ἀστρολογία
astrologia

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-11
Primary meaning astronomy
Literal translation astrology
Variants
ἀστρολογία astrologia
Edited by
astronomy discipline of astral science

Ὑποκείται γὰρ πρὸς ὅλην τὴν ἀστρολογίαν ἥλιόν τε καὶ σελήνην καὶ τοὺς εʹ πλανήτας ἰσοταχῶς καὶ ἐγκυκλίως καὶ ὑπεναντίως τῷ κόσμῳ κινεῖσθαι.

‘For it is assumed regarding all of astronomy, that the sun and the moon and the 5 planets move at constant speed and in a circle and in a manner contrary to the cosmos.’

— Geminus 1.19

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 5

astrology astral science
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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀστρολογία (Lemma #1504). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1504/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀστρολογία (Lemma #1504). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1504/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀστρολογία (Lemma #1504). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1504/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) ἀστρολογία (Lemma #1504), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1504/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1504,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἀστρολογία ({Lemma} #1504)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1504/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1504/},
}