Divination: Tarot Tour - Major Arcana No. 17 - The Star

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This week's featured card is The Star. The card depicted comes from the Rider-Waite deck, the deck that is the basis for most of the modern 'standard' tarot decks. The image features a young woman pouring water from two pitchers. The first pitcher on the right pours out streams onto the earth, one of which joins the pool of water. The second pitcher pours into the pool of water. The young woman is kneeling with one foot on the land and one in the pool. Above her head is one large eight rayed star with seven smaller eight rayed stars around it. A bird is depicted on the tree behind her, said to be an Ibis.

After all the darkness and confusion of the prior cards, the Star is a breath of fresh air. This is a card of hope and new beginnings. It is a card of wishes coming true. It is a card of innocent bearing and the accidental wisdom of others from haphazard comments that bear fortunate fruit. This is one of the rare cards that has no negative connotations in the reversed orientation. It only indicates that hope is delayed in arriving, but it is still on its way.

In the Fool's journey, the Star is a sign of redemption and renewal. It is hope for new beginnings.