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astrology

/əˈstɹɒlədʒi/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒlədʒi

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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”), a combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). Morphologically astro- + -logy.

noun astrologies · astrol.

uncountable, usually Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies. For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements.
Similar: starcraft, astromancy

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Closest in meaning: star divination, horoscopic, horary, uranology, astromancy, horoscopy, starcraft, starlore, stargazing, astrognosy, uranomancy, sideromancy, iatromathematics, astro, judicial astrology, astroscopy

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noun star divination

Español	astrología
日本語	占星学 senseigaku
中文	占星學 zhānxīngxué, 星相 xīngxiàng
हिन्दी	ज्योतिष jyotiṣ
Kiswahili	unajimu, falaki
Português	astrologia
Français	astrologie
Deutsch	Astrologie
Italiano	astrologia
Ελληνικά	αστρολογία astrología
Română	astrologie
Русский	астроло́гия astrológija
Tiếng Việt	chiêm tinh học
العربية	تَنْجِيم tanjīm

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@misc{astrology_2026,
  title = {astrology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/astrology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}