starcraft means the art of interpreting or reading the stars, astrology. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “starcraft” is a great word
STARCRAFT — [Noun] The prescriptive art of interpreting celestial configurations to discern their supposed influence on human affairs. From star (from Old English 'steorra') + -craft (from Old English '-cræft', meaning 'skill, art'). Unlike astronomy, which coldly charts celestial mechanics, or astrology, its more systematic descendant, starcraft is the speculative and prescriptive skill of mapping destiny onto the indifferent heavens. It is the astrologer’s finger tracing a line of fate on worn parchment, the farmer planting his seed by the phase of the waning moon, and the anxious consul scanning the night for a comet's portent—an ancient, human attempt to find a script in the sky's magnificent silence.
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- The art of interpreting or reading the stars, astrology.“On the same morning, almost the same hour, / Under the selfsame aspect of the stars, / (Oh falsehood of all starcraft!) we were born. / How like each other was the birth of each!”
- A vehicle which travels to or among the stars.