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ASTROLOGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does astrologer mean?
• ASTROLOGER (noun)
The noun ASTROLOGER has 1 sense:
1. someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon
Familiarity information: ASTROLOGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
astrologer; astrologist
Hypernyms ("astrologer" is a kind of...):
forecaster; predictor; prognosticator; soothsayer (someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge))
Instance hyponyms:
Michel de Notredame; Nostradamus (French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566))
Derivation:
astrology (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Context examples
Ancient astrologers called it the house of transformation—the surgeon takes away the part of you that has hurt you so that you can heal.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If you have not been well, keep in mind that astrologers also call Jupiter the planet of miracles.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Today, astrologers look to both planets to forecast your upcoming opportunities.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Uranus will be in what astrologers call trine position from his perch in Taurus three degrees, making for a perfect harmony to the eclipse in Capricorn four degrees.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Astrologers view the sweep of time in a very different way than other people.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Today, astrologers look to Uranus first and then to Saturn to see what type of opportunities would be coming up for you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Venus is at her most loving when touring Pisces, and astrologers call this Venus’ exalted placement, her finest place to be.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Astrologers have called that rare aspect the dictator’s aspect.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Astrologers know that Venus is exalted in Pisces, which means that when Venus is in this sign, she exudes her most loving and giving qualities to others.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Astrologers view time differently than other people—we calculate the past and future together in one bell curve.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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