1
: native
2
: of, relating to, or present at birth
especially
: associated with one's birth
a natal star
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Your Gemini stellium is squaring off with your natal Mars—planet of conflict and aggression—in your 12th house of spiritual exchanges and unseen enemies, which means that your provocative energy inevitably strikes a deep chord within them.
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Silvery steelhead migrate to the ocean and return to natal freshwater streams to spawn, a cycle that can be impeded by dams and concrete channels.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Makeup that’s out of this world Florence Pugh understood the assignment with her metallic eyeliner, capturing the futuristic and stellar aesthetic of her natal Venus in Aquarius.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
In our natal birth charts, the North Node of Destiny is often called Rahu (in Vedic astrology) or the True Node (in Western astrology).
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Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 24 Jan. 2025
Silvery steelhead migrate to the ocean and return to natal freshwater streams to spawn, a cycle that can be impeded by dams and concrete channels.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Makeup that’s out of this world Florence Pugh understood the assignment with her metallic eyeliner, capturing the futuristic and stellar aesthetic of her natal Venus in Aquarius.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
In our natal birth charts, the North Node of Destiny is often called Rahu (in Vedic astrology) or the True Node (in Western astrology).
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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natal
adjective
na·tal
ˈnāt-ᵊl 
: of or relating to birth
Medical Definition
natal
adjective
na·tal
ˈnāt-ᵊl
: of or relating to birth
lowering the natal death rate—The Journal of the American Medical Association
The Journal of the American Medical AssociationGeographical Definition
Natal
geographical name
Na·tal
nə-ˈtal
-ˈtäl
1
city and port on the Atlantic in northeastern Brazil population 803,739
Note: Natal serves as capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
2
former province of the eastern part of the Republic of South Africa between the Drakensberg Mountains and the Indian Ocean
Note: Natal is now part of the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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