Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Star (masc. in Ven. 861) a celestial body shining in the night: Ven. 861. Ven. 861 Lucr. 164. Lucr. 164 Sonn. 132, 7. Gent. II, 6, 9. III, 1, 156. Wiv. I, 3, 101. Meas. IV, 2, 219. LLL IV, 3, 231. V, 2, 205. Mids. III, 2, 407. Shr. IV, 5, 7. Shr. IV, 5, 7 All's I, 1, 97. Wint. I, 2, 48. Wint. I, 2, 48 V, 1, 206. Ant. III, 13, 95 etc. “the seven --s,” H4A I, 2, 16. H4B II, 4, 201. Lr. I, 5, 38. “fixed s.” LLL I, 1, 89. “the north s.” Ado II, 1, 258. “the northern s.” Caes. III, 1, 60. the watery s. (the moon) Wint. I, 2, 1; “the moist s.” Hml. I, 1, 118. “a blazing s.” All's I, 3, 91. “a falling s.” H8 IV, 1, 55; cf. Ant. IV, 14, 106. “a shooting s.” R2 II, 4, 19; cf. Ven. 815; Lucr. 1525; Mids. II, 1, 153; Hml. I, 5, 17. Brilliant things called --s; especially bright eyes: Lucr. 13. Sonn. 14, 10. Wint. V, 1, 67. Or persons of brilliant qualities: Phoen. 51. H5 Epil. Phoen. 51 H6A I, 2, 144. R3 II, 2, 102. H8 IV, 1, 54. Rom. I, 2, 25. Ant. IV, 14, 106. V, 2, 311. Eminent persons made --s after their death: H6A I, 1, 55. Cymb. V, 5, 352. Per. V, 3, 79. cf. Rom. III, 2, 22.
Influencing human fortune: Sonn. 14, 1. 25, 1. 26, 9. Tp. I, 2, 182. Gent. II, 7, 74. Ado II, 1, 349. LLL III, 79. V, 2, 394. Shr. IV, 5, 40. All's I, 1, 197. All's I, 1, 197 I, 3, 252. II, 5, 80. Tw. I, 3, 142. II, 1, 3. II, 5, 156. II, 5, 156 Wint. I, 2, 363. John III, 1, 126. R2 IV, 21. H6A I, 1, 4. IV, 5, 6. H6B III, 1, 206. H6C IV, 6, 22. R3 III, 7, 172. IV, 4, 215. Rom. I, 4, 107. V, 1, 24. V, 3, 111. Caes. I, 2, 140. Hml. I, 4, 32. Lr. IV, 3, 35. Ant. III, 13, 145. Cymb. V, 4, 105 (Jovial s.) etc. “Lord Hamlet is a prince, out of thy s.” Hml. II, 2, 141 (above thee in fortune).
== loadstar: it (love) “is the s. to every wandering bark,” Sonn. 116, 7. “there's no more sailing by the s.” Ado III, 4, 58. cf. Sonn. 26, 9 and All's II, 1, 57.
== a mark or figure resembling a star: “a mole, a sanguine s.” Cymb. V, 5, 364.