horoscope
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈhɒ.ɹə.skəʊp/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈhɔ.ɹəˌskoʊp/
Noun

horoscope (plural horoscopes)

  1. The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.
  2. An astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, page 90 ↗:
      We must talk of the force of circumstances, of imperative necessity, and find fault with the cruel horoscope which ordained such a fate.
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