star sign
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- noun
- /ˈstɑr saɪn/
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signo zodiacal
- The Sun enters your star sign, the curtains open on your birthday season.
One person's red flag here said if they're asking for my star sign, Nah, that's not red flag.
- One person's red flag here said if they're asking for my star sign, Nah, that's not red flag.
- Honestly, my star sign is Aquarius.
- I definitely feel like I've checked my compatibility based on star signs.
- Don't ask me my debt, my star sign, my strange medical conditions.
- But gratitude, unlike your skin color or your, or your hair color or your star sign or your blood type, it's, it's a choice, right?
Examples
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Virgos, as a rule, take their star sign very seriously—probably more seriously than is acceptable in modern-day society—and expect you to take it seriously as well.
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And I looked at our birthdays and what star signs we are now, and pretty much all of us have changed except for Matt.
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I feel like most people are like, yeah, my star sign is so me.
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What my star sign is.
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And what star sign are you?
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So I was wondering: How many brothers and sisters do you have, where did you grow up, and what's your star sign?
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Honestly, my star sign is Aquarius.
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If you're typical of your star sign, you like everything to be logical.
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What's your star sign?
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My star sign is Leo because I was born in August.
Synonyms
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One of the twelve parts of the zodiac used to describe personality
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One of the twelve equal parts of the zodiac used in astrology
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One of twelve parts of the sky used in astrology to show personality and give horoscopes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'star sign' is directly compositional: 'star' (a celestial body) + 'sign' (an astrological division) yields the meaning of an astrological/zodiac sign. This mapping is conceptually straightforward and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Star sign may come from how ancient people looked at groups of stars and named the shapes they saw as signs in the sky. So today a star sign shows which group the sun was in when you were born and people use it in horoscopes to say something about your 'personality'.