XVII
The Star
The Star tarot card meaning
Major Arcana · XVII
hope · healing · renewal
Upright meaning
Calm after the Tower. The Star is quiet hope, recovery and the sense that you are being guided somewhere better.
Reversed meaning
Faith running low, or hope postponed until conditions are perfect.
Love
Gentle repair, a second chance offered honestly.
Career
Inspiration returns; a long project starts to make sense.
Advice
Let yourself want it again.
Where it sits in the deck
The Star is card XVII of the Major Arcana, the twenty-two trumps that mark the turning points of a life. Read alongside its neighbours it forms part of the Fool's Journey, the story the deck tells when laid out in order.
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