English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle French astrologie Latin astrologia ( “ astronomy ” ) , from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία ( astrología , “ telling of the stars ” ) , from ἄστρον ( ástron , “ star, planet, or constellation ” ) + -λογία ( -logía , “ treating of ” ) , combination form of -λόγος ( -lógos , “ one who speaks (in a certain manner) ” ) . Morphologically astro- -logy
Pronunciation [ edit ] astrology (usually uncountable , plural astrologies
Acta eruditorum, 1716 Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies . [from 14th c.]
1971 Keith Thomas , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society, published 2012 , page 274 :For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements.
2012 , The Guardian , (headline), 7 Feb 2012:
Followers of pseudosciences such as astrology often draw spurious parallels between their beliefs and established science. 2018 January 18, Julie Beck, “The New Age of Astrology”, in The Atlantic [1] In some ways, astrology is perfectly suited for the internet age. There’s a low barrier to entry, and nearly endless depths to plumb if you feel like falling down a Google research hole.
Synonyms [ edit ] Hypernyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] star divination
Afrikaans: astrologie sterrewiggelary (af)
Albanian: astrologji (sq)
Arabic: تَنْجِيم m ( tanjīm )
Armenian: աստղագուշակություն (hy) ( astġagušakutʻyun )
Basque: astrologia (eu)
Breton: steredouriezh f
Bulgarian: астрология (bg) f ( astrologija )
Burmese: ဗေဒင် (my) ( bedang ) , ဟူးရား (my) ( hu:ra: ) , ဝေဒ (my) ( weda. )
Catalan: astrologia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 占星學 (zh) ( zhānxīngxué ) , 星相 (zh) ( xīngxiàng )
Czech: astrologie (cs) f hvězdopravectví n
Danish: astrologi c
Dutch: astrologie (nl) f sterrenwichelarij (nl) f
Esperanto: astrologio (eo)
Estonian: astroloogia
Faroese: stjørnuspeki f
Finnish: astrologia (fi)
French: astrologie (fr) f
Galician: astroloxía (gl) f
Georgian: ასტროლოგია ( asṭrologia )
German: Astrologie (de) f
Greek: αστρολογία (el) f ( astrología )
Ancient: ἀστρολογία f ( astrología )
Hindi: ज्योतिष (hi) f ( jyotiṣ )
Hungarian: asztrológia (hu) , csillagjóslás (hu)
Icelandic: stjörnuspeki f stjörnuspáfræði f
Indonesian: astrologi (id)
Irish: astralaíocht f
Italian: astrologia (it) f
Japanese: 占星学 ( senseigaku )
Kannada: ಜ್ಯೋತಿಷ (kn) ( jyōtiṣa )
Khmer: ហោរាសាស្ត្រ ( haoraa saah )
Lao: ໂຫຣາສາດ ໂຫລາສາດ ນັກສັດຕະລະວິທະຍາ ( nak sat ta la wi tha nyā )
Latin: astrologia (la) f
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: astrologija
Macedonian: астрологија f ( astrologija )
Malay: astrologi (ms) , ilmu nujum kaji bintang
Malayalam: ജ്യോതിഷം (ml) ( jyōtiṣaṁ )
Maltese: astroloġija f
Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭥𐭩𐭤 ( ʾḥtʿmʾʿyh /axtarmārīh/ )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: одон зурхай ( odon zurxaj ) , астрологи ( astrologi )
Mongolian: ᠣᠳᠤᠨ ( odun ǰiruqai ) , ᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠷᠤᠯᠤᢉᠢ
Nepali: ज्योतिष (ne) ( jyotiṣ )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: astrologi (no) m
Nynorsk: astrologi m
Occitan: astrologia (oc) f
Persian: ستارهشناسی (fa) , نجوم (fa) , اخترگویی ( axtarguyi )
Polish: astrologia (pl) f
Portuguese: astrologia (pt) f
Romanian: astrologie (ro) f
Russian: астроло́гия (ru) f ( astrológija )
Sanskrit: ज्योतिष (sa) n ( jyotiṣa )
Scottish Gaelic: speuradaireachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: астрологија f
Roman: astrologija (sh) f
Sinhalese: ජෝතිෂ්යය (si) ( jōtiṣyaya )
Slovak: astrológia (sk) f
Slovene: astrologija
Spanish: astrología (es) f
Swahili: unajimu falaki (sw)
Swedish: astrologi (sv) c
Tagalog: astrolohiya
Thai: โหราศาสตร์ (th) ( hǒo-raa-sàat ) , นักษัตรวิทยา (th) ( nák-sàt-dtrà-wít-tá-yaa )
Turkish: astroloji (tr)
Ukrainian: астрологія (uk) f ( astrolohija )
Vietnamese: chiêm tinh học (vi)
Volapük: strolog (vo) , ( obsolete ) lustelav
Welsh: sêr-ddewiniaeth (cy) f astroleg f
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
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