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Astrology vs Astrotheology - What's the difference?

astrology | astrotheology |

As nouns the difference between astrology and astrotheology

is that astrology is divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies while astrotheology is theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies.

astrology

English

(wikipedia astrology)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Divination]] about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of [[celestial body, celestial bodies.
  • * c. 1390 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), Canterbury Tales , Harleian manuscript:
    • a pore scoler / had lerned art but al his fantasye / was torned for to lerne astrologye […].
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 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.

    Synonyms

    * , astromancy

    Related terms

    * astrologer * astrological * astrologically * astrologism * judicial astrology * natural astrology

    See also

    * astronomy

    astrotheology

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies.
    • (Derham)
    (Webster 1913)