The Star Tarot Card Meaning
Major Arcana card XVII · Hope, calm, and healing
The Star: 17
Meaning
You bring hope to other people. After a hard time you heal, and you help others believe that things can get better.
Guidance
Do something that gives you energy back, like a walk, some quiet time or a creative hobby. Set one small hope for this year and start on it.
Shadow
Dreaming without doing, or feeling that you do not deserve good things. Hope works best together with small steps.
In Love
In love, you bring hope and a gentle heart. After a hard time, you can learn to trust again, one step at a time.
In Work and Career
At work, you inspire others, and you can do well in creative, healing or helping jobs. Keep your long goal in view and build toward it slowly.
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About The Star
The Star is card XVII of the 22 Major Arcana. Its main ideas are hope, calm, and healing. In tarot, the Major Arcana show the big themes of life, and The Star is one of them.
If this is your birth card, it is a symbol to think about, not a rule or a prediction. Read the meaning, the guidance and the shadow side, and see which parts feel true for you.
How To Get The Star As Your Birth Card
Your birth card comes from the digits of your birth date. Add every digit of the date (year, month and day). Here is how that leads to The Star, for birth dates from 1900 to 2099.
- Tarot Birth Card method: you get The Star when your digits add up to 17.
- Digital Root method: this method only ends on 1 to 9, 11 or 22, so it does not give The Star as a main card.
Do not want to do the math? Our free Arcana Calculator does it in a second and shows every step.
Quick Facts
| Card | The Star |
| Number | XVII (17) |
| Group | Major Arcana |
| Main ideas | Hope, calm, and healing |
| Element | Air |
| Planet | Uranus |
| Sign | Aquarius |
These links follow the Rider-Waite-Smith order, where Strength is VIII and Justice is XI. The card picture is a scan of the original 1909 deck, drawn by Pamela Colman Smith.
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The Star FAQs
What does The Star mean as a birth card?
You bring hope to other people. After a hard time you heal, and you help others believe that things can get better.
What number is The Star in the Major Arcana?
The Star is card XVII (17) in the Rider-Waite-Smith order of the 22 Major Arcana cards.
Which element and planet go with The Star?
The Star goes with the element Air and the planet Uranus, and with the sign Aquarius. These links come from the tarot and astrology tradition and are symbolic.
How do I find out if The Star is my birth card?
Use the free Arcana Calculator on our home page. Enter your birth date and it adds the digits for you, shows every step, and tells you which Major Arcana card is yours.