For the April 'poem a day' challenge this year, I'm writing haibun to explore and reflect on my new Tarot deck, Forests of Enchantment.
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The Sun card, called Sunlight in this deck, is positive and life-affirming. It evokes such sayings as, ‘a place in the sun,’ ‘the light of day,’ ‘the sun shines on you,’ etc. It represents new growth, life force, abundance, blossoming, fruitfulness….
How beautifully Lunaea Weatherstone, author of this Tarot deck, writes of it:
‘The Piper comes to the gates of dawn. The new day awakes! The hush of night is broken by birdsong – first one tender note, then another, then the whole chorus of joy.’
She also says: ‘When Sunlight blesses your reading, be ready to receive good fortune’ and describes it as the most positive card of them all.
I must agree. (I think Ace of Cups runs it close – but Major Arcana cards trump the Minors … and are even called Trumps in some decks.)
I would add that this is one of two wish fulfilment cards in the Tarot. (The other is 9 of Cups – or 9 of Visions in this deck.)
look! the sun
after months of rain
fills the sky
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