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Morning Star, morning star, or Morningstar may refer to:

Astronomy

• Morning star, most commonly used as a name for the planet Venus when it appears in the east before sunrise
  • See also Venus in culture
• Morning star, a name for the star Sirius, which appears in the sky just before sunrise from early July to mid-September
• Morning star, a (less common) name for the planet Mercury when it appears in the east before sunrise
• Heliacal rising, the astronomical occurrence when a star rises and becomes visible over the eastern horizon before sunrise, thus becoming a morning star.

Mythology and theology

• Aurvandil, the Morning Star, or Rising Star, in Germanic mythology
• At-Tariq, a chapter of the Quran
• Barnumbirr, a creator-spirit in the Yolngu culture of Australia
• Jesus, self-described as "the bright Morning Star" in the Christian Bible
• John the Baptist, called a "bright morning star" in Eastern Orthodox Church hymnology
• Lucifer, a name based on the Latin name for the Morning Star
• Mary, mother of Jesus, called "morning star" in the Litany of Loreto
• Morning Star, one of the Zorya (goddesses in Slavic mythology)
• Morningstar or Red Horn, a culture hero in Siouan oral traditions
• Morning Star ceremony, an historical ritual ceremony in Pawnee mythology
• Morning Star ceremony, a Yolngu (Aboriginal Australian) ceremony associated with Barnumbirr
• Phosphorus (morning star), the Morning Star in Greek mythology
• Tlāhuizcalpantecuhtli, god of the morning star (Venus) Aztec mythology

People

• John Wycliffe, English theologian, sometimes referred to as the "Morning Star of the Reformation"
• Morning Star (chief) (1810–1883), Northern Cheyenne leader, also known as Dull Knife
• Chip Morningstar, American author, developer, programmer and designer of software systems
• Darren Morningstar (born 1969), American basketball player
• Erica Morningstar (born 1989), Canadian swimmer
• Richard Morningstar (born 1945), ambassador, Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy

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Arts and entertainment

Other uses

• Morning Star (cannabis), a strain
• Morning star (candlestick pattern), in a financial chart
• Morning star (weapon), a spiked mace
• Morning Star flag, of West Papua
• Morningstar Style Box

See also

• The Evening and the Morning Star (1832–1834), the first newspaper of the Latter Day Saint movement
• Evening Star (disambiguation)
• Morgenster (disambiguation)
• Morgenstern (disambiguation)
• Nightstar (disambiguation)
• Rising Star (disambiguation)