astromancy means divination by the stars; astrology in its modern prophetic aspect. It carries an Arena rating of 1583, earned across 50 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, astromancy ranks #382 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #2,313 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #2,314 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #2,512 of 17,131 for Scariest Words.
astromancy is pronounced /ˈæstɹɵmænsi/.
Why “astromancy” is a great word
ASTROMANCY — [Noun] Divination by means of the stars. From Medieval Latin astromantīa, from Ancient Greek ἀστρομαντεία (astromanteía), from ἄστρον (ástron, "star") + μαντεία (manteía, "divination"). First attested in English in the mid-17th century. Unlike astronomy, which observes the heavens with dispassionate rigor, or horoscopy, which focuses narrowly on the technical natal chart, astromancy is the ancient, interpretive hunger for meaning in the night sky. It is the Babylonian priest recording the ominous path of Jupiter, the navigator reading his king's destiny in a planetary alignment, and the anxious lover searching for a promise in the shimmer of a fixed star—the human insistence that the cold, distant lights are a text written just for us.
Etymology
From astro- + -mancy. From Latin astromantīa, from Ancient Greek ἀστρομαντεία (astromanteía), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
noun
- Divination by the stars; astrology in its modern prophetic aspect.
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