Card of the Day for August 16 - The Star
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THE STAR 17
The Star is represented by the number 17 or 8 – hope and prosperity of the spiritual kind. Although the difficulties will be known, the lessons of hope, faith, and charity will prevail.
The zodiac sign that represents the
Star is Aquarius
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
Part I: The Veil and its Symbols
17. The Star, Dog-Star, or Sirius, also called fantastically the Star of the Magi. Grouped about it are seven minor luminaries, and beneath it is a naked female figure, with her left knee upon the earth and her right foot upon the water. She is in the act of pouring fluids from two vessels. A bird is perched on a tree near her; for this a butterfly on a rose has been substituted in some later cards. So also the Star has been called that of Hope. This is one of the cards which Court de Gebelin describes as wholly Egyptian-that is to say, in his own reverie.
Part II: The Doctrine Behind the Veil
A great, radiant star of eight rays, surrounded by seven lesser stars, also of eight rays. The female figure in the foreground is entirely naked. Her left knee is on the land and her right foot upon the water. She pours Water of Life from two great ewers, irrigating sea and land. Behind her is rising ground and on the right a shrub or tree, whereon a bird alights. The figure expresses eternal youth and beauty. The star is lâ'toile flamboyante, which appears in Masonic symbolism, but has been confused therein. That which the figure communicates to the living scene is the substance of the heavens and the elements. It has been said truly that the mottoes of this card are “Waters of Life freely” and “Gifts of the Spirit.”
The summary of several tawdry explanations says that it is a card of hope. On other planes it has been certified as immortality and interior light. For the majority of prepared minds, the figure will appear as the type of Truth unveiled, glorious in undying beauty, pouring on the waters of the soul some part and measure of her priceless possession. But she is in reality the Great Mother in the Kabalistic Sephira Binah, which is supernal Understanding, who communicates to the Sephiroth that are below in the measure that they can receive her influx.
UPRIGHT
Health and healing.
Peace and serenity.
Hope for the future.
Promise.
Wishes, luck, omen of good fortune.
Protection.
Visions and visualizations, original
inspiration from the muses or
the gods.
Creation, birth.
Joy.
Faith.
Inspiration.
Groups and organizations that work to
benefit society.
A desired result or response is on the way.
A young woman may light up your life.
There is magic in the star.
Reaching a new level of awareness.
Health and healing.
Life’s forces combine to assist rather than hinder.
Philosophy, ethics, morality.
Unconventionality.
This is a very positive card. It is time to rely on your intuition, inner wisdom and guidance. Life is going to become easier and brighter.
We are all born under a good star, but you have to look inside yourself in order to seek and find it.
Create and shape your own destiny. May you find your own purpose in life.
Today is a good day to consult your
horoscope and to know that your guardian angel is watching over you.
REVERSED
Improving health though there might still be problems.
Finding it hard to maintain your hopefulness.
A wonderful opportunity may be missed through negativity and pessimism.
Striving the find the “happy ending”.
Pettiness.
A haughty or patronizing nature.
Self-doubt, lack of faith.
Loss of friendships.
Unrealized hopes.
Burned out, lack of inspiration, depleted conditions.
Pessimism, disappointment.
Narrow-mindedness.
Bad luck.
Being out of step with your destiny.
Sad and unhappy enough to cause health problems.
Stubbornness.
Unwilling to try anything new.
Having a crummy attitude about life.
Subliminal messages.
Crackpots and mad scientists.
1. Mythic
2. Phantasmagoric
3. Durer
4. Shadowscapes
5. Haindl
6. Greenwood