n. [ F. horoscope, L. horoscopus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, adj., observing hours or times, esp. observing the hour of birth, n., a horoscope; &unr_; hour + &unr_; to view, observe. See Hour, and -scope. ] 1. (Astrol.) (a) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment. (b) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places. Heyse.
[きゅうせい, kyuusei](n) (See 陰陽道, 一白・いっぱく・1, 二黒・じこく, 三碧・さんぺき, 四緑・しろく, 五黄・ごおう, 六白・ろっぱく, 七赤・しちせき, 八白・はっぱく, 九紫・きゅうし) nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyoudou, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope[Add to Longdo]