Card 17

The Star

Brief Description

The Star symbolizes hope and renewal following disaster, encouraging calm openness to future possibilities. It urges remaining positive after misfortune and recognizing that things can improve. The card emphasizes clarity of perception—keeping eyes, mind, and heart open to insight and spiritual guidance. When upright it brings hope, serenity, inspiration, insight, and spirituality; reversed it warns of crushed dreams, insecurity, despair, dejection, and exhaustion.

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Title

The Star

Character

Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka

Origin

Russia, Russian Fairy Tale

Description

The Star is a symbol of hope after a disaster. The need to remain positive after misfortune, to remember that things can get better again. It is staying calm and open to future possibilities, seeing your situation with open eyes, mind, and heart.

Upright

Hope, serenity, inspiration, insight, spirituality

Reverse

Crushed dreams, insecurity, despair, dejection, exhaustion

Visual Description

A young woman in a red patterned dress kneels at the water's edge, cradling a small white animal in her arms and looking upward. A large, luminous eight-pointed star dominates the turquoise sky, surrounded by several smaller stars with circular halos. Tall dark pine trees rise around a meadow of colorful wildflowers behind her, and rippling water laps at her feet. The card border shows the Roman numeral "XVII" at the top and the title "The Star" at the bottom.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Yoshi Yoshitani

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