horoscope

What it means

1. The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.
2. An astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information.

   "Ah, min hart! And what day was it?" "How curious you are! Do you want to cast my horoscope?"

   1855, William Hurton, chapter XXIII, in The Doomed Ship; or, The Wreck of the Arctic Regions, London: Willoughby & Co., […], →OCLC, page 103

   1 more example

   We must talk of the force of circumstances, of imperative necessity, and find fault with the cruel horoscope which ordained such a fate.

   1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 90

In a sentence

We must talk of the force of circumstances, of imperative necessity, and find fault with the cruel horoscope which ordained such a fate.

1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 90

Where it comes from

1. Ancient Greekὡροσκόπος
2. Medieval Latinhoroscopus
3. Middle Frenchhoroscope
4. Englishhoroscope

Borrowed from Middle French horoscope, from Medieval Latin horoscopus, from Ancient Greek ὡροσκόπος (hōroskópos), from ὥρα (hṓra, “any limited time”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”). By surface analysis, horo- + -scope.