17-The Star – Reversed Rider Waite Deck

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Your Chosen Card – The Star Reversed Rider Waite Deck

When reversed, the Star card suggests that you are not feeling hopeful about a positive outcome. You may be suffering a crisis of faith or feeling beset by doubts that things will not work out in the end. Now is a time to assess your situation realistically and banish any false hopes or expectations based on illusion. Are you able to see the glass only as being half empty? Are you unable to recognize the guiding trail beneath your feet? Keep in mind the moral of Aesop’s fable: the gods help those who help themselves.

Keywords Reversed: Loss of hope, pessimism, expectations not met, neglected opportunities, lack of trust in the future, refusal to accept helpful guidance.

Key XVII: The Star
Myths/Archetypes: The Star of Bethlehem. The Fairy Godmother. The Egyptian sky goddess Nuit (aka Nut, Neuth, Newet). Aquarius, the Water Bearer.
Dates of Aquarius: 20 January–17 February (tropical); 13 February–13 March (sidereal)
Astrology: Aquarius, the Water Bearer (an Air sign ruled by Saturn and Uranus)

17. The Star: A Glimmer Of Hope

When The Star is reversed you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise.  If The Star is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is The Star is trying to tell you.  If you had a particular issue in  mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.

This chosen card is part of your reversed card reading for The Star using cards from the Rider Waite Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.

Here are some snippets from a few of my favorite books

Complete Book of Tarot
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Complete Book of Tarot: The eccentric and brilliant occultist Aleister Crowley (whom the press called ‘the worst man in the world’) also broke with the Golden Dawn. 12 Toward the end of his life, Crowley decided to produce a tarot deck that reflected his years of study and practice of esotericism. Enlisting the aid of the artist Lady Freida Harris, Crowley collaborated with her from 1938 to 1943 to transform his ideas into reality. He wrote a companion book for the deck called The Book of Thoth to explain the intricate symbolism of the cards. Crowley’s encyclopaedic knowledge of occult disciplines is reflected in Lady Harris’s paintings; the Thoth deck has become a favorite among scholarly occultists who enjoy the philosophy, mythology, occultism, and metaphysics underlying this magnum opus.

Tarot Books

Complete Book of Tarot: Glory/Splendor. Hod is associated with the planet Mercury and thus with rational thought and the orderliness of the universe. The tarot cards related to the number eight are Strength or Justice (VIII), the Star (XVII, 1 + 7 = 8), and all the pip cards numbered eight.

Development for Beginners: For starters, take the Prophet Isaiah from the Old Testament. Prophecies are predictions of the future; thus, from a psychic standpoint, it could be argued that through his prophecies, Isaiah was tapping into his innate psychic abilities.

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Development for Beginners: For starters, take the Prophet Isaiah from the Old Testament. Prophecies are predictions of the future; thus, from a psychic standpoint, it could be argued that through his prophecies, Isaiah was tapping into his innate psychic abilities.