astrology
noun
the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
astrologic
-
a word derived from
astrology.
Example Sentences
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He believed in the influence of the stars upon men, but he enlarged upon the old astrologic faiths.
From Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Gaius Glenn Atkins
It is the so constant linking of the soul's fate with the skyey spaces and the stars, in fond explorings and astrologic dreams.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
"The event justified the astrologic prediction: George IV. died on May 18, 1830, exactly two years from the day on which he had visited the astrologer."
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Henry Smith Williams
There is no power that he fears save that of the stars; and even that he imagines he can bend to his will by studious attention to astrologic portents.
From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas
Again in my native land, I betook myself to astrologic studies, being the more inclined thereto by reason of the years I had spent in contemplating the abstrusities of Siddhartha.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
