Astrology wiki
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Astrology →
A family of historical and contemporary practices that interprets celestial positions, cycles or calendar patterns in relation to earthly affairs and human experience. Traditions differ in their calculations, symbolism and claims.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Greek astrologia joins astro-, star, with -logia, discourse or study. The word's historical scope overlapped with astronomy.
Historical texts establish what astrologers taught; they do not establish that its predictions work. Astronomical positions can be checked independently, while claims about personality or future events require tests that separate prediction from chance and hindsight.
Epistemology →
The philosophical study of knowledge, justification and the limits of evidence. Here, a term’s epistemology explains how its claims are supported; etymology instead concerns the origin and history of a word.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Epistēmē means knowledge or understanding; -logy marks an account or study. The name designates inquiry into knowledge.
Epistemology examines knowledge, justification and the limits of evidence through argument and analysis. Philosophers disagree about its answers; here, an epistemology note identifies the basis of a claim and what that basis does or does not establish.
Etymology →
Also: word origin
The study or account of a word's history: its earlier forms, meanings, related words and passage between languages.
Word origin, evidence & sources
The Greek formation joins etymon, a word's original or literal sense, with -logia, study or account. Etymon is related to etymos, ‘true’; this historical naming does not make a word origin proof of a belief.
An etymology is supported by recorded usage, comparison and linguistic analysis. A word's older meaning does not determine every modern use or establish the truth of an astrological claim; uncertain derivations should remain labelled uncertain.
Interpretation →
Also: symbolic interpretation
A tradition-specific reading of calculated facts. Accurate astronomical numbers do not by themselves validate a personality claim or prediction.
Word origin, evidence & sources
Related to Latin interpretari, to explain or translate. The term concerns explaining meaning, as distinct from merely reporting a value.
A reading connects calculated positions to meanings through selected rules. Assessing those claims requires evidence suited to their scope; agreement on coordinates or a personally resonant description does not alone establish predictive accuracy.
Provenance →
The recorded origin of a claim or result: source, method, version and relevant choices, allowing readers to trace it.
Word origin, evidence & sources
From French provenir, to originate or come forth, from Latin provenire. The word names where a record or claim comes from.
Recording sources, inputs and versions lets others reconstruct where a result came from. Good provenance exposes assumptions and disagreements; it does not make a cited statement correct or transform an interpretation into an established finding.