The Star
Tzaddi (צ)
Aquarius (Sign)
Path 28: Netzach → Yesod
Herb: Mullein
Upright
Hope, healing, renewal, faith in the future.
Reversed
Despair, disconnection, discouragement.
What the Golden Dawn actually taught
Close to RWS in spirit. Book T reads: “hope, faith, unexpected help — but sometimes also dreaminess, deceived hope.” The addition is a shadow of self-deception built into the upright meaning itself.
Imagery & symbolism
A nude woman kneels beside a pool beneath a sky heavy with stars, pouring water from two urns — one back into the pool, one onto the earth. A bird rests in a nearby tree; nothing here is guarded or afraid.
Numerology
17 reduces to 8 — quiet power and renewal returning after the Tower’s break.
Also associated with
hope, renewal, healing, faith, inspiration