Occult Xvii The Star

The eighteenth Atu of the Tarot, XVII The Star, is perhaps the most spiritually esoteric of all of the Trumps. The card depicts a naked woman that pours libations of the Lustral Waters on both the land and the sea, imbuing both with life. She is beneath the night sky where eight seven pointed stars are shining to identify the woman as the goddess night who is manifested in the earthly form of the All Mother that is visible in this card.

The Star is attributed to the letter Heh, w window, and indicates that the Light of LVX enters the world via the goddess as the path to which this letter corresponds connects Chokmah, the Word of wisdom, with the self conscious Tiphareth at the center of the Tree of Life. Corresponding to Aquarius, she is the symbol of mystical enlightenment but as she is ruled by Saturn her influence on the material plane is bound by temporal restrictions.

This card is so esoteric and spiritual that it is often difficult to interpret it accurately as it shows the influence of the divine that may manifest unexpectedly in the situation. Serendipity, epiphany and apprehended enlightenment are all indicated in this card which always implies a spiritual current in the spread of the cards.

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