1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASTROLOGY, the ancient art or science of divining the fate and future of human beings from indications given by the positions of the stars (sun, moon and planets). The belief in a connexion between the heavenly bodies and the life of man has played an important part in human history. For long ages astronomy and astrology (which might be called astromancy. on the same principle as " chiromancy ") were identified; and a distinction is made between " natural astrology," which predicts the motions of the heavenly bodie…
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