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# astrology

«astrology» in Mova's school dictionary: **The belief that the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (astrology — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The belief that the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars at the time someone is born, or on a certain day, affect people's character and what will happen to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astrology/#m1)

2) The practice of making horoscopes based on star signs (such as Aries, Leo, Capricorn). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astrology/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons astrology is contrasted with astronomy: astronomy is the science of space, while astrology is a belief with no scientific evidence that it works. In everyday life people read horoscopes in magazines for fun. Many Christians and scientists do not accept astrology. Phrases: «star sign», «horoscope», «zodiac».

### examples

- Astrology says your star sign depends on your birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astrology/#x1)
- Scientists have found no evidence that astrology predicts the future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astrology/#x2)
- My aunt reads the astrology page for fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astrology/#x3)
- Astronomy is a science, but astrology is not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astrology/#x4)
- Long ago, astrology and astronomy were studied together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astrology/#x5)
- In astrology there are twelve signs of the zodiac. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astrology/#x6)
- He had been in many countries and learnt many things, including astrology. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astrology/#x7)

### note

Do not confuse with «astronomy» (the real science of stars and planets) — a very common trap. Uncountable. Person: astrologer; adjective: astrological. «Astro-» means star.

### In the corpora

- [Astronomy is the science of space; astrology is a belief about stars and personality, and tests haven't shown it predicts anything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «astrology» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/astrology/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.