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astrology | saturnal |

As a noun astrology

is divination]] about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of [[celestial body|celestial bodies.

As an adjective saturnal is

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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

    See also

    * astronomy

    saturnal

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Saturnal

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mythology, astrology) Of or pertaining to the Ancient Roman god Saturn or to the corresponding planetary entity in astrology.
  • * 2004 , Mantak Chia and Dirk Oellibrandt, Taoist Astral Healing: Chi Kung Healing Practices Using Star and Planet Energies , ISBN 9780892810895, p. 92:
  • This increased period extends in the trans-Saturnal sphere of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

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