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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 horo·scope /ˈhɔrəˌskop, ˈhɑr-/
 占星術

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hor·o·scope n.
 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.
 2. The planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus.
 3. A table showing the length of the days and nights at all places.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 horoscope
      n 1: a prediction of someone's future based on the relative
           positions of the planets
      2: a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the
         zodiac at a particular time and place