the morning star

noun

: the planet Venus when it can be seen in the eastern sky in the early morning

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As Astrology News reports, the scorpion is associated with Tlāhuizcalpantēcuhtli, a deity representing Venus, the morning star, who is directly affiliated with rainfall and fertility. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025 Venus is known as the morning star, and usually can be spotted near the horizon in the early morning hours. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Indeed, for hundreds of pages the morning star is nowhere to be seen. — Charles Arrowsmith, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023 Some people call Venus the morning star or evening star, depending on the timing of its appearance. — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 24 May 2023 No more snipe whistling in the meadow, no more piping of widgeons and chattering of teal as darkness covers the marshes; no more whistling of swift wings when the morning star pales in the east? — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2023

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