Star limits parties (12)
I believe the answer is:
celebrations
'parties' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to natural events as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'star limits' is the wordplay.
'star' becomes 'celeb' (I've seen this in another clue).
'limits' becomes 'rations' (rationing is a kind of limiting).
'celeb'+'rations'='CELEBRATIONS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for celebrations that I've seen is " Festivities".)