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astrology 音标拼音: [əstr'ɑlədʒi]
n. 占星术,占星学 占星术,占星学 astrology n 1: a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon [ synonym: { astrology}, { star divination}] Astrology \ As* trol" o* gy\ ([ a^] s* tr[ o^] l"[- o]* j[ y^]), n. [ F. astrologie, L. astrologia, fr. Gr. ' astrologi` a, fr. ' astrolo` gos astronomer, astrologer; ' asth` r star lo` gos discourse, le` gein to speak. See { Star}.] In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Astrology was much in vogue during the Middle Ages, and became the parent of modern astronomy, as alchemy did of chemistry. It was divided into two kinds: judicial astrology, which assumed to foretell the fate and acts of nations and individuals, and natural astrology, which undertook to predict events of inanimate nature, such as changes of the weather, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 62 Moby Thesaurus words for " astrology": Friday, Friday the thirteenth, appointed lot, aspect, astral influences, astrodiagnosis, astromancy, augury, book of fate, clairvoyance, constellation, crystal ball, crystal gazing, cup, destination, destiny, dies funestis, divination, divining, doom, end, fatality, fate, foredoom, fortune, fortunetelling, future, genethliac astrology, genethliacism, genethliacs, genethlialogy, haruspication, haruspicy, horoscope, horoscopy, house, ides of March, inevitability, kismet, lot, mansion, mantic, mantology, moira, mundane astrology, mundane house, nativity, natural astrology, palm- reading, palmistry, planetary house, planets, portion, pythonism, sorcery, stargazing, stars, unlucky day, weird, wheel of fortune, will of Heaven, zodiac
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