Ruby Jewel
The Sun Cards
It seems to me, in looking at the suns in Temperance, Death, and the Sun cards, that a setting sun would not be quite so bright and vibrant as the sun in those cards, so I am inclined to believe it is rising in those three. I suppose that is an arbitrary call. However, I believe that in the end, we each have to make our own call. It is nice to hear what others think, but ultimately, it is an enigma, which is probably what it is meant to be in the first place. When I look at the sun in The Fool card, I see that sun to be the spiritual sun that you were referring to. Actually, if my memory serves me correctly, wasn't Case referring to the Fool card when he said that (rather than the Death card)? I can see a big difference in the Fool card because the sun is not yellow.....it is white and that is the indication that it is "spiritual."
Your thoughts on the Ten of Swords being predawn makes sense to me for the simple reason that numerically, the 10 represents both an ending and a beginning. Also, it is a bright and vibrant yellow. I think if it were setting it would have more of an orange hue.
I can't imagine a reading in which I would call the sun as setting because I would never tell a client that. I don't believe the tarot is meant to predict doom. I feel it is an important tool for inspiring hope. I understand that in England, it is against the law for a card reader to predict death. A setting sun is tantamount to predicting a death of some sort.
It seems to me, in looking at the suns in Temperance, Death, and the Sun cards, that a setting sun would not be quite so bright and vibrant as the sun in those cards, so I am inclined to believe it is rising in those three. I suppose that is an arbitrary call. However, I believe that in the end, we each have to make our own call. It is nice to hear what others think, but ultimately, it is an enigma, which is probably what it is meant to be in the first place. When I look at the sun in The Fool card, I see that sun to be the spiritual sun that you were referring to. Actually, if my memory serves me correctly, wasn't Case referring to the Fool card when he said that (rather than the Death card)? I can see a big difference in the Fool card because the sun is not yellow.....it is white and that is the indication that it is "spiritual."
Your thoughts on the Ten of Swords being predawn makes sense to me for the simple reason that numerically, the 10 represents both an ending and a beginning. Also, it is a bright and vibrant yellow. I think if it were setting it would have more of an orange hue.
I can't imagine a reading in which I would call the sun as setting because I would never tell a client that. I don't believe the tarot is meant to predict doom. I feel it is an important tool for inspiring hope. I understand that in England, it is against the law for a card reader to predict death. A setting sun is tantamount to predicting a death of some sort.