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judicial_astrology

judicial astrology

English

Noun

judicial astrology (uncountable)

  1. (now historical) The supposed divination of human affairs based on the motions of the stars and planets (as opposed to natural astrology). [from 16th c.]
    • 1650, John Raunce, (title):
      A brief Declaration against Judicial Astrologie.
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 340:
      Similarly in Cambridge it was maintained in 1603 that judicial astrology was a mere imposture.