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as·trol·o·gy
(?-strol'?-je)
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.
Obsolete. Astronomy.
[Middle English astrologie, from Old French, from Latin astrologia,
from Greek astrologia : astro-, astro- + -logia, -logy.]
as·trol'o·ger n.
as'tro·log'i·cal (as'tr?-loj'i-k?l)
or as'tro·log'ic adj.
as'tro·log'i·cal·ly adv.
hor·o·scope (hôr'?-skop',
hor'-)
n.
The aspect of the planets and stars at a given moment, such
as the moment of a person's birth, used by astrologers.
A diagram of the signs of the zodiac based on such an aspect.
An astrological forecast, as of a person's future, based on
a diagram of the aspect of the planets and stars at a given
moment.
[French, from Old French, from Latin horoscopus, from Greek
horoskopos : hora, hour, season + skopos, observer.]
nu·mer·ol·o·gy
(nu'm?-rol'?-je, nyu'-)
n.
The study of the occult meanings of numbers and their supposed
influence on human life.
[Latin numerus, number; see number + –LOGY.]
nu'mer·o·log'i·cal (-m?r-?-loj'i-k?l)
adj.
nu'mer·ol'o·gist n. |