bellatrix lestrange

etymology: bright star in the left shoulder of orion, from Latin bellatrix “female warrior,” frequently used as an adjective, “warlike, skilled in war,” fem. of bellator “to wage war,” from bellum “war”.

in astrology it was the natal star of all destined to great civil or military honors, and rendered women born under its influence lucky and loquacious; or as old thomas hood said, “women born under this constellation shall have mighty tongues.”

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