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horoscope 音标拼音: [h'ɔrəsk ,op] n. 占星术 占星术 horoscope n 1: a prediction of someone' s future based on the relative positions of the planets 2: a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and placeHoroscope \ Hor" o* scope\, n. [ F. horoscope, L. horoscopus, fr. Gr. ?, adj., observing hours or times, esp. observing the hour of birth, n., a horoscope; ? hour ? to view, observe. See { Hour}, and {- scope}.] 1. ( Astrol.) ( a) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person' s birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person' s life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment. ( b) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places. -- Heyse. Horoscoper18 Moby Thesaurus words for " horoscope": aspect, astrodiagnosis, astrology, astromancy, genethliac astrology, genethliacism, genethliacs, genethlialogy, horoscopy, house, mansion, mundane astrology, mundane house, nativity, natural astrology, planetary house, stargazing, zodiac
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