wickathou · tarot

The Star

XVII Major Arcana

Upright

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│    XVII · THE STAR     │
│                        │
│             ★          │
│          ★ ★ ★         │
│              ·         │
│         ∪ ╱ ╲ ∪        │
│        ~ ' ~~ ~        │
│                        │
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  • hope
  • renewal
  • faith
  • serenity

After the storm, the sky opens. The Star is quiet hope and healed faith — inspiration returning, wounds answered with gentleness, a future worth believing in again.

Reversed

╭────────────────────────╮
│    XVII · THE STAR     │
│                        │
│             ★          │
│          ★ ★ ★         │
│              ·         │
│         ∪ ╱ ╲ ∪        │
│        ~ ' ~~ ~        │
│                        │
│      ‡ REVERSED ‡      │
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  • despair
  • discouragement
  • disconnection

The night has felt too long and the star too dim. Despair, disconnection from hope, collecting reasons to stay discouraged. Faith is a practice, not a feeling — begin again, small.