My reading on the subject suggest that the star was actually a metaphoric symbol for the adventus or parousia of the birth of the "Christ child / New King" as seen in the astronomical charts of the Magi who were Zoroastrian priest who came from Persia,India and Arabia. It should be noted that "Magi" are never actually mentioned in the Bible but simply called "Kings from the East" in Luke's account of the "Birth narrative".
My reading on the subject suggest that the star was actually a metaphoric symbol for the adventus or parousia of the birth of the "Christ child / New King" as seen in the astronomical charts of the Magi who were Zoroastrian priest who came from Persia,India and Arabia. It should be noted that "Magi" are never actually mentioned in the Bible but simply called "Kings from the East" in Luke's account of the "Birth narrative".