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Horoscope
An astrological forecast based on birth time.
The Greek roots
ὥρα
hṓra
hour, time
σκοπός
skopós
observer
Literally: “watcher of the hour”
The story of the word
Literally an 'hour-watcher' — a reading of the sky at the precise hour of one's birth.
In a sentence
She laughed as she read her horoscope aloud.