zodiacal

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/zoʊˈdaɪ.ə.kəl/

adjective

Of or pertaining to the zodiac.

Meanings

adjectivezodiacal (comparative more zodiacal, superlative most zodiacal)

comparative more zodiacal · superlative most zodiacal

  1. astrologyOf or pertaining to the zodiac.

    She knew by heart everyone’s Zodiacal sign.

    1959, Muriel Spark, chapter 2, in Memento Mori, New York: New Directions, published 2000
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    […] in some passages of the Old Testament they think they discover the Zodiacal course of the Sun […]

    1683, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture”, in Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: Charles Mearn, page 3

    For several evenings the pale twinkling of the somber zodiacal stars lighted up the west side of the heavens for some time after the sun had set.

    1912, Henryk Sienkiewicz, chapter 14, in Mary Webb Artois, transl., Through the Desert, New York: Benziger Brothers

    In the zodiacal procession of the poles, the 25,920-year cycle, Lascaux is the time of Virgo, and Virgo is associated with artistic excellence and discrimination.

    1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130

Origin

From Latin zōdiacus + -al. By surface analysis, zodiac + -al.

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Translations

Arabic فَلَكِيّ, خَاصّ بِالأَبْرَاج الفَلَكِيَّة
  • فَلَكِيّ (falakiyy)of or pertaining to the zodiac
  • خَاصّ بِالأَبْرَاج الفَلَكِيَّة (ḵāṣṣ bi-l-ʔabrāj al-falakiyya)of or pertaining to the zodiac
Bulgarian зодиакален
  • зодиакален (zodiakalen)of or pertaining to the zodiac
Catalan zodiacal
  • zodiacalof or pertaining to the zodiac
Dutch zodiakaal
  • zodiakaalof or pertaining to the zodiac
Finnish eläinrata-
  • eläinrata-of or pertaining to the zodiac
French zodiacal
  • zodiacalof or pertaining to the zodiac
German zodiakal, Tierkreis-
  • zodiakalof or pertaining to the zodiac
  • Tierkreis-of or pertaining to the zodiac
Hungarian állatövi
  • állatöviof or pertaining to the zodiac
Polish zodiakalny
  • zodiakalnyof or pertaining to the zodiac
Portuguese zodiacal
  • zodiacalof or pertaining to the zodiac
Romanian zodiacal
  • zodiacalof or pertaining to the zodiac
Russian зодиака́льный
  • зодиака́льный (zodiakálʹnyj)of or pertaining to the zodiac
Spanish zodiacal
  • zodiacalof or pertaining to the zodiac
Cite this entry
APA

zodiacal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zodiacal

MLA

“zodiacal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zodiacal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zodiacal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zodiacal.

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