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Astrology's way of flattering you with the same twelve personalities as a billion others.
means A forecast of personality or fate based on the position of stars and planets at the time of your birth.
from From Greek 'hōroskopos' — 'hōra' (time, hour, season) plus 'skopos' (watcher, one who observes) — literally 'observer of the hour.' It named both the practice and the instrument astrologers used to mark the exact degree of the zodiac rising at a person's birth, the 'ascendant,' from which the rest of the chart was plotted. The word rode into English through Latin and French, carrying its original job description the whole way: someone, or something, watching the clock of the sky.
- origin
- from greek for time and watcher
- accuracy
- works via barnum effect, not planets
- stat
- millions read one daily, none causal
- fun twist
- newspapers often write columns weeks in advance