Is seeing a shooting star considered a good sign?

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I was on my way last night to meet a guy that I had talked to online and saw a shooting star and I was wondering if I should take it as a good sign? I took a big chance on meeting this guy since we had basically only said hello to him thru a dating site. I am not by nature a extremely trusting person and I don't know why I went to meet him on such short notice but I am glad I did so far.

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Shooting star symbolizes a brief fleeting moment in ones life just like the brief wonder of seeing a shooting star race across the night sky. They can also be a symbol of reaching ones ultimate destiny.

Shooting stars, asteroids, and the movement of the heavenly bodies in the night sky have always fascinated to humans. Some cultures have always had strong beliefs and superstitions in the meaning of shooting stars. Traditionally shooting stars also meant a new birth and changes in ones life and also a wish for a better life.

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In old Greece falling stars were believed to be rising or falling human souls. Aristophanes spoke of "souls of poor people, drunkenly walking home after they had dinner at a rich star". According to Jewish and Christian tradition fallen stars reflect fallen angels and demons

Nowadays, in certain parts of Asia people believe a falling star is a bad omen: the "tears from the moon about the lost sunbride" would predict war, death or demise of a close person. According to more common belief though, it's a good omen, cause when one makes a wish when one sees a falling star, the wish will come true.

In Europe at the time when the Greek astronomer Ptolemy's view of the cosmos as a universe of interlocking spheres became the orthodoxy, there was a widely accepted and very poetic explanation for "falling stars" which was entirely consistent with other deeply held beliefs of the time.

It was thought that the gods, overwhelmed with curiosity, would sometimes look at the earth from between the spheres, and that in that instant a star or two might slip through the gap and become visible as a falling or shooting star. Since the gods were clearly peering down at that very moment, it was considered an excellent opportunity to voice one's wishes with the guarantee that the gods would hear them.

This is probably where the idea of wishing on a falling or shooting star comes from. Similar superstitions are widespread even in cultures remote from Europe: in Chile, you must pick up a stone in the same moment, and in the Philippines tie a knot in a handkerchief.

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Very informative thank you

Answer 2

yes please it is very good shooting star when i was young in home i was shooting star and one many awards it helped me get education and move to hear were i do well and send money home all the time but you should no you cant be sure you always be shooting star now i am bank teller and cant even havea gun at work thank you good luck!

Answer 3

Yepp...always make a wish when you see one!

Answer 4

heck ya

Answer 5

not sure but i bet its a great experience.

Answer 6

oh yes, happen to me

Answer 7

you should of made a wish on it

Answer 8

i dont think it means anything

Answer 9

SEEING A SHOOTING STAR IS ALWAYS CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK. DON'T FORGET TO MAKE A WISH

Answer 10

Yes, it mean that GOD is still well and alive.

I am glad for you hope he is as for you.

Philippians 2:14-16
14Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe 16as you hold out[a] the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.



Genesis 1:16
God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

Deuteronomy 4:19
And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.