astrology

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Etymology

Surface form astro- + -logy. From Latin astrologia (“astronomy”), from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrologia, “telling of the stars”), from ἄστρον (astron, “star, planet, or constellation”) + -λογία (-logia, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-logos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əsˈtrɒlədʒi/

Noun

astrology (usually uncountable; plural astrologies)

1. Divination about human affairs from the relative positions of celestial bodies.

Synonyms

• starcraft, astrosophy, astromancy

Related terms

• astrologer
• astrological
• astrologically
• astrologism

Translations

star-divination

• Albanian: astrologji (sq)
• Arabic: التنجيم (ar) (al tanjiim) m
• Armenian: աստղագուշակություն (hy) (astġagušakut'yun)
• Basque: astrologia (eu)
• Catalan: astrologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 占星學 (cmn), 占星学 (cmn) (zhānxīngxué)

• Czech: astrologie (cs) f
• Danish: astrologi (da) c
• Dutch: astrologie (nl) f, sterrenwichelarij (nl) f
• Finnish: astrologia (fi)
• French: astrologie (fr) f
• German: Astrologie (de) f
• Greek: αστρολογία (el) (astrología) f
• Hungarian: asztrológia (hu), csillagjóslás (hu)
• Icelandic: stjörnuspeki (is) f, stjörnuspáfræði (is) f

• Japanese: 占星学 (ja) (せんせいじゅつ, senseigaku)
• Khmer: ហោរាសាស្ត្រ (km) (haoraa saah)
• Macedonian: астрологија (mk) (astrológija) f
• Malay: astrologi (ms), ilmu nujum (ms), kaji bintang (ms)
• Persian: ستاره‌شناسی (fa), نجوم (fa)
• Polish: astrologia (pl) f
• Romanian: astrologie (ro) f
• Russian: астрология (ru) (astrológija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: астрологија (sh) f, звјездогатња (sh) f

  Roman: astrologija (sh) f, zvjezdogatnja (sh) f

• Spanish: astrología (es) f
• Swahili: ramli (sw)
• Tagalog: astrolohiya (tl)
• Volapük: strolog (vo), (obsolete) lustelav (vo)

See also

• astronomy