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Definition of Horoscopy
1. Noun. The drawing up and interpretation of horoscopes.
Definition of Horoscopy
1. n. The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events.
Definition of Horoscopy
1. Noun. The casting of horoscopes. ¹
2. Noun. (astrology) The aspect of the stars at the time of a person's birth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Horoscopy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Horoscopy
Literary usage of Horoscopy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Babylonian Horoscopes by Francesca Rochberg (1998)
"It is no reflection on the accessibility of horoscopy for clients outside ...
If, however, Babylonian horoscopy is to be understood as an extension of the ..."
2. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) (1901)
"... Astronomy, Astrology, and horoscopy. My theory is that Astronomy, as we had
in the Vedic times, was a home development; Astrology we got from the Magi, ..."
3. An Explanatory Commentary on Esther: With Four Appendices Consisting of the by Paulus Cassel (1888)
"As they pretended to be able to foretell fortune or misfortune, success or failure,
good or evil days, by means of horoscopy, so their science for kings and ..."
4. The Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira by Varāhamihira, N. C. Iyer (1885)
"... in the province of Avanti and has written this neat work on horoscopy after
a careful examination of the works of the ancient sages on the subject. 10. ..."
5. The Bṛihat Saṃhitâ of Varaha Mihira by Varāhamihira, N Chidambaram Iyer (1884)
"In my work on horoscopy I have fully treated of nativity, of yatra and of marriage.
11. In the present treatise, I havo'rejected questions and re-questions, ..."
6. Leviathan ; Or, The Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall by Thomas Hobbes, Alfred Rayney Waller (1904)
"... or Prophecy : Sometimes in the aspect of the Starres at their Nativity; which
was called horoscopy, and esteemed a part of judiciary Astrology ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... the manuscripts present numerous similarities in these respects, proving that
their writers were working on a like system of horoscopy. ..."
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