From Greek 'astrologia' (star-study), from 'astron' + '-logia' — originally indistinguishable from 'astronomy' until the 17th century split.
The study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.
From Old French "astrologie," from Latin "astrologia" (astronomy, astrology — the ancients did not distinguish the two), from Greek "astrologia" (telling of the stars), composed of "astron" (star) and "-logia" (speaking, study of), from "legein" (to speak, to gather). Greek "astron" derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (star), one of the most stable lexemes in the family, surviving virtually unchanged for over 5,000 years. PIE *h₂stḗr produced Latin "stella" (star, from earlier *sterla via rhotacism in reverse), Gothic "stairno," Old
The word 'disaster' literally means 'bad star' — from Italian 'disastro,' from 'dis-' (bad) + 'astro' (star). The belief that misfortune came from unfavorable stellar alignments was so deeply embedded that it became the standard word for catastrophe. Similarly, 'consider' may derive from Latin