Horoscope

//ˈhɔ.ɹəˌskoʊp// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.
  2. 2
    a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place wordnet
  3. 3
    An astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information.

    "We must talk of the force of circumstances, of imperative necessity, and find fault with the cruel horoscope which ordained such a fate."

  4. 4
    a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets wordnet

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aspectastrodiagnosisastrologyastromancygenethliac astrologygenethliacism

Example

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"When he opens a magazine, he will usually read his horoscope first."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French horoscope, from Medieval Latin horoscopus, from Ancient Greek ὡροσκόπος (hōroskópos), from ὥρα (hṓra, “any limited time”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”). By surface analysis, horo- + -scope.

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