Nativity /(?)/

Na·tiv·i·ty

Nativity

n.

pl. Nativies

  1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.
    I have served him from the hour of my nativity.
    Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity.
    — Ruth ii. 11.
    These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame.
  2. A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born. (Fine Arts) (capitalized)
  3. A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate one's future destinies; a horoscope. (Astrol.)

Phrases & Compounds

The Nativity
the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas day.
To cast one's nativity
to find out and represent the position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.