"written in the stars" meaning in English

See written in the stars in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} written in the stars (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) destined to happen Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-written_in_the_stars-en-adj-AixPgJn- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "1948, Tony Martin (performer), Leo Robin (composer), It Was Written in the Stars\nIt was written in the stars\nThat our love would be born\nIt was written in the stars\nWe'd meet early one morn"
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          "ref": "2019 November 2, Robert Kitson, “Rugby World Cup: South Africa surge to glory as England fall short”, in The Observer:",
          "text": "In the end it felt as if it was written in the stars. Every 12 years South Africa have an unerring habit of winning World Cups and they have done so again, following up their triumphs of 1995 and 2007 with another prodigious display of power and might.",
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