"Stars", which are a continual motif in the play, would bring Astrology immediately to mind to an Elizabethan. Astrology said that your fate was "written in the stars", and so implies that the sad fate of the lovers was foreordained and no matter how they planned, misfortune would bring them to that end. All of this is implied in the phrase "star-crossed lovers" in the Prologue and is continually reinforced throughout the play.
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