Occult Literature
The Sun
A child rides a pale horse beneath an immense sun with a human face. Flowers and a low boundary wall extend behind the rider while a banner or flowing fabric crosses the open space. The child’s open posture answers the radiating face above the low wall. Pamela Colman Smith’s design is reproduced in the 1916 Illustrated Key to the Tarot.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). "The Sun" [editorial title]. In The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination, Dr. L. W. de Laurence. 1916 edition, 1916, De Laurence, Scott & Co.. Source scan leaf 85. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/tarot-smith-80
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details. Design credited to Pamela Colman Smith; reproduced in the active L. W. de Laurence volume. Card border, number and title retained.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). The Sun. The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination. Scan leaf 85. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/tarot-smith-80