The Star tarot card from the Simply Tarot deck

The Star Tarot Card Meaning

The Stargazer

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Hope • Healing • Renewal

No matter how dark things seems to be, hope will help you through this pain, sorrow or loss. It may not be clear where you are going, when or how, but you aren’t supposed to know the outcome at this moment. Instead, have faith and wait to see how things develop.

The Star tarot card brings us a message of hope - a bright light which shines in dark times. When things are tough, a person’s attitude to a situation will determine how easy or difficult it is for them to get through, as well as what they are, or are not, happy to endure in the pursuit of what they want. Those that keep hope in their heart will be motivated to keep going but those without hope may feel they have nothing to fight for, or indeed live for, and are more likely to give up. Hope for the future can be our driver, our motivation.

It is important that the Subject should continue on day to day, despite it being a dark and rather miserable time. The Star reminds us that there will be a better, brighter time in the future; that the Subject will be able to enjoy life once again; that things will move on. Although it seems like nothing is changing for the Subject and they are struggling with their day to day existence, each little task is important, to just keep going is important. In a reading, the Reader should look at surrounding cards, however, to ascertain if the Subject has false hope, or misplaced belief, in a situation or person, that might actually be causing the stagnation.

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Love & Relationships

Hope returns slowly, like light finding its way through ruined stone. Vulnerability feels safer now, not because pain never happened, but because the heart is finally beginning to believe healing is possible. There is beauty in connections that allow people to be imperfect without punishment.

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Material Life

Hope returns slowly after hardship. Stability is rebuilt here through healing, trust and the quiet belief that life can still become gentler than it once was. Even exhausted people begin standing differently once they finally believe the worst may not last forever.

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Notes from the Artist

A young woman sits on dark, rugged rocks collecting and pouring water from a flask into the fast flowing river, and this is all she is doing. It may seem like a pointless and useless task, just as the Subject may feel their efforts are having no real impact on their life at the moment. Whilst the image shows a relatively calm scene, the woman has no clear path back or ahead which can show that the subject is lacking in direction and may be stuck in a rut.

The Star is a beacon of hope and shines brightly, reflected in the river, representing that which seems pointless today will yield something better in the future, that we must continue with our daily mundane tasks and seemingly trivial existence until the time when direction and clarity find us once again.

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The Original Artwork, Reimagined

Before The Star became part of the Simply Tarot collection you see today, it was drawn and painted by hand for the original 2011 Tarot House Deck. The style has evolved, but the meaning and character of the card remain at its heart.

Original hand-painted The Star tarot card by Patricia House from the 2011 Tarot House Deck — 2011 **Original 2011 artwork The Star** Hand-painted by Patricia House

A huge Star shines down on a lone female sitting by a rolling river running through a deep cleft in the rocks. She is pouring water from a vessel into the twinkling river. — Today **The Star reimagined** The current Simply Tarot artwork

The original first edition

Buy the Original 2011 Deck

The card shown above is part of the original 78-card Tarot House Deck. Every image was drawn and painted by Patricia House before the deck was professionally printed by Cartamundi in the UK. A limited number from the original print run are still available.