astrology
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- noun
- /əˈstrɑːlədʒi/
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astrología
- Astrology suggests that the position of the stars can influence our personalities.
- believe in astrology
- ancient astrology
Like I respect astrology, but I don't adhere to it.
- Like I respect astrology, but I don't adhere to it.
- Where does astrology fit into that meaning?
- And of course astronomy is a real science, astrology is not.
- I know a lot of people are big on astrology.
- Stop attributing anything in your life to astrology.
- So at the Senna writes a book against astrology.
- And a laundry list of these people believed in things like astrology and eugenics, healing crystals.
- Some people meditate, some people like therapy, some people like crystals, some people like astrology.
- Same thing for astronomy and the astrology of the fortune teller, right?
Examples
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I really don't know much about astrology, so I'm going to take a wild guess.
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My Zodiac sign is Aries, but in Chinese astrology, my sign is a dragon.
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Do I believe that astrology is a type of science, a soft science?
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In the morning, I picked up my astrology books and began to study.
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Wait, have you been reading up on astrology?
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We might as well be discussing astrology.
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"I can't get the hang of this!" I threw down my astrology book in frustration.
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You know, mystical things like astrology and crystals and Tarot.
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Many people enjoy reading their horoscopes as a form of astrology.
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She studied astrology for years and believes it offers insights into human relationships.
Synonyms
To try to tell the future by reading where the sun, moon, and planets are
How Scientific
Surface Forms
Morphology
astrology = astro (semi-transparent) = astro + logy
The word is transparently built from 'astro' and '-logy', but the modern meaning is a specialized study of supposed celestial influence rather than a straightforward 'study of stars'.
Etymology
The word astrology comes from the Greek parts astron meaning 'star' and -logy meaning 'study', the same astro- you see in astronaut and astronomy. So astrology is literally a 'study of the stars', and that is why it means looking at the positions of stars and planets to predict or explain people's lives.