The Star is the card marked with the number 17
The Star is an incredibly positive card, one of the best that can come up in a reading. The meaning of The Star can certainly shift depending on whether it appears upright or reversed, but its message is always worth our full attention.
Card Correspondences:
Kabbalistically, this card is associated with the planet Mercury, the letter Peth, and the number 80.
Esoterically, it corresponds to the astrological sign of Aquarius, the element Air, and the season of winter.
In numerology, it represents the number 17 and 8 (17=1+7=8).
Card Description:
The Star depicts a naked woman kneeling at the edge of a small pond or natural oasis.
The woman holds two containers, pouring one into the water to nourish the earth and continue the cycle of fertility, symbolized by the lush vegetation surrounding her.
She pours the other container of water onto the dry land in five streams, representing the five senses.
The woman has one foot on the ground, symbolizing her practical skills and common sense, and the other foot in the water, representing her intuition, inner resources, and the ability to listen to her inner voice.
Behind her shines one large star and seven smaller stars, symbolizing the chakras and the need to open them and cleanse your aura. All the stars have eight points.
The Star is associated with the number 17, which equals 8 (1+7 = 8). Eight is strength, the quality needed to accept your flaws and love yourself despite them. The bird in the tree in the background is the sacred ibis, associated with thought, perched on the tree of the mind.
The Star Upright:
General Meaning:
This is an incredibly positive and encouraging card, symbolizing hope, spirituality, inner renewal, inspiration, and serenity.
It gives you the strength to keep going. It’s a card about trusting not just yourself but the universal forces and understanding that they are working in your favor.
Right now, your mindset and reasoning take precedence over your emotions and feelings, but without completely dismissing them. You’re now applying rationality where there was once only emotional chaos clouding your judgment.
This card also represents beauty in all its forms, the power of communication, good luck, creative talent, and a youthful spirit, no matter your age.
It’s about your personal transformation after likely going through tough times and situations. Now, you regain faith in every sense: in your own strength and abilities, and in the blessings the universe has in store for you.
Those old limiting and negative feelings have now transformed into a healing and life-changing energy, making you feel ready to face whatever life brings. You’ve turned inward, trusting your instincts and intuition again, reconnecting with the inner child who had been long forgotten.
The Star is excellent when you’ve been through obstacles, as it marks the end of such times with renewed self-esteem. You now believe in yourself with a newfound perception, and qualities like kindness, generosity, compassion, and an incredible mental and spiritual openness are developing within you, changing your life completely.
If this card appears as a final outcome, it’s almost certain that you will achieve your goal. It’s positive, affirmative. Everything you accomplish will be because of you, your effort, and your value. You now connect with people and things in a new way, and this makes everything flow and turn in your favor.
If The Star defines a person, it shows that they are accepted by others, have charm and grace, can easily communicate and express themselves, and are lucky. They are attentive, cordial, and creative both mentally and emotionally.
Their appreciation for beauty is visceral. They represent the feminine aspect in someone, connected to instinct. They are noble, well-meaning, and the type of person you would go to for advice and to be heard.
As a situation, The Star is very favorable. There’s great harmony within you and in everything around you now. You feel good, confident, serene, and optimistic about the future. Peace, inner calm, creativity, and new ideas and projects abound. It can also herald the arrival of a child.
Love:
In love, this is an amazing time. If you’re single, a great love could enter your life, possibly *the* great love, who will fall head over heels for you. This could happen even if you’re in a relationship but not happy.
If you’re in a happy relationship, this card only confirms happy times ahead, with great understanding, communication, and harmony. There’s romance, sweet little gestures, everything flows, and it could even be the ideal time for the arrival of a child.
Work:
At work, there are possibilities for growth and advancement. You’re fully dedicated and committed, pouring your creativity into your work. The environment recognizes your value, and everything moves forward for the benefit of everyone.
If you’re looking for work, you’ll find it, and it will be great. If you’re thinking of changing jobs, The Star encourages you to do so, as many good opportunities are now available to you.
Money:
When it comes to money and finances, The Star indicates that luck is on your side. You could get lucky in games or gambling.
