Astrology 101-Defiinitions for general use and further reference
1. Astrology-The study of the positions and aspects of heavenly bodies with a view to predicting their influence on the course of human affairs.
2. Divination-The art or act of foretelling future events or revealing occult knowledge by means of augury or alleged supernatural agency.
3. Augur-noun
1. One of a group of religious officials of ancient Rome who foretold events
by observing and interpreting signs and omens.
2. A seer or prophet; soothsayer.
4. Augured-verb auguring, augure.
1. To predict or prognosticate, as from signs or omens.
2. To serve as an omen of; betoken.
5. Fortuneteller-A person who, usually for a fee, will undertake to predict future events in a person’s life.
6. Psychic-verb
1a. Of or pertaining to the human mind or psyche.
2a. Of or pertaining to extraordinary, especially extraordinary, especially
extrasensory and nonphysical, mental processes, such as extra sensory
perception and mental telepathy.
Noun
1. An individual apparently responsive to psychic forces.
2. A medium.
7. Medium - A person thought, to have powers of communicating with the
spirits of the dead.
8. Horoscope
(Astrology)
1. The aspect of the planets and stars at a given moment, such as the
moment of a person’s birth.
2. A diagram of the signs of the zodiac based on such a diagram.
9. Zodiac
1a. (Astronomy) A band of the celestial sphere, extending about eight
degrees to either side of the ecliptic, that represents the path of the
principal planets, the moon, and the sun.
1b. (Astrology) This band divided into 12 equal parts called signs, each 30 degrees wide,
bearing the name of a constellation for which it was originally named but with which it no longer coincides owing to the precession of the
equinoxes.
110. Intuition
1a. The act or faculty of knowing without the use of rational processes;
immediate cognition.
1b. Knowledge so gained; a sense of something not evident or deducible.
2. A capacity for guessing accurately; sharp insight.
11. Cognition
1. The mental process or faculty by which knowledge is acquired.
2. That which comes to be known, as through perception, reasoning, or
intuition; knowledge.
12. Soothsayer-One who claims to foretell events; prophet; seer.
13. Seer
1. A prophet.
2. A clairvoyant.
14. Clairvoyance
1. The supposed power to perceive things that are out of the natural
range of human senses, attributed to certain individuals.
2. Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness.
15. Mystic
adjective
1. Of or pertaining to the religious mysteries of Greece and Rome or to
other occult rites.
2. Mysteriously symbolic; inspiring sense of mystery and wonder.
16. Mystical
noun
One who practices or believes in mysticism or a specified form of
mysticism.
17. Mysticism
1a. A spiritual discipline aiming at union with the divine through deep
meditation or
trancelike contemplation.
1b. The experience of such communion, as described by mystics.
2. Any belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or
intellectual apprehension but central to groundless speculation;
superstitious self-delusion.
18. Occult
adjective
1. Of, pertaining to dealing with, or knowledgeable in supernatural
influences, agencies,
or phenomena.
2. Beyond the realm of human comprehension; mysterious, inscrutable.
3. Available only to the initiate; not divulged; secret; occult lore.
4. Rare. Hidden from view; concealed.
19. Ephemeris
1. A table giving the coordinates of one or a number of celestial bodies at
a number of specific times during a given period.
2. A publication that presents a collection of such tables; an
astronomical almanac.