Abrac
In Regardie's Complete System of Golden Dawn Magic there's the following description of The Sun, "The Sun has twelve principal rays which represent the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. They are alternately waved and salient as symbolizing the alternation of the masculine and feminine natures."
In The Pictorial Key to the Tarot Waite says, "19. The Sun. The luminary is distinguished in older cards by chief rays that are waved and salient alternately and by secondary salient rays." He seems to be describing a card like this.
The Golden Dawn Tarot and the Waite-Smith Suns are similar to one another though they are executed differently.
Suns
I think the "Oops" line in the Waite-Smith really is an "Oops." If you fill in the top portion over the numbers, it reflects the same pattern as that directly below it. The Golden dawn has 12 wavy and 12 salient lines, and the Waite-Smith would have the same had it been completed. Pamela was probably in a hurry or thinking about something else and started to make another wavy line when she realized there had to be room for a number. Rather than try and repair it or start over she just left it. Why it was never fixed is a mystery.
In The Pictorial Key to the Tarot Waite says, "19. The Sun. The luminary is distinguished in older cards by chief rays that are waved and salient alternately and by secondary salient rays." He seems to be describing a card like this.
The Golden Dawn Tarot and the Waite-Smith Suns are similar to one another though they are executed differently.
Suns
I think the "Oops" line in the Waite-Smith really is an "Oops." If you fill in the top portion over the numbers, it reflects the same pattern as that directly below it. The Golden dawn has 12 wavy and 12 salient lines, and the Waite-Smith would have the same had it been completed. Pamela was probably in a hurry or thinking about something else and started to make another wavy line when she realized there had to be room for a number. Rather than try and repair it or start over she just left it. Why it was never fixed is a mystery.