Money is coming to you, possibly through extra earnings, a significant salary raise, a good business deal, or the growth of your company or new professional horizons that pay off financially.
All your investments will start to bring benefits. Now is the time to take risks, dare, and grow. This is an excellent card for your money and finances.
Health:
It’s a time of good health, you’re full of energy, your mind is at peace, and you have great strength to face any challenges.
This should be a fantastic time for your health. If you’re waiting for test results, they’re likely to be very good.
Spirituality:
You’re so in touch with your spirituality right now that it seems too big to contain. You have a need to reach out, to connect, to share, and to understand and listen.
Your joy and serenity are contagious, people love being around you, and the world needs your light and happiness. Let it shine!
If you want to dive deeper into the good news The Star brings regarding health, money, and love, click HERE
The Star Reversed:
General Meaning:
Reversed, this card loses many of its positive connotations. It now shows a lack of faith, despair, discouragement, sadness, and hopelessness.
It’s not an extremely negative card, but it does show that you’re viewing the world in a distorted, dark way, and while there may be reasons to feel this way, The Star suggests that your discouragement is often worsened by your own perception.
You may be making a big deal out of things that aren’t actually that bad, forgetting that you have the strength and ability to rise above and move forward. You need to clearly define what’s making you feel this way.
Generally, The Star appears when there’s a sense of disappointment in your life. You started things with a lot of hope, but routine and boredom seem to have taken over.
It’s also very significant for work and career, when you feel stuck, like you’ve chosen the wrong path or you’re not achieving the results you expected. You feel disconnected from your work, your home life, your love life, and even your social life.
Although this outlook seems negative, The Star suggests that things may not be as bad as they seem. To fix the situation, you need to focus, identify, and interpret the problem, and accept it in order to improve or reverse it.
The Star is more about a test of faith than a negative outcome in itself. The result can be negative if you don’t use all your mental and inner strength to understand that these are normal, natural cycles of life that we often need to go through to grow and learn, so that you come out stronger and wiser with this knowledge.
You may feel like you’re on the wrong path in some aspect of your life—whether it’s love, work, family, or maybe all of them—but you must understand that this situation is temporary, and perhaps not as serious or extreme as you feel it is, and that it’s a necessary step.
This card is all about faith, which you must regain, because through faith is how you’ll get things back on track.
Love:
In matters of love, dialogue must return, and you must also be open to showing who you are and letting yourself be known. Bring back tenderness and romantic moments; you’re capable of igniting a powerful and bright light.
This isn’t a card about separations or divorces, it just shows some bumps that mostly have to do with you and your personal blocks. Similarly, if you’re single, you need to break down those blocks if you want to find love and make it last.
It’s a matter of attitude and faith. If you don’t love yourself and your self-esteem is low, well, people will tend to shy away from you. Work on yourself, because that’s where the key to love lies.
Work:
In work, it signals delays, doubts, and hesitations. You need to put in more effort now in your tasks, studies, and especially in your relationships within the work environment.
It’s very likely that there are plenty of opportunities passing right by you, but you’re unable to see them due to the discouragement you’re carrying. You need to rebuild the picture, ask yourself important questions.
If you don’t like what you’re doing, ask yourself how you want to see yourself in a few years, and do whatever it takes to make that happen.
Money and finances:
This is a time of expenses. Don’t gamble, as luck isn’t on your side right now. Expenses related to health or family life may come up.
It’s time to try to keep some form of financial control, even a simple plan, to make sure you don’t spend more than you have. Remember, this is a temporary situation, and it will get better, but for now, avoid risky investments.
Health:
Worry dominates you now. You may be procrastinating on things, feeling sick and in pain, but this is likely psychosomatic. The Star doesn’t point to any serious health issues, except that you’re creating your own torment.
Thinking is fine, but “overthinking” won’t help and will be far from productive.
Spirituality:
You need to regain your confidence and lost faith, and also understand that the universe isn’t against you; what’s happening is part of a natural cycle of ups and downs.
Try to regain your faith through meditation, reading, or maybe attending a temple or group of people who are also seeking the same answers.
Consulting a therapist, counselor, mentor, or spiritual leader to help you regain perspective could also be a good idea.
