The Star:

 

The Star:

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”

The Star is attributed to the 15^th path on The Tree of Life and connects Chokmah to Tiphareth and is associated with the letter Heh of the Hebrew alphabet. This path used to be attributed to The Emperor but again, as per the prophesy in The Book of the Law it has changed from corresponding to Aries and the Emperor, to Aquarius and The Star.  

The Star is a path that carries the influence from the Supernal Triad which is what is looked to for the awakening of Hadit. The sephiroth below the abyss on the tree are entirely reliant on Jupiter's influence, although Chesed's influence is most directly experienced at this point, obviously as every lower sephirah on the tree embodies the influence received from the higher, although the influence is masked, as per one’s unique relationship to that which is above. However, Jupiter is the Demiurge and once direct contact with this sphere has been established, being is unveiled, as the Logos. It is along this path that one’s starry nature becomes the object of obsession and its unique dealings with the universal Logos are revealed and sought. Hadit has three notable abstract manifestations along the path of return. The first of these is the acknowledgement of self as having a unique and important part to play within the cosmic unity, the second is the totality of this realization and the unveiling of being itself, the last must then be the realization of the complete unfoldment of being into the eternal body of the goddess Nuit. These are rightly associated with Malkuth, Tiphareth and Kether. The path of The Star is the realization that occurs as the totality of Hadit’s realization and the realization of selfhood’s need for expression. According to the Orphic theology this stage of development is when the invisible Apollo receives direct inspiration from the Muses who are metaphysically conjoined with the Bacchuses which represent the planets described as orbs within said theology and revolve around the sun. The invisible Apollo is a term describing Hadit and it is the awakening of Hadit which through the unveiling of the Logos finds direction to inspire the lower. Hence, The Star in this card refers to this translation from receiving and interpreting that divine message, that via one’s heritage is given a means of expression. The heritage spoken of is that which has been fostered by one’s established connection to the universe, which may be termed the universal Logos or in this case Thelema. This obviously doesn’t refer to the complete unfoldment of being but does give the impression that one at this stage of realization has a unique and important part to play. This part is expressed via the Logos, which is the soul of a magician, and means the entire person working as a single unit towards the goal. The goal then is working in accordance with the universe, being the only medium that may unveil this realization. Hereby, we can also see the confusion and folly of The Emperor once having been attributed to this path, which left little room for expression on part of the magician.

“Love is the law, love under will.”