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Date: 1000-1100
Language: French
Origin: Greek horoskopos, from hora 'hour' + skopein 'to look at'

horoscope

 noun
     
hor‧o‧scope [countable]
a description of your character and the things that will happen to you, based on the position of the stars and planets at the time of your birth [↪ zodiac]
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