astrologize

English

Alternative forms

astrologise

Etymology

Probably from Middle French astrologiser;' equivalent to astrology +‎ -ize.

Verb

astrologize (third-person singular simple present astrologizes, present participle astrologizing, simple past and past participle astrologized)

1. (intransitive) To study or practise astrology; to attempt to foretell the future using astrology.

   Synonym: prognosticate

   • 1673, Andrew Marvell, The Rehearsal Transprosed, The Second Part‎^[1], Oxford: The Clarendon Press, published 1971, page 312:

     you […] wander’d up and down Moor-fields Astrologizing upon the duration of His Majesties Government

   • 1844, Richard Bedingfield, chapter 79, in The Peer and the Blacksmith‎^[2], London: R. Thompson, page 466:

     She remained with Hermes for a long time, engaged in astrologizing or weaving spells:

   • c. 1953, William S. Burroughs, chapter 6, in Queer‎^[3], Penguin, published 1985, page 74:

     […] “That retrograde Saturn dragging your ass, man?”
     “My ass is dragging because I need a beer,” said Weston.
     “ […] A beer for my astrologizing friend. . . .”

2. (transitive) To apply astrology to (someone or something).
   1. To attempt to foretell the future of (someone) using astrology, to read or cast (someone's) horoscope.
      • 1850, Andrew Jackson Davis, “What Is the Philosophy of Healing?”, in The Great Harmonia‎^[4], volume 1, Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, pages 330–331:

        […] the physician must be watchful, and stethoscopists should be silent, that no depressing word may fall upon the patient’s ear. In truth they had better cease the old practice of astrologizing the patient altogether. […] If you prophesy the patient’s death, should he be laboring under some dubious affliction, he will most likely fulfil it, and prove you a truthful prophet.

      • 1909, O. Henry, “Phœbe”, in Roads of Destiny‎^[5], New York: Doubleday, Page, page 93:

        Ever since I was astrologized, bad luck has followed me like my shadow,

      • 2001, Gerry Maguire Thompson, The Mind-Body-Spirit Internet Guide‎^[6], London: Thorsons, page 133:

        Some sites give you readings, others tell you how to astrologize yourself.

   2. To make (something) astrological; to interpret (something) in the light of astrology.
      • 1934, Lynn Thorndike, chapter 50, in A History of Magic and Experimental Science‎^[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, page 258:

        And where Gerson tried to theologize astrology, that is, to render astrology acceptable to theologians, our author essays rather to astrologize theology and make theologians accept astrology.

      • 1979, Douglas Gray, chapter 5, in Robert Henryson‎^[8], Leiden: Brill, page 181:

        The ancient gods had gradually come to be astrologized, and the planets had developed personalities […]

      • 1984, George Wilson Knight, “The Duchess of Malfi”, in Harold Bloom, editor, Elizabethan Dramatists‎^[9], New York: Chelsea House, published 1986, pages 104–105:

        […] natural images of trees and birds tend either to be generalized or to smell of medieval oil, and the stars are thoroughly astrologised.