Astrology vs. Astrologist — What's the Difference?

Astrology is a pseudoscience that claims to divine information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the movements and relative positions of celestial objects. Astrology has been dated to at least the 2nd millennium BCE, and has its roots in calendrical systems used to predict seasonal shifts and to interpret celestial cycles as signs of divine communications.

One who practices astrology; an astrologer.

The study of the positions and motions of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs.

Someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and moon

(Obsolete) Astronomy.

Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.

In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.

A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon