horoscopy
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- horoscoper noun
- horoscopist noun
Etymology
Origin of horoscopy
Example Sentences
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As far as horoscopy goes, there’s so reason today should be any different than November 13, 2011, or November 13, 2010.
From Salon • Nov. 18, 2012
And, accordingly, the vast and complicated learning of omens, augury, horoscopy and prophetic dreams, relies upon this maxim; for whatever the origin of such superstitions, a single coincidence in their favour triumphantly confirms them.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
But Gianbattista had not studied these matters of physiological horoscopy.
From Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
It is the very error of the position of our lodging; its horoscopy was ill calculated, being just situate in a medium—a plaguy suburban mid-space—fitted to catch idlers from town or country.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles
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