"ad astra" meaning in Latin

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        "2": "astrum",
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  "etymology_text": "From ad (“to”) + astra (“stars, heaven”, acc. pl.) as a metaphor for immortality and eternal glory.",
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          "english": "Through hardships to the stars.",
          "text": "per aspera ad astra",
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          "english": "2007 translation by Ahl, Frederick\nBlessings on your new manhood, my boy. That’s the pathway to heaven.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 9.640",
          "text": "macte novā virtūte, puer, sīc ītur ad astra"
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        "to the stars, to heaven (cf. reach for the stars)"
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          "reach for the stars",
          "reach for the stars#English"
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        "(idiomatic) to the stars, to heaven (cf. reach for the stars)"
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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  "word": "ad astra"
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          "english": "Through hardships to the stars.",
          "text": "per aspera ad astra",
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          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 9.640",
          "text": "macte novā virtūte, puer, sīc ītur ad astra"
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        "to the stars, to heaven (cf. reach for the stars)"
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          "reach for the stars#English"
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