Card 17

The Star

Brief Description

The Star card symbolizes the restoration of hope, faith in the future, and inspiration. It represents finding a quiet, serene place within oneself and maintaining equanimity amidst turmoil. The card emphasizes the guiding light of the stars, symbolizing guidance and hope, and encourages the release of doubts and fears into the night's embrace.

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Description of the Image

Golden-silver traces glide along shimmering silver streams, sparkling with the silvery light of stars, engraving the night with silvery furrows. There is no Sun. There is no Moon. In the absolute silence of the darkest night, only the traces of stars sparkle like treasures sprinkled with diamonds on the velvet carpet of the sky. The Milky Way river spills from one horizon to the other in a cascade of tiny, embroidered stars, dancing down to where the celestial river reaches the silver-engraved waters of the Earth.

Unity of Elements

Water, earth, and air become one element in her presence. Walk through one, swim in another, it does not matter which, they are as she commands them to be.

The Dance

She dances, and her steps are so light that only the faintest pulsing is visible on her watery dance floor. She performs a dance set by the stars, which have been gazing down at Earth for millennia. This is their silent respect for the burning Spirit they have witnessed. It is the dance and flow of human life, condensed into the purest essence of agonizing beauty. This is Hope in visual form.

The Rhythm of the Stars

She stretches and contracts, sways and bends, leaping to incredible heights in time with the rhythm pulsing quietly from the stars above her head. River droplets scatter in all directions from her spinning form. And where each drop falls, a flower sprout slowly grows.

Endurance of the Dance

All night she dances tirelessly, unlike a human and yet embodying humanity in her true existence. As the dawn's glow touches the sky in the East, she tightly wraps her silver cloak around herself. Sudden weariness comes over her eyes, but they are also framed with triumph. She ascends the slowly retracting carpet of the Milky Way back into the night, to her star sisters, where they shimmer and wait for the next night to take over so they can dance again.

Meaning

Restoration of hope, faith in the future, inspiration. Finding a quiet and peaceful place of serenity within oneself, calm amidst upheaval and anxiety, harmony, unconditional offering, shared and present nobility. The harshness of daylight or even moonlight is softened, leaving nothing but the calm, non-judgmental eyes of the stars. The world, the cosmos exists to gather, prepare, and uplift the Spirit. Release doubts and fears into the night's embrace. Stars have always symbolized guidance and hope, a light leading you home. A lively, joyful fish, a carp, symbolizes strength, perseverance, persistence, bravery, courage, and spiritual determination. Chrysanthemums typically represent longevity and are also symbols of hope.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Barbara Moore

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