"horoscope" Definition

Definitions for the word "horoscope" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
1 forecast of a person''s future from a diagram showing the relative positions of the stars and planets at his or her birth. 2 such a diagram. [greek hora time, skopos observer]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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