You don't say which country's rules that apply to you.
It doesn't make much difference anyway as VFR out of sight of the surface has always been permitted subject to minimum separation from cloud and depending on the class of airspace.
VFR is there to allow you to maintain separation from traffic and terrain by visual means and has no relevance to being able to navigate visually.
Licence privileges without an instrument qualification may require you to remain in sight of the surface and there may be may be some difference in the specific requirements of EASA vs JAR that I haven't read up on. But licence privileges aren't the same as flight rules.