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[[File:17 The Star.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of The Star from various Tarot decks]] | [[File:17 The Star.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of The Star from various Tarot decks]] | ||
'''The Star''' is the 17th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. | '''The Star''' is the 17th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. | ||
It is associated with the [[qlippoth]] of [[A’arab Zaraq]] ("Corrosive Ones") on the [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] [[Tree of Death]]. | |||
In [[astrology]], the Star corresponds to the [[Zodiac]] sign of [[Aquarius]]. | |||
==Rider-Waite Depiction== | ==Rider-Waite Depiction== | ||
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==Symbolism== | ==Symbolism== | ||
The star expresses eternal youth and beauty. That which the figure communicates to the living scene is the substance of the heavens and the elements. No astrologer will hesitate to recognize [[Venus]]. The picture on the card shows it quite clearly: a naked girl, demonstrating undoubtedly the beauty of the human body, symbol of beauty in the nature of man. Well, then it is the image of this planet of beauty and eternal youth, which has its place between the [[Sun]] and [[Mercury]] on one side and our [[Earth]] on the other, the third personification of the genius of the Sun. The ibis and the butterfly connect the idea of immortality with this figure, in perfect accord with the mystic teaching which says, that love extends beyond the grave. | The star expresses eternal youth and beauty. That which the figure communicates to the living scene is the substance of the heavens and the elements. No astrologer will hesitate to recognize [[Venus]]. The picture on the card shows it quite clearly: a naked girl, demonstrating undoubtedly the beauty of the human body, symbol of beauty in the nature of man. Well, then it is the image of this planet of beauty and eternal youth, which has its place between the [[Sun]] and [[Mercury]] on one side and our [[Earth]] on the other, the third personification of the genius of the Sun. The ibis and the butterfly connect the idea of immortality with this figure, in perfect accord with the mystic teaching which says, that love extends beyond the grave. | ||
The depiction of a woman with a high forehead in the original [[Visconti-Sforza Tarot]] points to the influence of the poet Petrarch and his [[trionfi]] poetry, which idealized a woman named Laura who had a high and wide forehead. | |||
==Divinatory meaning== | ==Divinatory meaning== | ||