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Zodiac vs Horoscope - What's the difference?

zodiac | horoscope |

As nouns the difference between zodiac and horoscope

is that zodiac is the belt-like region of the celestial sphere approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which thousands of years ago included the apparent path of the sun, moon, and planets while horoscope is an astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information.

zodiac

English

(wikipedia zodiac)

Alternative forms

* zodiack (obsolete) * Zodiac

Noun

(s)
  • (astrology) The belt-like region of the celestial sphere approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which thousands of years ago included the apparent path of the sun, moon, and planets.
  • (astrology) The twelve equal divisions of the astrological zodiacal region into signs, or houses, of the zodiac, each sign named after a constellation in this region.
  • (astronomy) The belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year, the ecliptic.
  • (countable) A circle decorated with the signs of the zodiac.
  • Any of various astrological systems considered similar to the above.
  • * 1998 , Sylvia Sikundar and Barbara DuMoulin, Celebrating Our Cultures , Pembroke Publishers Limited, ISBN 978-1-55138-102-2, page 58:
  • Discussing both Chinese and Western zodiacs might be a prewriting activity.

    Derived terms

    * zodiacal * zodiacal light * zodiac sign

    See also

    * ecliptic

    horoscope

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia horoscope) (en noun)
  • an astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information
  • the position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions
  • See also

    * astrology * pseudoscience