Stars have long served as guide to men. In ancient times, three wise kings followed a star that led them to a manger where the Messiah was born. Astrologers look up at the stars to try and figure out what the future holds. Many wait to wish upon a falling star.
What do stars tell us? Do they know the secrets of the future?
Whatever you believe about stars is all up to you, but one thing is for certain, stars have stories of their own. These are stories that take eons of years to mold. Theirs are stories about a universe so vast that even stars that are humongous take up little in the vastness of the universe. Theirs are stories about their own hot surfaces and the cold universe around them. Theirs are stories abour collisions and death—the death of their own power. Finally, theirs are stories about witnessing billions of human lives below.
Stars have witnessed the universe change since time immemorial. Stars have seen Earth change its face thousands of times. And most importantly, stars have seen men and women live their lives under the canopy of the sky.
Perhaps from witnessing these lives, stars can put two and two together and tell what is in store in the future. When two people meet and form a relationship, can stars tell if the relationship is doomed right from the start?
History repeats itself, and stars have witnessed everything in history. From up their positions in the sky, perhaps that’s what makes it easy to predict what is yet to come. Perhaps there’s no way to tell what is in the future. Perhaps stars are simply rocks formed by billions of changes in the infinite universe.
Perhaps we romanticize the stories about stars for our own benefit. We need to believe in something greater than our feelings and bigger than our love and our aches. We need to know our stories make sense, and sometime, somewhere, all the stars will align for our wishes.
What do stars tell you?
