written in the stars
Destined from above
Written in the stars means fated or destined—as if celestial bodies had predetermined the outcome.
The phrase evokes astrology, where stars supposedly govern human affairs: Their meeting was written in the stars.
Often used romantically or to suggest inevitability: It wasn't written in the stars for us.
- true loveAuthentic romantic connection
- star-crossedDoomed by destiny
- love at first sightImmediate romantic attraction to stranger
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- fate and destinyPredetermined course of events
predestination · horoscope · determinism · inevitability · zodiac · foreordination · synchronicity · providence · Mufasa · karma · soulmate · constellations · twin flame · astrological chart · star signs · prophecy · love story · planetary alignment
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
- fatalismdestiny, doom, inevitability, kismet, predestination
written in the starsrandom chance
Uncontrolled probability
luck of the draw · happenstance · fluke · accident · random
written in the starsup in the air
Unresolved, awaiting determination
uncertain · avoidable · preventable · unpredictable · undetermined
written in the starsself-made
Successful through own efforts
self-determined · free will · up to you · by choice · self-willed
written, write, writes, writing, writer, writers, rewrite, rewrites, rewriting