Yellow as the Colour of Conscious Light
In tarot, the Sun card represents the purest form of awakening. Its yellow is not merely bright; it is clarifying, cleansing, and deeply alive. Yellow in this context is the colour of the conscious mind emerging from shadow. It signals understanding after confusion, joy after heaviness, and direct truth after moments of internal fog. When yellow appears in my artworks, it draws from this same symbolic reservoir. The soft luminous seeds, glowing outlines, and warm botanical radiance echo the Sun card’s promise: that clarity is possible, and illumination is already unfolding.
Awakening Through Botanical Light
Both of the artworks referenced here—Flowers of Hope Are Going to Bloom and the glowing yellow botanical piece—carry this Sun-card energy in quiet but powerful ways. In the first image, the message is verbal yet atmospheric. The words “Flowers of Hope Are Going to Bloom” sit inside a yellow field textured with growth symbolism. Here, yellow functions as emotional sunlight: it warms the promise, holds the intention, and creates a soft field where optimism feels grounded rather than decorative. The artwork becomes a gentle awakening—a reminder that emotional growth blooms under sustained light.
The Sun Card’s Radiance in Symbolic Forms
In the second artwork, the yellow botanical form becomes a physical manifestation of the Sun card’s energy. The petals stretch outward in elongated, flame-like shapes, as if responding to an inner radiance. The leaves glow softly with yellow and pale lavender, creating an interplay of tones that feels like morning light moving across a surface. This is illumination expressed through form rather than language. The artwork feels like a plant that has learned to emit light rather than simply receive it, echoing the Sun card’s theme of inner illumination rather than external validation.
Yellow as Emotional Illumination
In tarot, yellow represents more than happiness—it signifies emotional clarity. It is the moment when a feeling becomes nameable, when intuition aligns with understanding, when the mind and heart move into coherence. My botanical artworks often use yellow to create this same sensation. A glowing seed becomes a symbol of emotional insight. A yellow halo around a petal becomes a moment of recognition. These small radiances feel like psychic light sources—tiny suns inside the composition that guide the viewer toward emotional awakening.
Hope as a Solar Force
The artwork carrying the phrase “Flowers of Hope Are Going to Bloom” uses yellow not as decoration but as vibration. It supports the emotional message of hope by giving it the chromatic weight of the Sun card. Hope, in this context, is not wishful thinking; it is a solar force. It grows, expands, warms, and initiates. Yellow becomes the ritual colour of this growth, showing the viewer that hope is not passive—it's luminous, active, and unfolding.
The Spiritual Function of Yellow in Contemporary Wall Art
In interior spaces, yellow wall art shifts the emotional tone of the room. It creates an atmosphere of clarity without harshness and warmth without overstimulation. When yellow appears in surreal botanical forms, it becomes even more symbolic. It feels like light emerging from within the artwork rather than shining onto it. This internal glow mirrors the Sun card’s promise that awakening is not something we chase externally; it is something that rises from within.
Yellow as a Portal to Emotional Coherence
Across both artworks, yellow behaves as a guiding force. It is the colour that connects intention with manifestation, growth with understanding, hope with clarity. In this sense, yellow acts as a portal—opening the viewer to an emotional space where feelings settle into clarity. It softens the distance between inner experience and outer expression, making the emotional message of each piece feel immediate and accessible.
Illumination as a Botanical Language
Ultimately, the yellow details in my artwork speak the same language as the Sun card: illumination not as spectacle, but as truth. They turn seeds into symbols of awakening and botanicals into carriers of emotional light. Yellow reveals the inner world with tenderness, reminding us that clarity can come gently, warmly, and in its own time—like a flower turning toward the sun.
