\Na*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Nativies}. [F. nativit['e], L.
nativitas. See {Native}, and cf. {Na["i]vet['E]}.]
1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the
   circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner,
   etc. --Chaucer.
         I have served him from the hour of my nativity.
                                               --Shak.
         Thou hast left . . . the land of thy nativity.
                                               --Ruth ii. 11.
         These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield
         us, pregnant with infernal flame.     --Milton.
2. (Fine Arts) A picture representing or symbolizing the
   early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in
   a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to
   express the stable in which he was born.
3. (Astrol.) A representation of the positions of the
   heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to
   indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.
{The Nativity}, the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas
   day.
{To}
{cast, or calculate},
{one's nativity} (Astrol.), to find out and represent the
   position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one's
   birth.