XVII: The Star

The Virgins of Spring hang far above a crystal lake. The brightest among them draws closer and reveals herself to you; The Star, a transcendent Ishtar, a healing Aphrodite. Where she pours water, new life appears, dusty streets are filled with laughter and the scent of jasmine.

Seventeen is the number of beauty, immortality and hope. Ideals and inventiveness mark your path while The Star travels with you.

Upright

• Hope
• Healing
• New life

Hope brings new insight and heals old wounds; the tribulations of your journey fade as birds sing around you. Your needs are balanced with those of your companions, and generosity shines from you. Should help be required, it will arrive, often from unexpected sources.

The Star returns nature to barren places. Spend time with the plants and the animals, notice change as the Earth continues its march through the heavens.

Inverted

• Extreme fatigue
• Tension
• Self-doubt

In your depletion, events may seem overwhelming. You must consider your position: is it the Fates that conspire against you, or your own exhaustion? Find the answer and let it go. You do not power the world, and the world will not shrivel if you absent yourself.

Where uncertainty reins, approach it with kindness and curiosity. Perhaps you feel a lack of trust, or a lack of understanding of your own identity; The Star offers hope that the application of time and space will resolve these problems.