The Star
The Star (XVII) symbolizes hope, renewal, and the replenishing of spirit, shown by a woman pouring water onto land and lake beneath eight guiding stars. The scene's imagery—flowing water, a bright central star, white flowers, and an ibis—speaks to purification, blessings, and the encouragement to dream big. Upright, the card invites cleansing, renewal, and trust in intuition; reversed, it warns of denying inner truth, ignoring signals, and lacking vision. It encourages openness to guidance and the courage to hold hope even when clarity is dim.
Keywords
Title
XVII - The Star
Description
A young woman with blonde hair kneels by the lake's edge. She pours water from one pot onto the land behind her head. She pours water from a second pot over the lake where it ripples out making waves. The woman wears only a white skirt around her waist. Her eyes are closed and she appears happy in her work. High above her are eight stars. Seven of them have the symbols for the seven astrological planets. The final star has eight points and glows big and bright in the sky. An ibis watches a safe spot under a tree on the shoreline. White flowers grow from a spot in the water in front of the woman.
Keyword
Hope
Hebrew letter
Tzaddi, meaning fishhook
Correspondences
Aquarius, Saturn, Uranus
Upright
hope; blessings; dreams; cleansing and renewal; purification; dream big.
Reversed
deny inner truth; ignore signals; lack of vision; ignore intuition.
Visual Description
At the top center the Roman numerals XVII appear above a large eight-pointed star surrounded by seven smaller stars each bearing planetary glyphs. In the foreground a nude woman kneels at the water's edge, pouring water from two jugs—one stream flows into the pool and the other onto the land—her hair partially bound and a cloth wrapped about her hips. To the right a heron stands on the grassy bank near some rocks and crystalline formations, with a tree and distant hills behind. A decorative banner along the bottom shows script and small symbols, and a faint watermark or shop name appears in the lower right corner.
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