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judicial astrology

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judicial astrology (uncountable)

  1. (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.