Up: [[Words, Beautiful and Otherwise]] Created: 2025-01-20 Updated: 2025-12-06 #### Casadastraphobia Means fear of falling into the sky, although I prefer [[Abigail Thomas]]’s description which is more specific, poetic and visually captivating. She calls it “fear of falling into the stars.” __________ #### Instar There are two definitions for this word. First, the lovely “To stud with, or as if with stars” And then “An insect or other arthropod between moults, as during metamorphosis” I don’t believe that insects are the only organisms capable of radical change. Human beings I think, I hope, are too although we don't have a star-related word for this. The best we've got is transformation. Do we not believe it is possible to change radically? Or do we not want it to be possible because we need to trust in the the solidity of identity? _____________ #### Disaster To be separated from one’s stars