We think, then, that they may be designated as living beings, for this reason, that they are said to receive commandments from God, which is ordinarily the case only with rational beings. I have given a commandment to all the stars, says the Lord. What, now, are these commandments? Those, namely, that each star, in its order and course, should bestow upon the world the amount of splendour which has been entrusted to it. For those which are called planets move in orbits of one kind, and those which are termed ἀπλανεῖς are different. Now it manifestly follows from this, that neither can the movement of that body take place without a soul, nor can living things be at any time without motion. (Book I, Chapter 7, Part 3)

We know much more than Origen about the planets and stars.

Are these living beings? Not, perhaps, as Origen imagined. But they experience change, motion, growth, and death.

Are these rational beings? I might be able to define rational as to prompt an affirmative.

Do they have a soul? This morning's crescent moon rising behind the clouds is soulful, but does the moon have a fundamental spiritual character that is animating and ultimately defining?

Before assuming our greater knowledge has the answer, let's further consider where Origen is going.