The Star card indicates a time of healing and inspiration. It is a relieving card to see, especially since it follows the Tower card in the Major Arcana. This placement is essential: after suffering through the challenges of the Tower card, the Star allows you to pause to heal, regroup, and find inner peace. The Star offers you an environment to do the healing work, but also urges you stay determined to personally evolve. If you receive the Star card you are not simply here for an easy experience, but a profound experience filled with complex emotions and events to deepen your understanding of the range of human feelings and the power of hope. The Star gives you the magic to help others who may need support as they move through their own suffering. Let healing and guidance move gently and passively by simply being present to listen.
The Star asks you to examine what divinity is: what are you experiencing on this planet, in this era of shifting and transition? Do you feel out of place with the times and overwhelmed by the pain inflicted in our world? The Star offers us the hope that there is more beyond these five senses. In terms of the tarot, the High Priestess card shows us the perspective of “in front of the veil,” where we wish to cross into the magical Otherworld. The Star is said to show us the perspective from “behind the veil.” With the Star Card you have finally stepped into the Otherworld dimension where magic is prevalent. It is here where you feel you can reconnect with spirituality, feel soaked in the healing rays of the stars above, and let the healing pools of water wash over you and the land. There is realization with the Star card that when we are our authentic selves we blossom with joy and inspiration. Be open to receiving transmissions from the Divine Creator, who wishes to extend to you the magic you need to manifest inspiration and prosperity in your life so you may heal, ascend, and share those universal treasures with others.
I love to suggest that the seven stars surrounding the main Star above the figure in the Star are the Pleiades star cluster in the constellation of Taurus. This brings in a whole other element to the interpretation of the Star, and that is a connection to higher realms of consciousness and perhaps even ultra-terrestrials. Perhaps this isn’t too far-fetched, as some have debated that the scene in the Star may be on another planet altogether. We live in an unusual time – we can drink from the deep well of ancient knowledge and we can also look upwards into the heavens and meditate on what else is out there.
Other readers suggest that the Star is a symbol of Polaris – the North Star that guides us. If that is the case, then consider the Star as a suggestion to use your heart as a compass. Let your heart guide you back to your true self and the path you feel your soul has brought you to this place to experience.
Star Card Activities to Initiate:
Use your own way to speak with Divinity – whether in prayer, meditation, chant, or otherwise.
Close your eyes and envision you as your best self. What does it look like? How does it feel?
Write a letter to yourself or someone you love encouraging them to follow their dreams.
Read a New Age or Metaphysical Book.
Study tarot or another form of divination.
Speak with the goddesses Nyx or Nut.
Practice a cleansing or purifying ritual.
Drink water with monatomic gold.
Make a wish or cast a spell to grant wishes.
Take a risk – it’s an auspicious time to make dreams come true.
Go outside and stargaze. See if you can spot the Pleiades star cluster (visible in the fall and winter in the Northern Hemisphere).
Crystals in the Star card picture include crystal quartz for enhancing energies, green calcite for healing, and a variety of blue crystals. My favorite, and one connected to the Star card, is the Aqua Aura Quartz. Another blue crystal in the picture, and also connected to the Star card is Celestite.
I would also like to take this opportunity to share with you my personal connections to The Star at the moment. This past year was one of the most challenging I faced. I was misdiagnosed with two significant medical conditions. Although I am blessed to indeed not suffer from the conditions, I did have to endure dozens of doctor visits, thousands of dollars in medical bills, physical trauma from medication that my body rejected, and mental trauma that took the form of health anxiety (ie hypochondria). On top of health issues my loving and magical friend and familiar Phoebe passed away after battling Cushings Disease for the past year. Months later I still find myself deep in grief over this loss. At the same time all of these things were happening my day job required monumental levels of attention and endurance. By the time I got home I simply had no energy left to give. This was the Tower Card time for me: a painful period where it was hard to see past the grief and suffering.
I am so thankful that I am feeling better these days. I truly believe it has been the support, comfort, and cheerleading that my friends have been showering me with that have helped me through the toughest points. After a lot of rest and personal reflection I am feeling inspired again to turn my attention to metaphysics, magic, and creativity, with the hopes it may inspire and heal those who encounter it.