The Star(s)

Keywords & Phrases:
Meditation. Inexhaustible inspiration. Spiritual regeneration. Using active imagination and visualization. Formulating your ideas and goals. Examining your hopes for the future. Living by your own truth and values rather than those in the outside world. Nonconformity. Doing the unexpected. The calm after the storm. Freedom. Peace and serenity. Refreshment, renewal, or cleansing. Purification. A desire to know the truth. Enlightenment. Hope. Foresight. Guidance. Intuitive security. A delicious awakening. Immense personal joy. Beauty. Comprehension of the indescribable. Truth revealed. Ideal love. Realization of a dream. Insight. Self-belief. The light at the end of the tunnel. Knowing you are going to be successful. Freely giving of yourself. Idealization of a person or goal. Visionary progress. New trust in a relationship. Tranquility. Optimism. Enjoyment. Confidence. Renewal. Illumination. Harmony. Enthusiasm.

Summary:
The stars have always been guides for navigators; points of reference and direction. They influence man from far away, shining like points of light on a serene night. For this reason, they are symbols of hope. The ability to look towards infinity and towards the sky, and to to gather - even if only for a moment - all of the infinite possibilities that are opened before us. Even if stars do not seem of great use as such, they nevertheless provide direction. They do not help us move towards our objective but they help us understand what we are wondering and why. They are also the card of beauty, of innocence and of purity, because there are the characteristics of the soul that contemplates infinity and knows how to replenish, to have hope, joy, and security. Watching the stars is like falling in love.

The ancients used the stars to navigate unknown waters and the archetype of the Star provides you with your own personal shining light that will allow you to navigate successfully through life. When you draw this card, your powers of self-expression are at their highest. You feel in touch with universal energy and there is hope and belief in the future.

In the wake of the Tower's violent eruption, you're inspired to reach for your highest potential. You experience order and peace. The Star guides you to your destination with the gentleness of her soft light. This card is one of calm, renewal, and healing. A new cycle begins. Your persistence and hard work pay off big time. You experience a profound peace that springs from the unconscious. You're doing what you were born to do.

Throughout history, the stars have awed and inspired humans. Being constant, eternal, ethereal, and unattainable, they embody a primal concept of the divinity of the Universe and inspire a quiet and subtle reverence. The idea of a guiding star is common in human folklore, and it lends various meanings to this card, such as inspiration, divine guidance, faith, optimism, and - especially - hope. These meanings, however, carry an implicit warning not to get lost in hopes and dreams, for at some point we have to come back down to earth and take action if we want to be able to manifest those dreams.

This card is also about the wisdom of hope. Hope should have some basis in reality or it will degenerate into delusion, which is the providence of the next card, the Moon. Reasonable hopes are wise for they lift us up and strengthen us, but even when our hopes are reasonable we must be careful with them. If we use them as an excuse to avoid taking action to help ourselves, then even those hopes may be no more than an opiate.

The Star is a very positive card. Now is a time to rely on your intuition, inner wisdom, and guidance. The Star is a card of hope, protection, promise, joy, inspiration, good fortune, and spiritual happiness. A desired response or result is on the way. This is a good time to exert yourself because you can achieve your ideals.

The Star shines over the land, a sign of hope. The Star generously shares her power, sprinkling it into the ocean so that it may permeate all of life.

We are the Pleiades, the seven daughters of the firmament. We are the trust, hope, inspiration and harmony that you look for in every star that shines brightly in the sky.

Questions:
What aspect of your life is being purified or cleansed? What is being renewed? What are you inspired to do? For what are you receiving recognition? What are your ideals in the matter? What do I do for myself that renews my spirit? What do I hope for?