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horoscope noun & verb. OE.
[In early use from Latin horoscopus from Greek horoskopos nativity, horoscope, etc., from hora time, hour + skopos observer (cf. SCOPE noun1); later from Old & mod. French.]
A. noun. An observation of the sky and the configuration of the planets at a particular moment, esp. at a person's birth; a diagram showing such a configuration of the planets; a prediction of a person's future based on this. Formerly also spec., the ascendant. OE.
R. Davies Request for my birth date and hour, as he would..cast my horoscope.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Cast the horoscope of (a person). rare. E17.
horoscoper noun (now rare) an astrologer M16.
horo'scopic adjective M19.
horo'scopical adjective L18.
ho'roscopy noun the casting of horoscopes M17.