The Star (Tarot card)
The Star (XVII) from the Rider-Waite deck
The Star (XVII) is the seventeenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.
Description
A naked woman kneels by the water; one foot is in the water, one foot is on the land. Above her head a star shines out. In each hand she holds a jug. From one jug she pours a liquid into the water. From the other jug she pours a liquid onto the land. In other, older decks, a woman (or sometimes a man) is simply looking and sometimes gesturing at a large star in the sky.
References
- A. E. Waite's 1910 Pictorial Key to the Tarot
- Juliette Wood, Folklore 109 (1998): 15-24, "The Celtic Tarot and the Secret Tradition: A Study in Modern Legend Making" (1998)
External links
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