Can anyone help with this translation? The prop and movie display Alethiometer (golden compass) has Latin inscriptions around the circumference. As far as I’ve been able to find so far, they are:
“Ad astra per aspera. Astra inclinant non necessitant. Disce quasi semper vive quasi cras mortitus.”
Having been over a decade since I studied any Latin the best I can come up with off the top of my head is “To the stars with hope. To ? the stars is not necessary. ? always life ? death.”
I’m wondering 1) If that was the complete inscription 2) What’s a proper translation 3) If the novel Alethiometer had any inscriptions or if this was just a movie thing and 4) Even if it is just a movie thing, do the inscriptions relate in any way to the novel’s themes?