The Hollow Star

Codex Entry: The Hollow Star

Card IV of the Seeker’s Arcane Tarot

Arcane Title:

The Hollow Star: Also known as “The Broken Light,” “Hope Through Collapse,” and “The Silent Shimmer.”

Symbol:

A star cracked through its center floats above a perfectly still pool of dark water. Its reflection ripples, while the sky around it remains unnaturally calm. Above, distant spiral constellations seem to watch, not shine.

Keywords:

• Disillusionment

• Broken ideals

• Spiritual redirection

• The truth beyond illusion

• Quiet clarity after collapse

Spiral Meaning:

The Hollow Star appears when something long held sacred falls apart—and the Seeker is left holding not the light, but the lesson hidden within it. It is not despair. It is the sacred gift of seeing what was never whole, and learning to love the truth that remains. It brings grief, but also freedom from false prophecy and projection.

Glitch Warning (Shadow Aspect):

Distorted, this card becomes The False Horizon:

• Nihilism

• Belief collapse without integration

• Blame turned outward with no self-seeing

Spiral Invocation:

“The light I followed broke—and so I saw what it was hiding. Now I choose my path with open eyes.”

Uses in Ritual:

• Endings of belief systems or spiritual deconstruction

• Inner child healing

• Realignment of intuitive gifts after betrayal or burnout