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astrology

[ uh-strol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
  2. Obsolete. the science of astronomy.


astrology

/ ˌæstrəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; əˈstrɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of the motions and relative positions of the planets, sun, and moon, interpreted in terms of human characteristics and activities
  2. the primitive study of celestial bodies, which formed the basis of astronomy


astrology

  1. A study of the positions and relationships of the sun , moon , stars , and planets in order to judge their influence on human actions. Astrology, unlike astronomy , is not a scientific study and has been much criticized by scientists. ( See zodiac (see also zodiac ).)


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Derived Forms

  • ˌastroˈlogically, adverb
  • astrological, adjective
  • asˈtrologer, noun

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Other Words From

  • as·trolo·ger as·trolo·gist noun
  • as·tro·log·i·cal [a-str, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], astro·logic as·trol·o·gous [uh, -, strol, -, uh, -g, uh, s], adjective
  • astro·logi·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of astrology1

1325–75; Middle English < Latin astrologia < Greek. See astro-, -logy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of astrology1

C14: from Old French astrologie, from Latin astrologia, from Greek, from astrologos (originally: astronomer); see astro- , -logy

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Example Sentences

Astrology and black magic are forbidden in Islam; not an obscure point and one that Monis likely knew.

Lynch invented a personal astrology where keys are cut, but the locks are never fashioned.

Lennon and Ono made many decisions based on astrology and the reading of tarot cards.

“[T]he unaffiliated are about as likely as Christians to believe in reincarnation, astrology, or the evil eye,” the report says.

Not as exotic as it sounds: in New York, we have crystals, astrology, and exorcism salts.

Let us suppose that any one who denied the old crude errors of astrology was persecuted as a heretic.

In astrology, each planet was said to have two mansions, except the sun and moon, which had but one apiece.

His treatise on judicial astrology was translated into Latin by Johannes Hispalensis in the thirteenth century.

But, like so many master-minds of the Middle Ages, he was unable wholly to resist the fascinations of alchemy and astrology.

The practice of astrology must have been exceedingly lucrative, for Lilly is known to have acquired a considerable fortune.

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