Wandering star refers to the classical planets: the word 'planet' comes from the Greek word πλανήτης (planētēs), meaning 'wanderer'.

Wandering star may also refer to:

Literature Wandering Star (novel) (Étoile errante), a 1992 novel by French author J. M. G. Le Clézio Wandering Stars (Aleichem novel), a novel by Sholem Aleichem serialized in Warsaw newspapers (1909–1911) Wandering Stars (anthology), a 1974 anthology of Jewish science fiction and fantasy Wandering Stars (Orange novel), a 2024 novel by Tommy Orange

Music "Wand'rin' Star", a song from the 1951 Broadway musical comedy Paint Your Wagon "Wandering Star", a song by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds "Wandering Star", a song by Portishead from their 1994 album Dummy "Wandering Star", a song by Lisa Gerrard from her 2006 album The Silver Tree "Wandering Star", a song by Empire of the Sun from 2014 written for the film Dumb and Dumber To

Other Wandering Stars, the series of paintings by Russian artist Igor Kalinauskas (2005) Wandering Stars, a reference to false teachers which were misleading Christians in Jude 1:13 , 1927 Soviet Ukrainian film

See also Shooting star (disambiguation)