astrologer

Variant of astrology

noun

  1. Historical primitive astronomy
  2. a system of methods, theories, etc. based on the assumption that the positions of the moon, sun, and stars affect human affairs and that one can foretell the future by studying the stars, etc.

Origin: ME astrologie < L & Gr astrologia, astronomy, astrology < astron, star + -logia, -logy

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