Definitions for astrologer
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. astrologer, astrologistnoun

   someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. astrologernoun

   One who studies or practices astrology.

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1. Astrologernoun

   Etymology: astrologus, Lat. from ἀστϱον and λόγος.

   1. One that, supposing the influences of the stars to have a causal power, professes to foretel or discover events depending on those influences.

   Not unlike that which astrologers call a conjunction of planets, of no very benign aspect the one to the other. Henry Wotton.

   A happy genius is the gift of nature: it depends on the influence of the stars, say the astrologers; on the organs of the body, say the naturalists; it is the particular gift of heaven, say the divines, both christians and heathens. John Dryden, Pr. Dufr.

   Astrologers, that future fates foreshew. Alexander Pope.

   I never heard a finer satire against lawyers, than that of astrologers, when they pretend, by rules of art, to tell when a suit will end, and whether to the advantage of the plaintiff or defendant. Jonathan Swift.

   2. It was antiently used for one that understood or explained the motions of the planets, without including prediction.

   A worthy astrologer now living, who, by the help of perspective glasses, hath found in the stars many things unknown to the ancients, affirms much to have been discovered in Venus. Walter Raleigh, Hist. of the World.

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1. astrologer

   Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects. Different cultures have employed forms of astrology since at least the 2nd millennium BCE, these practices having originated in calendrical systems used to predict seasonal shifts and to interpret celestial cycles as signs of divine communications. Most, if not all, cultures have attached importance to what they observed in the sky, and some—such as the Hindus, Chinese, and the Maya—developed elaborate systems for predicting terrestrial events from celestial observations. Western astrology, one of the oldest astrological systems still in use, can trace its roots to 19th–17th century BCE Mesopotamia, from where it spread to Ancient Greece, Rome, the Islamic world, and eventually Central and Western Europe. Contemporary Western astrology is often associated with systems of horoscopes that purport to explain aspects of a person's personality and predict significant events in their lives based on the positions of celestial objects; the majority of professional astrologers rely on such systems.: 83 Throughout most of its history, astrology was considered a scholarly tradition and was common in academic circles, often in close relation with astronomy, alchemy, meteorology, and medicine. It was present in political circles and is mentioned in various works of literature, from Dante Alighieri and Geoffrey Chaucer to William Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, and Calderón de la Barca. During the Enlightenment, however, astrology lost its status as an area of legitimate scholarly pursuit. Following the end of the 19th century and the wide-scale adoption of the scientific method, researchers have successfully challenged astrology on both theoretical: 249  and experimental grounds, and have shown it to have no scientific validity or explanatory power. Astrology thus lost its academic and theoretical standing, and common belief in it has largely declined, until a resurgence starting in the 1960s.

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1. astrologer

   An astrologer is a person who studies the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world using astrology, an ancient system of divination. Astrologers often create horoscopes or provide insights and predictions about a person's character, life events, or the future based on these celestial observations.

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1. Astrologernoun

   one who studies the stars; an astronomer

2. Astrologernoun

   one who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars

3. Etymology: [See Astrology.]

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1. Astrologer

   An astrologer practices one or more forms of astrology. Typically an astrologer draws a horoscope for the time of an event, such as a person's birth, and interprets celestial points and their placements at the time of the event to better understand someone, determine the auspiciousness of an undertaking's beginning, etc. However, the methods employed by astrologers are variable and depend on the particular astrological tradition they employ and the information desired. In the far past, the role often entailed astronomical observation or manual calculation of celestial phenomena. In more modern times, however, these methods have largely been replaced by pre-calculated ephemerides and astrological software. Historically the term mathematicus was used to denote a person proficient in astrology, astronomy, and mathematics. No accredited universities in the United States or the United Kingdom offer degrees in astrology though a number of Indian schools do. While there are a number of astrological associations throughout the world, there is no central governing body that has special license to certify astrologers.

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How to pronounce astrologer?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of astrologer in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of astrologer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of astrologer in a Sentence

1. The Nobel laureate:

   As I'm not an astrologer, I cannot say what the situation will be, i'm just a politician. As politicians we can calculate, but we can't assume the situation will happen as we calculate.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=astrologer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Astrologer
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=astrologer
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrologer
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astrologer
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=astrologer