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horoscope  


      n  
1    the prediction of a person's future based on a comparison of the zodiacal data for the time of birth with the data from the period under consideration  
2    the configuration of the planets, the sun, and the moon in the sky at a particular moment  
3      (Also called)    chart   a diagram showing the positions of the planets, sun, moon, etc., at a particular time and place  
     (Old English horoscopus, from Latin, from Greek horoskopos ascendant birth sign, from hora hour + -scope)  
  horoscopic      adj  
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