birth starn.
/ˈbəːθ stɑː/, U.S. /ˈbərθ ˌstɑr/ Astrology.
1. A planet, star, or constellation which, by its position at the moment of a person's birth, is considered to determine his or her destiny or temperament. Cf. star n.1 3. Now somewhat rare.
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1550 R. Hutchinson Image of God xv. f. lvii I cannot here but sumwhat rebuke such as curiously marke their byrth day, and byrth starre, as if their lyfe, and doynges were gouerned of necessitie by the influence, and mouynge of the starres.
1709 J. Harris Divine Physician (ed. 2) v. 194 Fortune-tellers, who by Birth-stars, that is, by Stars which arise at every ones coming into the World, pretend an infallible prediction of..what shall chaunce unto them.
1887 Sunday Inter Ocean (Chicago) 13 Nov. 7/5 My faith, however, in the birth star which shines over the President is unabated. He may not be very beautiful but he was certainly born to good fortune.
2002 J. Doré Hemlock xxviii. 116 The naming of the new child in Prasutagus's household was a question that would need an answer while the blue-white star reigned supreme in the night sky, for this was the baby's birth star.
2. In Hindu astrology: the constellation associated with the lunar mansion through which the moon is passing at the time and place of a person's birth. See nakshatra n.
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1870 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 4 454 One's birth star is the asterism the moon is standing in at the time of one's birth.
1907 Metaphysical Mag. Sept. 293 At the time of marriage, the horoscope of the groom and bride are examined to see whether the birth-stars of both parties are of the same or of opposite nature.
2007 R. Puri Eye of Wisdom 8 In India, one has not only a birth date but a birth star. This birth star comes once or sometimes twice a month. One celebrates one's birthday on the day of one's birth star, in the month in which one was born.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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