Horoscope

[Fr.; Gr. horoskopos - horo, and sko peō, to view or observe.] A diligent observation of the exact hour or time of a person's birth. (Astrol.) A figure or scheme of the heavens from which to cast nativities; the point of the heavens arising above the eastern point of the horis on at any given time when a prediction is to be made of a future event. -A species of planisphere, invented by Jean Paduanus. -A synopsis or conspectus of the duration of the days and nights at all places.