The Star

Major Arcana XVII

Keywords

• hope
• healing
• renewal
• quiet faith
• inspiration
• serenity

Upright meaning

Hope, healing, renewal, quiet faith, inspiration, serenity.

Reversed meaning

Discouragement, faith lost, disconnection, hope hard to reach.

A reversed card isn't simply a bad sign: usually its energy is blocked, turned inward, delayed or excessive.

Image and symbolism

Follows the Tower: water returning to the land after the strike.

Place in the journey

The Star brings hope back: healing, calm, faith in the future. Major Arcana: a core life theme, carries more weight.

Other cards in this group: The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World.