The Star (XVII) is the 17th ranking or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks.[1] It is used in game playing as well as in divination.
DescriptionEdit
A naked woman kneels by the water; one foot is in the water and one foot is on the land.[2] Above her head is one large star, representing her core essences, and seven smaller stars, representing the chakras.[3] In each hand she holds a jug. From one jug she pours a liquid into the water. From the other jug she pours a liquid onto the land.[4]
The Star represents: New hopes and splendid revelations of the future, insight, inspiration, courage and enlightenment of the spiritual self. Body and mind and converging towards the light at the end of a dark time(s). Another reading says Yes, hope and bright prospects; reversed (something opposed to the original demiurge impulse, the inner all-embracing meaning of the card) -- loss, theft, privation, hubris, abandonment, arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.
According to A.E. Waite's 1910 book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Star card carries several divinatory associations:[5]
17.THE STAR.--Hope and bright prospects, Reversed: Loss, theft, privation, abandonment; another reading says: arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.
In astrology, the Star card is associated with the planet Uranus and Aquarius zodiac sign.[6]
In other mediaEdit
In the manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, tarot cards are used to name some of the characters' powers, named 'Stands'. The protagonist of Stardust Crusaders, Jotaro Kujo, has a Stand named Star Platinum, named after The Star card.
ReferencesEdit
- A. E. Waite's 1910 Pictorial Key to the Tarot
- Juliette Wood, Folklore 109 (1998): 15–24, "The Celtic Tarot and the Secret Tradition: A Study in Modern Legend Making" (1998)
- ^ "The Star Tarot Card". Keen. 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "Star Tarot Card Meanings". Biddy Tarot. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "Star Tarot Card Meanings". Biddy Tarot. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ "The Star Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings". Labyrinthos. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ Waite, Arthur Edward, 1857-1942. (2005). The pictorial key to the tarot. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-44255-1. OCLC 57549699.
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External linksEdit
Media related to Star (Major Arcana) at Wikimedia Commons
