astrology
Meanings
Plural: astrologies
Noun
- a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
- Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French astrologie, and its source, Latin astrologia (“astronomy”), from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrología, “telling of the stars”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star, planet, or constellation”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). Morphologically astro- + -logy.
Synonyms
astromancy, astrosophy, star divination, starcraft
Scrabble Score: 13
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