Shadowscapes Tarot

THE SUN

IN A FLARE of liquid gold that pours across the sky, the sun rises. It is the brilliant star of day, banishing the thin and wispy light of his night-bound siblings in the rich glow of dawn.

The King of the Birds emerges from his slumbering roost as the morning mist rises in hazy waves from the dew-dampened ground. His feathers gleam iridescent under dawn's rosy palette of warmth-tinged light. His companion mounts, and together they set wing across the lands of their domain. They glide across the valleys, hearing the songs rise from workers in the fields. They soar up high and taunt the mountaintops with an elusive brush of wingtips across the upper peaks.

The denizens of the day trail in an entourage of avian delight. They pour across the sky, trailing after the sun in the arc of its journey to the western horizon.

From fallow field and verdant vale,
from sun-bleached shores with diamond grains,
and moonlit trails that trek like veins
through mountain, river, past the end
where sky is but a ghostly veil
that to Beyond transcends...

I summon all the winged kin
from this horizon to the bounds
of what is dreamt and all surrounds!
The voices of forbidden songs
Will spiral through and center in
to fall where they belong!

Meaning:

Enlightenment and understanding, glory, achieving prominence. The constant renewal of life, vitality, filled with radiant joy and energy, invigoration, and good health. Being full of assurance and confidence. a clarity Of vision and purpose lit by the clear daylight. From the times of ancient civilizations up to the? Present, the sun has always been a symbol of life and growth. It has been embodied in vibrant gods and goddesses in cultures throughout the ages young and glorious and brilliant, full of vigor and blazing splendour. The strength and power of the gods pours forth in the nourishing glow of the sun.