[Redcloak]

We have a winner!

Stars, as in what we see in the sky, don't stand still over single houses. (Yes, they were in a house when the Wise Men visited them. Read the text. (Matt. 2:1-18) Jesus was ~2 years old at the time which is why Harrod ordered the slaughter of children 2 and under.) "Stars", as in angels, are perfectly capable of appearing over a single house. Also, the Wise Men saw the "Star" several times. Astromonical conjunctions, supernova, and the like don't appear and re-appear like that; Angels do.

[TheCPA]

Here is evidence from within the Bible (both Old Testament and New Testament) that it uses stars as symbols for angels. Also, I have included some related comments from commentaries

Revelation 1:20

The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches

Job 38:4-11

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast F214 understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations F215 thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning STARS [emphasis added] sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Matthew Henry commentary:

"...when the morning-stars sang together, the blessed angels..."

Jamison, Fausett, and Brown commentary:

"morning stars--especially beautiful. The creation morn is appropriately associated with these, it being the commencement of this world's day. The stars are figuratively said to sing God's praises, as in Psalms 19:1, 148:3. They are symbols of the angels, bearing the same relation to our earth, as angels do to us. Therefore they answer to "sons of God," or angels, in the parallel"

Isaiah 14:13

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God

[SpikeG]

Astronomical conjunctions do indeed repeat themselves. When a planet moves to its closest point to the earth in its eliptical, it appears to slow,stop and then move in reverse. This phenomena is known as a retrograde planet. When it moves away from the earth again,it appears to,once again, slow, stop and then resume forward motion.