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Astrostasis

Belief and practice of associating a star with a person

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Last updated: DEC. 26, 2019

Astrostasis, sometimes shortened to astrasis, refers to the practice and the associated belief in attributing a particular star with a person when they are born; this star then becomes known as that person's celestial guardian.

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Astrostasis, sometimes shortened to astrasis, refers to the practice and the associated belief in attributing a particular star with a person when they are born; this star then becomes known as that person's celestial guardian.

That which is to be henceforth known as astrasis or astrostasis, or also known as cosmostasis, shall refer to the belief and practice of associating a particular star (astrasis/astrostasis) or any other cosmic progeny or phenomena (cosmostasis) with a person, especially conduct at their birth according to the star that was most prominent in the sky the night they were born; also colloquially referred to as star affiliation, the star or other progeny or phenomena to which one is associated at birth or by choice later in one’s life is believed to provide them with luck whenever it appears prominently in the night sky; this particular star is to be known as a guiding star.

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