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horoscope

hor·o·scope [ háwrə skp ] (plural hor·o·scopes)


noun 
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1. astrological forecast: an astrologer's description of the personality and future of a person based on the position of the planets in relation to the sign of the zodiac under which the person was born

2. diagram of planetary relationship: the positions of the stars or planets relative to each another at a specific moment, especially the time of somebody's birth, or a diagram of these positions

[Pre-12th century. Via Latin< Greek hōroskopos "time observer" < hōra "time, hour" (of birth)]

hor·o·scop·ic [ hàwrə skóppik ] adjective
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