Editing Astrology (section)

== Etymology ==
[[File:Marcantonio Raimondi - Two Women with the Signs of Libra and Scorpio.jpg|thumb|upright|right|[[Marcantonio Raimondi]] engraving, 15th century]]

The word ''[[wikt:astrology|astrology]]'' comes from the early [[Latin]] word ''[[wikt:astrologia|astrologia]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=astrology |title = astrology |first = Douglas |last = Harper |author-link = Douglas Harper |work = [[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |access-date = 6 December 2011 |quote = Differentiation between astrology and astronomy began late 1400s and by 17c. this word was limited to "reading influences of the stars and their effects on human destiny." |archive-date = 27 June 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170627115223/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=astrology |url-status = live }}</ref> which derives from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|[[wikt:ἀστρολογία|ἀστρολογία]]}}—from [[wikt:ἄστρον#Ancient Greek|ἄστρον]] ''astron'' ("star") and [[wikt:-λογία#Ancient Greek|-λογία]] ''-logia'', ("study of"—"account of the stars"). The word entered the English language via Latin and [[medieval French]], and its use overlapped considerably with that of ''astronomy'' (derived from the Latin ''[[wikt:astronomia|astronomia]]''). By the [[17th century]], ''astronomy'' became established as the scientific term, with ''astrology'' referring to divinations and schemes for predicting human affairs.<ref>{{cite book |title = Oxford English Dictionary |chapter = astrology, n. |chapter-url = http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/12267 |edition = Third |date = December 2021 |publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] |quote = In medieval French, and likewise in Middle English, ''astronomie'' is attested earlier, and originally covered the whole semantic field of the study of celestial objects, including divination and predictions based on observations of celestial phenomena. In early use in French and English, ''astrologie'' is generally distinguished as the 'art' or practical application of astronomy to mundane affairs, but there is considerable semantic overlap between the two words (as also in other European languages). With the rise of modern science from the Renaissance onwards, the modern semantic distinction between ''astrology'' and ''astronomy'' gradually developed, and had become largely fixed by the 17th cent. [...] The word is not used by Shakespeare. |title-link = Oxford English Dictionary |access-date = 14 December 2011 |archive-date = 19 February 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150219052208/http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/12267 |url-status = live }}</ref>