A moving star with a tail, called a beard. If inverted may be blazoned a "shooting star."
No default posture.
No default orientation.
No default tincture.
See also: Comet in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.
Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration. The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.
Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration. The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.
Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration. The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.
Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration. The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP). This variety, with a straight tail, is found in Italian armory.
Source: Insignia Nobilium Patavinorum (Arms of Beneditti, folio 65r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Insignia Nobilium Patavinorum. Artist unknown. (Arms of Beneditti, folio 65r.)
Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration. The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration. The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).
Source: Korjenić-Neorić Armorial (Page 30, arms of Ximracovich). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Korjenić-Neorić Armorial. Artist unknown. (Page 30, arms of Ximracovich.)
Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration. The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).
Source: Stemmario Trivulziano (Arms of da Comma). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Stemmario Trivulziano. (Arms of da Comma.) Artist unknown.
Default alignment: palewise, tail to base. No proper coloration. The estoile may have a a different tincture than its beard but this would be considered a Step From Core Practice (SFCP).
Source: Le second volume de la premiere partye du blason d'armoiries. Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Le second volume de la premiere partye du blason d'armoiries. Artist unknown.
Source: Heraldic Templates. Artist: Torric inn Björn.
Source: Heraldic Templates. Artist: Torric inn Björn.
