astral

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(ăs'trəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, emanating from, or resembling the stars.
  2. Biology. Of, relating to, or shaped like the mitotic aster; star-shaped.
  3. Of or relating to a supersensible body believed by theosophists to coexist with and survive the death of the human physical body: an astral body; astral projection.

[Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum, star, from Greek astron.]

astrally as'tral·ly adv.

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IN BRIEF: Pertaining to stars.

pronunciation The poem had an astral theme.

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  • Practice, Discipline, and Belief - astral: (adj) relating to the stars; denoting a supersensible substance held in theosophy to pervade all space and survive the individual after death


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Concepts of the non-physical

  • Astral body, a subtle body posited by many religious philosophers
  • Astral journey (or astral trip), the same as having an out-of-body experience
  • Astral projection and the astral plane, a controversial interpretation of out-of-body experiences
  • Astral catalepsy, a type of catalepsy and sort of sleep paralysis which, under some circumstances at a semi-waked state, can be experienced in connection to an astral journey
  • A ghost or spirit

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - astral, stjerne-, stjerneformet

Nederlands (Dutch)
betreffende sterren, stervormig, astraal

Français (French)
adj. - astral

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Astral-, Stern-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αστρικός

Italiano (Italian)
astrale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - astral, sideral

Русский (Russian)
звездный, астральный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - astral

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stjärn-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
星界的, 星的, 多星的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 星界的, 星的, 多星的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 별[모양]의, 탱알속의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 星の, 星からの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نجمي, على شكل نجم, وهمي, رفيع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כוכבי, של הכוכבים, בתורת האלוהות: שייך לגוף אתרי מקביל לגוף החי ושורד לאחר מותו‬


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