Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The study of the positions and aspects of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs.
- n. Obsolete Astronomy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The science or doctrine of the stars; practical astronomy; astronomy in its earliest form. The term is now restricted in meaning to the pseudo-science or art properly called
mundane astrology , which assumes that the heavenly bodies exert, according to their relative positions at certain times, a direct influence upon human life and destiny, and which proposes to determine in any given case what this influence is, and thus to foretell the future. Thus, one's temperament was ascribed to the planet under which he was born, as saturnine from Saturn, jovial from Jupiter, mercurial fromMercury , etc.; and the virtues of herbs, gems, and medicines were supposed to be due to their ruling planets. - n. An old name for the plant bistort, Polygonum Bistorta.
- n. That branch of astrology which professes to predict natural effects, as changes of the weather, winds, storms, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. The study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies and their supposed influence on human affairs.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
Etymologies
- Surface form astro- + -logy. From Latin astrologia ("astronomy"), from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrologia, "telling of the stars"), from ἄστρον (astron, "star, planet, or constellation") + -λογία (-logia, "treating of"), combination form of -λόγος (-logos, "one who speaks (in a certain manner)"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English astrologie, from Old French, from Latin astrologia, from Greek astrologiā : astro-, astro- + -logiā, -logy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“As a wry aside: The Heretic, if you place any credence in astrology, is most likely a Libra.”
“The word astrology comes from astro and logos, literally meaning the language of the stars.”
“The history and geography of the world were familiar to his memory: the lives of the heroes of the East, perhaps of the West, 6 excited his emulation: his skill in astrology is excused by the folly of the times, and supposes some rudiments of mathematical science; and a profane taste for the arts is betrayed in his liberal invitation and reward of the painters of”
“It was only after my son was born and I had a friend who was interested in astrology, especially the influence of the moon, that I got to understand better about the cycles of the moon and those horse stud calendars all made more sense to me.”
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“As we already know astrology is wrong, there's no need to get it right, is there?”
“I have to admit, the equation of global warming denialism to astrology is quite apt.”
“She believes in astrology, blaming or praising May and me for one thing or another because we were born in the Year of the Sheep and the Year of the Dragon, respectively. next »”
“Consider the answer Behe provided to this question about the scientific allies of intelligent design posed by ACLU attorney Eric Rothschild: "But you are clear, under your definition, the definition that sweeps in intelligent design, astrology is also a scientific theory, correct?”
“You're saying that Michael Behe believes astrology is a science.”
“Q But you are clear, under your definition, the definition that sweeps in intelligent design, astrology is also a scientific theory, correct?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘astrology’.
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of stars or space
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Chainlink's Words
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junemoonchild's Favorite Words
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Samme's Words
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (A)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
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Doctor Faustus
Various words from the play by Christopher Marlowe.
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junestag's Words
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soul mate
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the a list
self-explanatory...
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Simply Divine
Methods of divination.
necromancy, aeromancy, astrology, bibliomancy, dowsing, extispicy, geomancy, graphology, hagiomancy, hieromancy, numerology, oneiromancy and 20 more...
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magic
words for your grimiore
prophecy, necromancy, grimoire, tasseography, palmisrty, talisman, pentical, beshrew, soothsaying, paranormal, supernatural, magic and 39 more...
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She Blinded Me With Pseudoscience
With enough jargon and statistics, hucksters can make you believe anything. He may be wearing a lab coat, but he ain't your friend.
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CandyComa's list
CRAZY RANDOM
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Moon
grapefruit, full, moonshadow, moondance, a display of one'..., waning, new, river, lunar, phase, man in the, apollo and 53 more...
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taking the auspices
Being kinds of and related to divination.
augur, catoptromancy, aleuromancy, aeromancy, austromancy, ceraunoscopy, chaomancy, nephomancy, meteormancy, ailuromancy, alectryomancy, gyromancy and 69 more...
Tweets
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Hondoe Astrology has had a revered place in most ancient cultures. While modern science, and Western religions throughout the ages, have been adversarial to astrology, and created a disparaging view of astrology, with the advent of personal computer astrology software and accurate birth times (the Achilles Heel of natal astrology is the dependency upon accurate birth times), astrology is experiencing a renascence.
There are now many different and active schools of astrology including Vedic, Modern Western, Medieval, Cosmobiology, Hellenistic, Huber, Chinese, Tibetan, Mayan, and more. Jun 9, 2009
vanishedone It's also forgotten about the constellations of the Zodiac, despite the etymology of astrology. Oct 10, 2008
bilby Uffa, WordNet has it in for the astrologers! And how! Oct 10, 2008