ASTROLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does astrology mean? 

• ASTROLOGY (noun)
  The noun ASTROLOGY has 1 sense:

1. a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

  Familiarity information: ASTROLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASTROLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

astrology; star divination

Hypernyms ("astrology" is a kind of...):

pseudoscience (an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions)

Domain member category:

Fish; Pisces ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces)

zodiac ((astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs)

Aquarius; Water Bearer ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius)

Capricorn; Goat ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn)

Archer; Sagittarius ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius)

Scorpio; Scorpion ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio)

Balance; Libra ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra)

Virgin; Virgo ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo)

Leo; Lion ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo)

Cancer; Crab ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer)

Gemini; Twin ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini)

Bull; Taurus ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus)

Aries; Ram ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries)

house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)

trigon; triplicity ((astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "astrology"):

horoscopy (the drawing up and interpretation of horoscopes)

Derivation:

astrologer (someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon)

astrological (relating to or concerned with astrology)

astrologist (someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon)

 Context examples 

Most of them, and especially those who deal in the astronomical part, have great faith in judicial astrology, although they are ashamed to own it publicly.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

In astrology the date you choose to initiate an action matters, so you have all month to plan your first step.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

To give you an idea of how powerful March 20 will be, first you need to know that a conjunction of two planets is the most powerful aspect in astrology.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

With all things in astrology, so much depends on the direction a relationship has taken until now, for an eclipse will magnify feelings to make them clear and unavoidable.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Astrology does not give a predetermined result—you can do what feels right for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I have always felt that the life we experience today is directly related to the work we did 18 months ago, and the mathematics of astrology seem to bear that out.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The more I study astrology, the more I see that the universe is in a hurry for you to use your life and your talents to their fullest extent.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Most students of astrology know the eleventh house (where Mars will travel next) covers your friendships, social activity, and all charitable, community, and humanitarian efforts.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

As is always the case in astrology, it will be up to you to show your desire and intent.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In astrology, this area is not only the place we move up in our career, but also build a lasting legacy­­—in other words, the ultimate contribution you make to the world during your lifetime.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)