horoscope

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an astrological forecast of a person's future, often published according to their zodiac sign

   I read my horoscope in the newspaper for amusement.

2. 2
   noun

   a chart showing the positions of celestial bodies at a particular time, especially at a person's birth

   The astrologer drew a horoscope based on her birth date.

From French horoscope and Latin horoscopus, ultimately from Greek hōroskopos, ‘observer of the hour,’ formed from hōra (‘hour, season’) and skopos (‘observer’). It originally denoted the celestial configuration observed at birth.

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