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Stars as lifeforms "“ is it possible?

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I'm currently enamored with the idea of having a species of living, sapient stars (called "astrae") as the firstborn children of the gods in my space fantasy setting. Magic exists in this setting, so it's perfectly possible that I could just handwave it and say that astrae exist because magic or they're made of magic and just look and act like stars or their excess of numen (divinity) allows them to exist. It's a fantasy set in space "“ I'm fine with ignoring blatant impossibilities for the sake of having living, magic-wielding stars in the mythologies and lore of this universe.

But, both magic and evolution (because they were created; they did not evolve) aside, is it possible to have 'stellar organisms'? Could a star or star-like object (e.g., luminous spheres of plasma held together by their own gravity with thermonuclear fusion occurring within) accommodate cell-like, organ-like, and brain-like structures so as to allow memories and complex reasoning? Or should this be a case of "screw it, my world has magic, and what I say goes"?

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