Astral may refer to:

Concepts of the non-physical

* Astral body, a subtle body posited by many religious philosophers * Astral journey (or ''astral trip''), the same as having an ''out-of-body experience'' *

Astral plane The astral plane, also called the astral realm or the astral world, is a plane of existence postulated by classical, medieval, oriental, and esoteric philosophies and mystery religions.G.R.S.Mead, ''The Doctrine of the Subtle Body in Western Tr ...

(AKA astral world), a plane of existence postulated by classical (particularly neo-Platonic), medieval, oriental and esoteric philosophies and mystery religions *

Astral projection Astral projection (also known as astral travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe an intentional out-of-body experience (OBE) that assumes the existence of a subtle body called an " astral body" through which consciousness can func ...

, a controversial interpretation of out-of-body experiences * A

ghost A ghost is the soul (spirit), soul or spirit of a dead Human, person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visibl ...

or spirit

Entertainment

* Astral, a '' Magic: The Gathering'' gaming set *

Astral (band) Astral is a shoegaze group based in San Francisco, California, United States. Astral was formed by singer-guitarist Dave Han and drummer Shawn in 1999; bassist Amy Rosenoff joined them in 2001. Their vocals are frequently compared to those of T ...

, a dream pop band * ''Astral'' (film), a British horror film * ''The Astral'' (novel), a book by

Kate Christensen Kate Christensen (born August 22, 1962) is an American novelist. She won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her fourth novel, ''The Great Man (novel), The Great Man'', about a painter and the three women in his life. Her previous novels ...

* Astral (wrestler) (born 1989), Mexican ''Mini-Estrella'' professional wrestler * '' Astral Weeks'', a 1968 album by Van Morrison * Astral, a character in the anime and manga series ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal , stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, is a Japanese manga and anime series and the third spin-off of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, after the preceding ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''. The manga began serialization in Shueisha's ''V Jump'' magazine from Dece ...

'' *Princess Astral, lead character in the cancelled sitcom '' The Other Kingdom''

Companies

* Astral Aviation, a cargo airline based in Nairobi, Kenya *

Astral Media Astral Media Inc. was a Canadian media conglomerate. It was Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 84 radio stations in eight provinces. Astral was also a major player in premium and specialty television in Canada, with 23 specialty channel ...

, a Canadian media corporation *

Astral Telecom UPC Romania was a telecommunications company in Romania, which provided cable television, broadband internet and fixed telephony to approximately 1 million customers. On July 31, 2019, Vodafone acquired the company and it was merged into Vodafone ...

, a Romanian company * Astral Oil Works, American producers of Astral Oil

Other

* Astral Apartments, a historic apartment building in Brooklyn, New York *

Astral character In the Unicode standard, a plane is a continuous group of 65,536 (216) code points. There are 17 planes, identified by the numbers 0 to 16, which corresponds with the possible values 00–1016 of the first two positions in six position hexadecimal ...

, a Unicode concept * Astral microtubules, a sub population of microtubules * Astral propagation model a US Navy underwater sound propagation loss model * Astral (1923 automobile), a British car of the 1920s * Swing Astral, a German paraglider design

Concepts of the non-physical

Entertainment

Companies

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