Pamela Colman Smith · RWS deck
The Major Arcana
The Star
- Hebrew Letter
- TZADDI
- Element
- AQUARIUS
- Path
- Netzach ↔ Yesod
- State
- Thoughtful / Thoughtless
Upright · Thoughtful
A want that’s stopped being a blind pull and become something understood. The pouring is deliberate, one stream feeding the ground, the querent understands which dreams are possible in their life, and one feeding the pool, knowing which dreams are impossible, or just not prudent right now.
Reversed · Thoughtless
A want that has lost its clarity and become confused or idealised. The querent struggles to distinguish
The image
A kneeling figure pours water from two jugs, one onto open ground representing dreams landing in the material world, and one into a pool, symbolizing dreams that won’t or can’t materialize. She does this beneath seven stars which represent the planets, upon whose polarities and dignities her own State depends.
Tzaddi’s own name is the Fish Hook. It's about looking into the pool of your dreams with patient, deliberate attention, not a blind pull. This path runs from Netzach, what endures, into Yesod, the foundation, desire here has stopped being instinct alone and become something examined, when attended to with awareness.
Learn how to read The Star in a spread
This page shows you what The Star means. Knowing how to read it — how it shifts next to the other cards, what the reversal is really telling you, and how to turn a spread into a clear answer — is what the RWS Decoded course and book teach, card by card.
