The Star: tarot card meaning

The Star is card XVII of the Major Arcana, associated with the element of Air. Drawn upright it speaks of hope, healing, renewal; reversed, of despair, disconnection, loss of faith.

Upright meaning

hope, healing, renewal, calm after storm

A moment of peace and renewal after the upheaval -- hope without armour, a quiet faith that the sky has cleared for good.

Reversed meaning

despair, disconnection, loss of faith, doubt

The light is still there but harder to see -- tend hope deliberately and reconnect; this fog is temporary, not final.

Vedic and astrological correspondence

In a three-card reading

In the past position The Star describes the current that carried you to where you are; in the present position, what is most alive in the situation now; in the future position, the direction things tend toward if nothing changes. A reading weighs it against the other two cards rather than on its own.