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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== | ||
In the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]], artist [[Pamela Colman | In the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]], artist [[Pamela Colman Smith]] depicted The Star as a naked woman kneeling beside a body of water with a great, radiant star shining overhead. This star is likely [[Sirius]], the Goddess [[Sopdet]], the brightest star in the night sky. It shines with eight rays and is surrounded by seven smaller stars, for a total of eight. These eight stars correspond to the eight planets of our solar system. | ||
The nude woman has her left knee on the ground and her right foot is in the water. She pours the water of life from two cups, giving blessings to both sea and land. In the background, perched upon a tree, is an ibis, sacred to the Egyptians as the god [[Thoth]]. | The nude woman has her left knee on the ground and her right foot is in the water. She pours the [[water (element)|water]] of life from two cups, giving blessings to both sea and land. In the background, perched upon a tree, is an ibis, sacred to the Egyptians as the god [[Thoth]]. | ||
==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== | ||