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XVII · ArcanumThe Star
The Star in tarot is a card of hope, renewal and inspiration.
Key meanings
- hope
- renewal
- inspiration
- faith
- calm
The Star upright
Hope, renewal, and quiet faith. Light after the storm.
The shadow side
Waiting for rescue from the sky instead of walking toward your own light.
The Star reversed
Faith gone dim, discouragement, the feeling that the light has gone out.
The Star as the card of the day
After the storm comes a stillness where you can see the stars again. Your hope isn't naive, it is your quiet compass. Let yourself believe that the light ahead is yours.
The question this card asks
What do you want to believe in again, and what stands in the way?
The Star: yes or no?
yes
The Star shines after the storm. Hope will not fool you here. Yes.
Between a flat yes and a flat no the deck keeps three steps, and arcanum XVII takes yes.
In a yes-or-no draw one card gives weight, and the weight here comes from hope. Pull your own card →
Every card is a mirror, not a verdict. Walk the other arcana and listen to what they say together.
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The Star (XVII) - a good card or a bad one?
There is no bad card in the deck. The subject here is hope and renewal, and softness or sharpness arrives with your question and with the position. Frightening you is not my work.
Does The Star belong to the major arcana or the minor ones?
Major, arcanum XVII of twenty-two. Big change is the work of the major arcana and ordinary days the work of the minors, and XVII reads as big change.
What are the cards either side of The Star?
Its neighbours are The Tower before and The Moon after. Arcanum XVII borrows part of its tone from both of them.
What changes between The Star (XVII) upright and reversed?
Set the right way up, the card speaks of hope and renewal without a mute on it. Reversed, arcanum XVII loses its footing more than it flips into an opposite, and that loss is what you read.