morning star

“Originally, the terms ‘morning star’ and ‘evening star’ applied only to the brightest planet of all, Venus. It is far more dazzling than any of the actual stars in the sky and does not appear to twinkle. Instead, it glows with a steady, silvery light.

“The fact that Venus was a wandering star soon became obvious to ancient sky watchers, who noticed its shifting back and forth from the early hours of the eastern morning sky to the western sky in the early evening. Nicolas Camille Flammarion, a noted French astronomer in the late 19th and early 20th century, referred to Venus as ‘The Shepherd's Star.’” triviaripple.com

For Catholics, Mary is the Morning Star – Stellam Matutinam. In SF, there was a grammar school called Morning Star. It vanished.
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