From Middle French astrologie, and its source, Latin astrologia, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία, from ἄστρον ("star, planet, or constellation") + -λογία ("treating of"), combination form of -λόγος ("one who speaks (in a certain manner)").

• (British) IPA: /əˈstɹɒlədʒi/

astrology (uncountable)

1. Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies. [from 14th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 274:

     For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements.

   • 2012, The Guardian, (headline), 7 Feb 2012:

     Followers of pseudosciences such as astrology often draw spurious parallels between their beliefs and established science.

• starcraft, astrosophy, astromancy

• astrologer
• astrological
• astrologically
• astrologism

• French: astrologie
• German: Astrologie
• Italian: astrologia
• Portuguese: astrologia
• Russian: астроло́гия
• Spanish: astrología