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From the ancient idea that stars affect human lives.

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lucky star (plural lucky stars)

  1. (idiomatic) Something that appears to give a person luck
    • 1903, E. Nesbit, The Man with the Boots[1]:
      The young man's lucky star shone full on him, and dazzled him to a seeming indiscretion.
    • 1889, Fanny Chambers Gooch, Face to Face With the Mexicans[2]:
      If exiled, he went without remonstrance, confident that his lucky star would again lead him to the front, and with fertile brain every ready to plan a revolution or arrange a coup d'état.

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