judicial astrology

English

Noun

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.