It has been said that there are more stars in the heavens than grains of sand on earth. Hard to fathom right? But, given the earth is a tiny, tiny, tiny spec located within 1 of 200 trillion galaxies in the universe, it is easier to consider how this is true.
The ancient African Kamitans (Egyptians) believed that the stars of heaven are souls.
Lighttoformian says, "The stars of the heavens are souls born on earth on a Forgotten Quest of Remembrance. Every person, place, or situation we experience are self-created encounter on our Remembrance Adventure (RA) to discover Who Am I?, Why Am I Here?, and Where Am I Going?
Astrophysicists estimate our universe is 13.8 billion years old. The Milky Way galaxy is estimated to contain between 100 and 200 billion stars. However, our galaxy is 1 of an estimated 200 trillion galaxies in the universe. This means there are at least 200 billion trillion stars in our universe.