Why Are Romeo And Juliet Called "Star-crossed Lovers"?

"Star-crossed" or "star-crossed lovers" is a phrase describing a pair of lovers whos realtionship is thought to be doomed from the start.  The phrase is considered an astrological phrase.  Anouther example of a star crossed lover is guenivere and lancelot or tristan and isolde.

Romeo and Juliet are considered to be "star-crossed Lovers" because of the way that their love was written in fate. From the very beginning of the play, when The Chorus claimed that the couple was star-crossed, to the end, when Romeo just happened to die RIGHT BEFORE Juliet awoke seconds later, the book is written with many different layers of fate and . . .

There is a belief that your fate was written in the stars.

To be star-crossed, means to be ill-fated, unlucky, not favoured by the stars.

If Romeo and Juliet are star-cross'd lovers their love affair has no hope. They are fated to come to a bad end, which is exactly what happens to them.

The idea is that their fate was "written in the stars" (as some people believe in fate, astrology, etc) and sadly their stars/fate did not allow them to be together - they were "crossed" or thwarted by fate (in the shape of their warring families etc.)

Cause they will die and their love can never be

Because they die they can never be together