[horo.scope] n [ME oruscope, fr. MF horoscope, fr. L horoscopus, fr. Gk horoskopos, fr. hora + skopos watcher; akin to Gk skopein to look at--more at spy] (14c) 1: a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life
2: an astrological forecast