astral

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈæstɹəl/ (US)

Definition of astral

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
    “Some Aſtral forms I muſt invoke by prayer, / Fram'd of all pureſt Atoms of the Air; [...]”
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adj

  1. Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
    “Some Aſtral forms I muſt invoke by prayer, / Fram'd of all pureſt Atoms of the Air; [...]”
  2. Relating to an aster.
    “astral rays”
    “astral sphere”
  3. Composed of ethereal material or non-physical (sometimes supersensible), and capable of sometimes separating from the physical body (as an astral body) to travel to other places or to other realms of existence (in or via the astral plane).
    “"[I could] see her astral form sitting on the edge of her bed. She was waiting for me."”
    “[He could] see her astral projection; she looked like a celestial being, holding her hand out to him. With relief rushing through his body, he called out to her, "I've got you angel, and I'm coming!" Hammering the gas the car took off[…]”
    “[Other actions], such as the moving of solid articles, either by an astral hand projected to draw them towards her, or by using an Elemental; others by reading in the Astral Light, and so on. But the proof of the reality of her mission from those whom she spoke of as Masters lay not in these[…]”

noun

  1. A supernatural being from the astral plane.
    “Now both of you sit there and wait for any guides to come to you, any astrals or people from that life to make themselves known to you.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Late Latin astralis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).

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