Tag: Buy A Star Gift

The Stars of Les Misérables

Name A Star Blog – Les Misérables,Stars There are so many to choose from, when looking to name a star it can be easy to feel somewhat overwhelmed. While many choose to form a bond with a individual star at a time, seeing all the stars together as a collective symbol is something that has been...

Lost secrets of Aquarius

The beginning of the Aquarius period in the zodiac is the sure-fire way of knowing that Christmas has come to an end. Alas, some pity is needed for those poor Aquarians, they may be left feeling a little unloved as everyone starts saving the penny’s after the Christmas spending spree. Though if...

Ty Hafan

One of the most difficult things any parent can go through is to take care of a  child who may not live to see 18. Tŷ Hafan is one of the UK’s leading paediatric palliative care charities and offers support and care to help ease the difficult times for both parent and child. The charity itself...

Recipe: How to make Star Cookies!

  As we approach Christmas, there’ll be no shortage of food to go around! Great if you’re visiting, hell if you’re hosting! As it’s Christmas and a lot of people are thinking about perhaps choosing to buy a star gift, why not make a star gift? Specifically, in cookie form! It’s perfect little...

The secret connection between the Pleiades Star Cluster and a 2500 year old scandal!

November is unrelenting month of the year. If you’re looking to dedicate a star to someone or have a star named after you , you may not want to linger outside for too long in case you catch a nasty chill. But inspiration is easy in November as one of the more memorable collections of stars becom...

Muse’s Starlight – The Dissonance between Hope and Despair

Some things can cause a strange feeling of dissonance. When you look toward the stars in the sky, possibly thinking to dedicate a star to someone, or get a star named after you, you’ll perhaps be overwhelmed  at the idea of a burning ball of gas burning for billions of years; yet perhaps slightly...

Blue Straggler: the Vampire star

It is now old Hallows eve. Granted, most of you probably celebrated the event over the past weekend, but for the purists among you it is tonight that we get out the pumpkin, put on the masks and layer the fake blood upon your faces. If you’re asking the question, how to buy a star or how to adopt a...

The Haunted Heavens – The spookier side of space!

Halloween may just be one day down here on earth, but ghosts, ghouls and goblins are out there floating in space all year round. Not literally of course, the poor things but stars and such do create some creepy shapes! So, to make the most of Halloween, we’ll be celebrating the creepier ways to de...

The legend of Scorpius and Orion

This week it’s Scorpio week on the Star Blog, we’ll do a post on the constellation of Scorpius each day from the 23rd to the 28th of October. Tomorrow, the 24th is when the first day in the month of Scorpio. Scorpius When the world was new, the great hunter and giant Orion was feared by all ...

Ursa Major: the legend of the Great Bear

A little bit of constellation knowledge can go a long way, if you’re looking to buy a star for someone. You might already be familiar with the constellation Ursa Major, or the Big Dipper as it’s more commonly known. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere you can use it to spot Polaris the North Star...

Star Lyrics – Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)

Coldplay’s reputation is, suffice to say, a mixed one at best. Their fans see them as catchy and sincere, while their detractors might view them as sickly sweet and lazy. Nevertheless, they have dominated the music landscape for 17 years and in many ways are the definitive band of the 00’s and the 2...