Astrology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Astrology \As*trol"o*gy\ ([a^]s*tr[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [F.
     astrologie, L. astrologia, fr. Gr. 'astrologi`a, fr.
     'astrolo`gos astronomer, astrologer; 'asth`r star + lo`gos
     discourse, le`gein to speak. See {Star}.]
     In its etymological signification, the science of the stars;
     among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently,


     the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human
     affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and
     aspects.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Astrology was much in vogue during the Middle Ages, and
           became the parent of modern astronomy, as alchemy did
           of chemistry. It was divided into two kinds: judicial
           astrology, which assumed to foretell the fate and acts
           of nations and individuals, and natural astrology,
           which undertook to predict events of inanimate nature,
           such as changes of the weather, etc.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  astrology
       n : a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the
           planets and sun and moon [syn: {star divination}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "astrology":
     Friday, Friday the thirteenth, appointed lot, aspect,
     astral influences, astrodiagnosis, astromancy, augury,
     book of fate, clairvoyance, constellation, crystal ball,
     crystal gazing, cup, destination, destiny, dies funestis,
     divination, divining, doom, end, fatality, fate, foredoom, fortune,
     fortunetelling, future, genethliac astrology, genethliacism,
     genethliacs, genethlialogy, haruspication, haruspicy, horoscope,
     horoscopy, house, ides of March, inevitability, kismet, lot,
     mansion, mantic, mantology, moira, mundane astrology,
     mundane house, nativity, natural astrology, palm-reading,
     palmistry, planetary house, planets, portion, pythonism, sorcery,
     stargazing, stars, unlucky day, weird, wheel of fortune,
     will of Heaven, zodiac