I just spent a solid thirty minutes trying to research the history behind the phrase “rising star” after asking myself the question “do stars actually rise or do they just appear to rise based on our orientation?” (Both can be true if you’re curious, but I like the idea that perspective plays a huge part because that relates to life as well.) All that research took me on a deep dive into constellations, a place in Texas, the movie A Star Is Born, and finally to the Rising Star cave system in Africa where the largest collection of fossils from a single species of ancient humans were discovered.
I still have absolutely no clue where the phrase “rising star” originated, but thats okay 😂
A big thank you to Shoutout Atlanta for including me in their piece on “rising stars.” Honored to have gotten a chance to talk with y’all and share some knowledge I’ve learned along the way. If you’d like to see the piece, click here and right here.