Today's Card: The Sun

I drew the Sun card today, and who couldn't use a little sunshine now and then. This card is pretty much everything you'd expect from a Sun card: warmth, happiness, comfort, success. Drawing this card made me want to see what the sun was up to in my astrological charts:

Squaring my natal Saturn. Not ideal - this transit tends to dampen everything with the wet blanket of realism. Feelings of discouragement and futility are common during this transit, but so is a certain gritty determination, and I'm nothing if not grittily determined. Luckily this transit is balanced by Mercury, which is currently trine my natal Jupiter. This adds a bit of optimism to the mix, positive thinking, and growth-oriented actions. It's a good time for both teaching and learning, for getting advice, and giving it. Opportunities can present themselves suddenly. Growth oriented Jupiter is energized and quickened by fleet-footed Mercury, so it is a time of potential and possibility - but possibilities need to be grabbed quickly.

The Sun - Nigel Jackson Tarot

I usually don't pay much attention to Chiron. It's not that I dismiss it's influence in astrology, just that the newage healy-hooey surrounding it is so thick, it's hard to make any solid interpretations where Chiron is concerned. Nonetheless, the moon seems to be conjunct my natal Chiron at the moment, so I guess we'll see where that leads. Healing is another interpretation of the Sun card, after all.

The transits seem a little more serious than the joyful Sun card would indicate, however the Sun often indicates the dawning of a new day after a time of darkness. Saturn may darken my sunny day, but this occurs early in the day, and the influence will pass as the day wears on. I can use the Saturnine determination to do those things that need to be done, and later in the day take some time for enjoyment.

The card pictured is from the Nigel Jackson Tarot.