Na-tiv'i-ty, n.

n. [Lat. nativitas, Fr. nativité, Pr. nativitat, Sp. natividad, It. natività. See supra.]

1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; as, the feast of Christmas is observed in memory of Christ's nativity.
2. Time, place, or circumstances of birth.

These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield us pregnant with infernal flame. Milton. 3. (Astrol.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies at the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope. To cast, or calculate, one's nativity (Astrol.), to find out and represent the position of the heavens at the time of one's birth.