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Tag: Tarotcard The Star

Tarot card The Star is a major Arcana card with number 17. The card depicts a naked woman kneeling near a pond. She is emptying a jug of water into the pond with one hand and pouring water onto the land with the other. Above her head is a large star. Another 7 smaller stars are depicted on the sides.

The card has many meanings and deep symbolism, but the ‘mainstream’ meanings include:

  1. Hope
  2. Allowing yourself to be vulnerable
  3. “You’re good the way you are” (but so is the other person!)
  4. To be afraid to show yourself, not daring to show your true self

Tarotcard 17 the Star from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck

Tarotcard The Star and Jung’s Personae

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the Stars”

Oscar Wilde

The Star is the Tarot card that has number 17 in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. It is preceded by The Tower and followed by The Moon. The ‘mainstream’ meanings assigned to this card are generally:

  1. Hope
  2. Daring to be vulnerable
  3. Showing yourself as you really are, taking off your mask
  4. You are good just the way you are (and so is the other person)
  5. ”To be naked” (to have nothing left), to start over
  6. Afraid to show your true self, pretending to be something other than you are

The phrase “taking off your mask” and being “naked” almost always recurs in the descriptions. In this blog article I want to eloborate on these meanings; Apparently, we don’t think it’s good to wear a mask. We also like it when other people show themselves without a mask. But is that really a good thing? Of course, there is much more to it.

When you look at this tarotcard in a Jungian way and draw a comparison with the concept of Jung’s ‘Persona’, you will see that there are some nuances to be made. These nuances can make a big difference when The Star shows up in your readings.  

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