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The Star, Tarot de Marseille
Major arcana

The Star

The Star stands for simplicity, openness, trust that grows and the capacity to feed something without trying to force it.

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What the card shows

The kneeling woman pours from two vessels, one into the water, the other onto the land, under a sky where one large star dominates the others. The two gestures answer each other above the ground.

Its light

A simple and regular relation with what matters produces solid progress. Pouring a little each day keeps what grows alive.

Its shadow

Trust turns into passive waiting when it replaces action. Telling yourself that everything mends on its own leads you to feed nothing any more.

Keywords

opennesssimplicitytrustcareinspiration

Notes on the symbolism

Symbolism TdM. The Star. The seventeenth card shares its title with the Moon and the Sun: these three cards carry the name of a heavenly body.

What this card invites you to do

Pour without counting: one vessel into the water, one onto the earth, neither gesture hurries. What you nourish grows on this condition, over time and without fanfare.

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