Meanings
nounhoroscope (plural horoscopes)
plural horoscopes
- 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 1031 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
Origin
- Ancient Greekὡροσκόπος
- Medieval Latinhoroscopus
- Middle Frenchhoroscope
- 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.
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Arabic خَرِيطَةُ الْبُرُوج, أَبْرَاج
- خَرِيطَةُ الْبُرُوج (ḵarīṭatu l-burūj)astrological forecast
- أَبْرَاج (ʔabrāj)astrological forecast
- طَالِعُ أَبْرَاج (ṭāliʕu ʔabrāj)astrological forecast
Bengali রাশিফল
- রাশিফল (raśiphol)astrological forecast
Bulgarian хороско́п
- хороско́п (horoskóp)astrological forecast
Catalan horòscop
- horòscopastrological forecast
Chinese Mandarin 天宮圖 /天宫图, 占星
- 天宮圖 /天宫图 (tiāngōngtú)position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
- 占星 (zhānxīng)astrological forecast
- 星座運勢 /星座运势 (xīngzuò yùnshì)astrological forecast
- 星占 (xīngzhān)astrological forecast
Czech horoskop
- horoskopastrological forecast
Danish horoskop
- horoskopastrological forecast
Dutch horoscoop
- horoscoopastrological forecast
Esperanto horoskopo
- horoskopoastrological forecast
Estonian horoscoop
- horoscoopastrological forecast
Finnish horoskooppi
- horoskooppiastrological forecast
French horoscope
- horoscopeastrological forecast
German Horoskop, Horoskop
- Horoskopposition of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
- Horoskopastrological forecast
Greek ωροσκόπιο
- ωροσκόπιο (oroskópio)astrological forecast
Hebrew הוֹרוֹסְקוֹפּ
- הוֹרוֹסְקוֹפּ (horoskóp)astrological forecast
Hindi जन्मकुंडली, राशिफल
- जन्मकुंडली (janmakuṇḍlī)position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
- राशिफल (rāśiphal)astrological forecast
- जन्मकुंडली (janmakuṇḍlī)astrological forecast
- जन्मपत्री (janmapatrī)astrological forecast
Hungarian horoszkóp
- horoszkópastrological forecast
Icelandic stjörnuspá
- stjörnuspáastrological forecast
Indonesian horoskop
- horoskopastrological forecast
Irish tuismeá
- tuismeáastrological forecast
Italian oroscopo
- oroscopoastrological forecast
Japanese ホロスコープ, 星占い
- ホロスコープ (horosukōpu)astrological forecast
- 星占い (hoshiuranai)astrological forecast
Korean 운세, 천궁도
- 운세 (unse)astrological forecast
- 천궁도 (cheon'gungdo)astrological forecast
- 별점 (byeoljeom)astrological forecast
- 점성 (jeomseong)astrological forecast
Latvian horoskops
- horoskopsastrological forecast
Lithuanian horoskopas
- horoskopasastrological forecast
Malay horoskop
- horoskopastrological forecast
Norwegian Bokmål horoskop
- horoskopastrological forecast
Polish horoskop, horoskop
- horoskopposition of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
- horoskopastrological forecast
Portuguese horóscopo
- horóscopoastrological forecast
Romanian horoscop
- horoscopastrological forecast
Russian гороско́п, гороско́п
- гороско́п (goroskóp)position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
- гороско́п (goroskóp)astrological forecast
Slovak horoskop
- horoskopastrological forecast
Spanish horóscopo
- horóscopoastrological forecast
Swedish horoskop
- horoskopastrological forecast
Tamil ஜாதகம், கட்டம்
- ஜாதகம் (jātakam)astrological forecast
- கட்டம் (kaṭṭam)astrological forecast
Thai ดวงชะตา
- ดวงชะตา (duuang-chá-dtaa)astrological forecast
Turkish horoskop, burç
- horoskopastrological forecast
- burçastrological forecast
- doğum haritasıastrological forecast
- yıldız haritasıastrological forecast
Ukrainian гороско́п
- гороско́п (horoskóp)astrological forecast
Urdu زائِچَہ
- زائِچَہ (zāica)astrological forecast
Vietnamese biểu tử vi, lá số tử vi
- biểu tử viastrological forecast
- lá số tử viastrological forecast
- tử viastrological forecast
Cite this entry
APA
horoscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horoscope
MLA
“horoscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horoscope. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horoscope,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horoscope.
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