The Tarot can be used in many ways. The methods and systems to read and interpret it are very varied and range from the simplest to the most complicated (the latter should only be practiced by professionals). Next, you will learn in detail the meaning of Arcanum XVII, The Star, in relation to your life and future.
It logically symbolizes the stars and heavenly bodies that from the firmament take care of watching over our steps on Earth. Specifically, it symbolizes the good star, the morning and evening stars, Venus (Aphrodite), the goddess Ishtar and the star of the wise men from the east. In short, the one that guides us.
When this arcane appears head up, it alludes to hope, creativity, fertility, fecundity, and the good influence of the stars in relation to our worldly future. It is a card that, in general and also in specific terms, gives us hope, solutions and good omens or future prospects.
Likewise, it means optimistic initiatives, faith in the future, excellent professional prospects, favorable opportunities, healthy pleasures, joys, affections, accomplishments, achievements, successes, good inner disposition, intimate satisfactions, help from third parties that can be definitive both in our personal and professional career. It also represents awards, recognition and hopes or projects that are developing positively.
When this arcane appears upside down, it is referring to possibilities that are not going to be realized or that if they are reached, it will be overcoming great obstacles and many difficulties. It also points out disappointments, frustration, opportunities that vanish, little erotic-sentimental balance, risk of being carried away by sex in absurd outbursts of passion or vehemence.
You may feel pessimistic, melancholy, have a reprobate behavior or lack a sense of responsibility and inclination to satisfy the call of pleasures, disregarding moral obligations and good customs.
From the sexual point of view, it refers, first of all, to fertility. Also alluding to the great possibilities that exist to get the person you want (his love for her). It is related to the exact concept that one has of the spiritual, to the balance between the romantic and the erotic, to more than certain access to a stable marital situation and to the benefits that an orderly sexual behavior entails.
It can mean virginity, a lasting relationship, courtship with excellent future prospects, and the search for a moral and fair relationship. Of course, it points to a balanced carnal life and absolute control over low passions. Regarding the economic aspect, it is an arcane that also indicates the possibility of sales and business, benefits, income, rewards, good administration and human or professional righteousness.
This arcanum with its flora and its waters, its two vessels that are poured, its stars with seven and eight arms, symbolizes creation. In conclusion, it is a positive card that brings luck and opportunities in your life. But if, on the contrary, it appears the other way around in the spread, you should be careful, because it predicts bad luck.