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astrology

noun
/əˈstɹɒlədʒi/UK

Etymology

From Middle French astrologie, and its source, Latin astrologia (“astronomy”), from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrología, “telling of the stars”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star, planet, or constellation”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), a combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). Morphologically astro- + -logy.

  1. derived from ἀστρολογία — “telling of the stars”
  2. derived from astrologia — “astronomy”
  3. derived from astrologie

Definitions

  1. Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of…

    Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.

    • For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements.
    • Followers of pseudosciences such as astrology often draw spurious parallels between their beliefs and established science.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at astrology. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at astrology. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at astrology

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA