31 of 36 · A♦ · daytime, strong
Sun
The thing works; vitality, and the clarity that makes effort pay.
Sun in pairs
This is where the meaning is. Sun leading means the reading is about success, energy; Sun following means something else is being coloured by it. Same two cards, different sentence.
Timing and speed
Sun + Rider
success, energy applied to news arrivingRider + Sun
news arriving shaped by success, energySun + Clover
success, energy applied to small luckClover + Sun
small luck shaped by success, energySun + Tree
success, energy applied to health, rootsTree + Sun
health, roots shaped by success, energySun + Mountain
success, energy applied to blockage, delayMountain + Sun
blockage, delay shaped by success, energySun + Anchor
success, energy applied to stability, workAnchor + Sun
stability, work shaped by success, energyMoney and work
Sun + Fox
success, energy applied to work, cunningFox + Sun
work, cunning shaped by success, energySun + Bear
success, energy applied to strength, moneyBear + Sun
strength, money shaped by success, energySun + Fish
success, energy applied to money, abundanceFish + Sun
money, abundance shaped by success, energySun + Mice
success, energy applied to loss, erosionMice + Sun
loss, erosion shaped by success, energyLove and people
Sun + Heart
success, energy applied to loveHeart + Sun
love shaped by success, energySun + Ring
success, energy applied to contract, cycleRing + Sun
contract, cycle shaped by success, energySun + Dog
success, energy applied to friend, loyaltyDog + Sun
friend, loyalty shaped by success, energySun + Man
success, energy applied to the querent or a manMan + Sun
the querent or a man shaped by success, energySun + Woman
success, energy applied to the querent or a womanWoman + Sun
the querent or a woman shaped by success, energyTrouble
Sun + Clouds
success, energy applied to confusionClouds + Sun
confusion shaped by success, energySun + Snake
success, energy applied to complicationSnake + Sun
complication shaped by success, energySun + Coffin
success, energy applied to ending, illnessCoffin + Sun
ending, illness shaped by success, energySun + Scythe
success, energy applied to sudden cutScythe + Sun
sudden cut shaped by success, energySun + Cross
success, energy applied to burden, fateCross + Sun
burden, fate shaped by success, energyReading it in a tableau
In a Grand Tableau, Sun is both a card and house 31. Whatever falls into that house is read through success, energy — so if Fish lands in house 31, money is being read in the context of success, energy.
If Sun lands in house 31 — its own house — that is usually called significant. It is worth knowing the arithmetic first: across a shuffled 36-card tableau the expected number of self-housed cards is exactly one, so this happens constantly. See the combinatorics on the main page.
Proximity is the other convention. Any two cards land adjacent 16.98% of the time by geometry alone — about one pairing in six — which is the baseline against which a meaningful-looking neighbour should be read.