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Horoscope

//ˈhɔ.ɹəˌskoʊp// noun

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Noun

1
The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.
2
a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place wordnet
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
a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets wordnet

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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