1
: of, relating to, or coming from the stars
astral influences
unusual astral occurrences
2
: of or relating to a mitotic or meiotic aster
3
: of or consisting of a supersensible substance held in theosophy to be next above the tangible world in refinement
Examples of astral in a Sentence
gave the astronomy students the assignment of charting astral movement for the next month
after his film became an unexpected blockbuster, the director was suddenly welcome in the most astral circles of Hollywood society
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The designer shared her inspirational mood boards mixing mythological elements, fabrics, color palette and astral references.
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
Much is slid under the saucer of Alice Coltrane’s Monument Eternal (Akashic Books, $19.95), which also pursues formlessness and maternal hardship, albeit from the cryptic climes of the astral plane.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Case in point: Get lost in an astral disco ball, which thrums with a harmonious heartbeat, and a whimsical wormhole.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
In any case, Good Cooper seems to have spent the intervening quarter century wandering some kind of astral plane.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
Much is slid under the saucer of Alice Coltrane’s Monument Eternal (Akashic Books, $19.95), which also pursues formlessness and maternal hardship, albeit from the cryptic climes of the astral plane.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Case in point: Get lost in an astral disco ball, which thrums with a harmonious heartbeat, and a whimsical wormhole.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
In any case, Good Cooper seems to have spent the intervening quarter century wandering some kind of astral plane.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Astral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astral. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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astral
adjective
as·tral
ˈas-trəl 
: of or relating to the stars
Medical Definition
astral
adjective
as·tral
ˈas-trəl
: of or relating to a mitotic or meiotic aster
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