judicial astrology
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[edit]judicial astrology (uncountable)
- (historical) The supposed divination of human affairs based on the motions of the stars and planets (as opposed to natural astrology). [from 16th c.]
- 1650, John Raunce, (title):
- A brief Declaration against Judicial Astrologie.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 340:
- Similarly in Cambridge it was maintained in 1603 that judicial astrology was a mere imposture.
- 1650, John Raunce, (title):