Sun and Moon tarot quiz: the two lights and their cards
Why does the Moon as a planet get the High Priestess and not the Moon card? Test which trumps, signs and decans the Golden Dawn gave to the two lights.
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Which tarot cards belong to the Sun and the Moon?
This quiz tests how the two lights of the sky entered tarot through the Golden Dawn system. The Sun as a planet gets the Sun card, trump nineteen. The Moon as a planet, though, does not get the Moon card: it gets the High Priestess. The Moon card belongs to Pisces in the same scheme. Plenty of readers trip on this, so it is a good place to start.
Each light rules a single sign. The Sun rules Leo, whose card is Strength. The Moon rules Cancer, whose card is the Chariot. That gives two pairs worth remembering together: the Sun with Strength speaks of warmth and steady confidence, while the Priestess with the Chariot speaks of feelings that know how to protect what matters.
Where do the lights hide in the Minor Arcana?
The number cards from Two to Ten each cover a decan, and every decan has a planet. The Sun and the Moon get five decans apiece. The Sun stands behind the Three of Wands, the Ten of Swords, the Eight of Pentacles, the Six of Cups and the Four of Pentacles. The Moon sits behind the Six of Pentacles, the Four of Cups, the Two of Swords, the Nine of Wands and the Seven of Swords. Even the Ten of Swords turns out to be solar.
None of this makes a card good or bad. A solar decan adds clarity and a wish to be seen; a lunar one adds sensitivity, shifting moods and inner work. Read with its solar note, the Ten of Swords becomes an ending after which the light finally returns and the next step is plain.
How the quiz works
Each round draws five questions from twelve. Some ask you to pick one card out of four, some test popular claims as true or myth, and some ask you to read a pair of cards. A flawless round earns Tayna keys, and replays are unlimited.
These links add one more layer of meaning to a card. They do not turn a reading into a horoscope or promise anything. When the Sun and the Moon meet in your spread, take it as an invitation to notice where your situation sits in clear daylight and where it rests in a quiet night of hunches and doubts.
All questions and answers
Open after you play: the full question set with right answers and explanations.
1. Which trump did the Golden Dawn give to the Moon as a planet?
Right answer: The High Priestess
The Moon as a planet gets the High Priestess: quiet knowing, intuition and the reflected light seen only at night.
2. In the Golden Dawn system the Moon card is the trump of the planet Moon.
Right answer: Myth
The Moon card belongs to Pisces. The planet Moon in the same system is the High Priestess.
3. How many decans, that is number cards, does the Sun receive?
Right answer: Five
The Sun gets the Three of Wands, Ten of Swords, Eight and Four of Pentacles, and the Six of Cups.
4. The Moon rules Cancer. Which of these is the trump of that sign?
Right answer: The Chariot
Cancer gets the Chariot: movement that guards what is its own. Lunar sensitivity finds its shell here.
5. The Sun and the High Priestess land side by side. What meets here?
Right answer: Clarity and intuition
The Sun is daylight and vitality, the Priestess quiet lunar knowing. Together they ask you to check facts against your gut.
6. The Sun rules Leo. Which of these cards is the trump of Leo?
Right answer: Strength
Leo gets Strength: warmth and courage that tame without shouting. The sign's Sun lives in her calm confidence.
7. Like the Sun, the Star is a card of a heavenly light in the Golden Dawn.
Right answer: Myth
The Star belongs to Aquarius. Of the three sky cards, only the Sun was given a light.
8. Which Three is the Sun in Aries in the Golden Dawn?
Right answer: Three of Wands
The Three of Wands is the second decan of Aries under the Sun: ships at sea and a clear view ahead.
9. What does astrology call the Sun and the Moon together?
Right answer: The lights
The Sun and Moon are called the lights. Tradition counts them as planets, yet each rules just one sign.
10. Which Swords card is the Sun in Gemini in the Golden Dawn?
Right answer: Ten of Swords
The Ten of Swords is the Sun's third decan of Gemini: a heavy ending after which the light returns.
11. The Moon rules decans only in the suit of Cups.
Right answer: Myth
Lunar decans run through every suit: Six of Pentacles, Two and Seven of Swords, Nine of Wands, Four of Cups.
12. Which Four is the Moon in Cancer, its own sign?
Right answer: Four of Cups
The Four of Cups is Cancer's third decan under the Moon: mood turns inward and an offer is easy to miss.