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astral

/ˈæstɹəl/

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What does astral mean?

adjective

  1. Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
  2. Relating to an aster.
  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).
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. A supernatural being from the astral plane.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈæstɹəl/

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It was like a breath of astral incense, announcing the presence of the priests of death.
Sax RohmerThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuProject Gutenberg ebook #173
It is evident that this house is related to the elementals of the astral plane, which become the servitors of man.
Thomas H. Burgoyne; Belle M. WagnerThe Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #1650
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The insect tribe was wonderfully called into life, as if animated beings were destined to complete the destruction which astral and telluric powers had begun.
J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) HeckerThe Black Death, and The Dancing ManiaTranslated by B. G. (Benjamin Guy) BabingtonProject Gutenberg ebook #1739
He burns, too, the purest of oil, in its unmanufactured, and, therefore, unvitiated state; a fluid unknown to solar, lunar, or astral contrivances ashore.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
Our own language is rich in words of astral significance derived from the Greek, e.g., disaster.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566