Ad astra

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Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote in his Aeneid: "sic itur ad astra" ('thus one journeys to the stars')^[1] and "opta ardua pennis astra sequi" ('desire to pursue the high[/hard to reach] stars on wings').^[2] Another origin is Seneca the Younger, who wrote in Hercules: "non est ad astra mollis e terris via" ('there is no easy way from the earth to the stars').^[3]