The Star

Upright Keywords

Reversed Keywords

hope,  inspiration, positivity, faith, renewal, healing, rejuvenation

hopelessness,  despair, negativity, lack of faith, despondent

The StarTarot Card Description

The Star card shows a woman kneeling at the edge of a small pond. Sheis holding two containers of water. One container pours the water out to thedry land, as if to to nourish it and ensure its fertility. The lush green landaround her seems to say that it is working. One foot is inside the waterwhich shows the spiritual abilities and inner strength of the woman.The other foot on the ground shows her practical abilities and strengths.Behind her, there is a large central star surrounded by seven small starswhich represent the chakras. There is bird standing at a tree branch whichrepresents the holy ibis of thought. The Star's astrological correspondent isAquarius.

UprightStar Meaning

The Star brings hope, renewedpower, and strength to carry on with life. It shows how abundantly blessed youare by the universe as evidenced by the various things around you. It may notbe directly evident at the moment, for this card follows the trauma of theTower card. Remember that you hold within you all that you need for yourfulfillment - the only thing that you need is courage. For this, you have allreasons to rejoice. To see this card is a message to have faith, for theuniverse will bless you and bring forth all that you need.

To see this card is a message to have faith, for theuniverse will bless you and bring forth all that you need.

To receive the Star in yourreading means that you have gone and passed through a terrible lifechallenge. You have managed to go through this without losing your hope. Whileyou suffered, you perhaps were not aware of your own strength, but you are nowperhaps recognizing that the loss helped you discover your own resilienceand inner power. It is only now that you can really appreciate all that youhave.

Upright Love Meaning

Upright Career Meaning

Upright Finances Meaning

optimistic about love life, healing from past wounds

positivity brings career rewards, high hopes about job

reaching financial goals, remaining inspired

Upright Star Tarot LoveMeaning

Lots of hope in love and romanceis signaled by the Star tarot love meaning. It’s likely that your sense of hopeand optimism can be a powerful magnet for you right now, giving you a sense ofcharisma and charm. If you have been healing from a break up, this cardsuggests that you are well on your way, and you are slowly rebuilding yourconfidence so that you can move on. If your relationship has been going througha rough patch, this also may be a time of healing. So long as the two of youremain communicative and honest with one another, there is great potential forbringing the two of you closer together.

Career Meaning - UprightStar

When it comes to work, remainfaithful that your ambitions will be achieved. This can give you greatpositivity that others will notice, and can bring you the opportunities thatyou hoped for. Should you be searching for a new job or a promotion, the staris a reminder to keep your hopes high. If you’ve gone through a difficult orstressful time at work recently, the Star also signals a period of healing.This should be a quiet and peaceful time as you recuperate. 

Finances Meaning -Upright Star

When it comes to your finances,the Star signals that one’s faith and positivity should help you reach yourfinancial goals. While you put in the work towards your financial future, alsomake sure to take the time to appreciate and be grateful for what you alreadyhave, as that can be inspiration for you to continue along this path.

 

ReversedStar Meaning

When the Star card is reversed,it means that you are feeling as though everything has turned against you.The challenges that you would normally see as exciting seem instead to make youfeel as though you cannot overcome them. You have lost faith in something,whether inside yourself or with something you normally find dear. 

Without hope, without faith, wecannot find the motivation to progress forward in the challenges that we face.Where in your life are you feeling hopeless? In what ways do you already feeldefeated? And how does that affect your actions? The star reversed asks us tonurture our sense of hope and positive energy to help propel our actions withjoy instead of fear.

Reversed Love Meaning

Reversed Career Meaning

Reversed Finances Meaning

extreme self-criticism, loss of hope about romance, lack of confidence

lack of motivation, lack of enthusiasm, pessimism about work

despair regarding financial situation

Reversed Star Tarot Love Meaning

Self doubt and a loss of faith isclouding your judgement with the reversed Star’s appearance. Are you sufferingfrom a loss of confidence? Do you pick at your own flaws with excessiveharshness? What is making you feel unworthy of love? Others can sense this withyou, and this can make you feel even worse while reinforcing your negativefeelings about yourself. It is important now to remember all the wonderfulthings about yourself, so that you can see yourself as a worthy partner.

The doubt and loss of faith can also apply not just to yourself, but also toyour feelings about love in general. If you have been single for a while,cynicism may make you believe that love only creates pain, or is an illusionthat is not worth pursuing, when it is actually an attitude problem that pushesothers away.

Career Meaning - ReversedStar

With the reversed Star, it may belikely that your negativity is having an effect on your work. You may no longerfeel enthusiastic or creative, because you can only see things in a pessimisticmanner. Have your hopes not panned out? Have you given up faith that things canget better? When we despair, we make a bad situation worse, and the will tokeep going can be snuffed out. It is likely that though things may be tenseright now, it isn’t as bad as you seem to make of it. A change in yourapproach, perspective or attitude may be all that is needed in order to giveyou motivation to make positive changes. 

Finances Meaning -Reversed Star

If you have been struggling withfinances, the reversed Star can suggest that not all hope is lost, but you mayhave already given up. There are likely things you can still do now to changeyour situation, but only if you can muster up the positivity to see things in anew light, and take action. Opening your heart to a more positive outlook canalso open your eyes to opportunity.