prophétie

From Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία (prophēteía, “prophecy”).


augure

Borrowed from Latin augurium. Doublet of heur.


oracle

From Middle French oracle m, from Old French oracle m, from Latin ōrāculum n (12th c.).


Scorpion

(astrology) the celestial constellation Scorpio


Vierge

From vierge (“virgin”), from Latin virgō.

(astronomy) the stellar constellation Virgo


zodiacal

fr-adj

zodiacal (feminine zodiacale, masculine plural zodiacaux, feminine plural zodiacales)

zodiacale (feminine)
zodiacaux (masculine plural)
zodiacales (feminine plural)


ascendant

PIE word
 *h₂éd
From Old French ascendant, borrowed from Latin ascendentem, the accusative singular of ascendēns (“ascending, rising”), the present participle of ascendō, adscendō (“to climb up, go up, move upwards; to rise; to spring up”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘(up) to’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; to scan (poetry)”)).


Poissons

the plural of poisson (“fish”), from Latin piscis (plural pisces, hence Pisces); the municipality (and hence the canton) may have an entirely different (Latin? Celtic?) origin, possibly aligned by popular etymology

(astronomy) the constellation Pisces 'the Fishes'

(astrology) the zodiac sign Pisces, after the above


hydromancie

From Middle French hydromancie, from Old French hydromancie, from Late Latin hydromantīa, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía), compound of ὑδρο- (hudro-, “hydro-, water”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).


nécromancie

Composed by nécro- + -mancie, from Latin necromantia, from νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía).

necromancy (divination involving the dead)


Gémeaux

From the plural of gémeau, a dialectal variant of jumeau (from Old French gemel), from Latin gemellus (“twin”).


zodiaque

zodiac (collectively, the signs of the zodiac)


Verseau

From verseau (an uncovered column's watershedding tilted upperside), from verser 'to pour, shed' + eau 'water'.

(astronomy) the stellar constellation Aquarius


jovien

fr-adj

jovien (feminine jovienne, masculine plural joviens, feminine plural joviennes)

jovienne (feminine)
joviens (masculine plural)
joviennes (feminine plural)


thème

→ Persian: تم (tem)

Learned borrowing from Latin thema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

thème astral

thème céleste


prophète

fr-noun

prophète m (plural prophètes, feminine prophétesse)

prophètes (plural)
prophétesse (feminine)

→ Romanian: profet

Inherited from Middle French prophete, from Old French prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”).

der

Pour l'historien des religions, le prophète fait partie, avec le roi, le sorcier ou le prêtre, de ceux qui ont reçu le « mana », c'est-à-dire la puissance (...) certains traits de son activité l'apparentent aux devins, aux magiciens, aux derviches, aux chamanes, etc. (Encyclopédie universelle, t.13 1972)

prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)


présage

Learned borrowing from Latin praesāgium.

Near-synonym: augure


Chiron

(astronomy, astrology) Chiron, a centaur (minor planet) and asteroid-like/comet-like object, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus


astrologue

fr-noun

astrologue m or f by sense (plural astrologues)

→ English: astrologue

→ Romanian: astrolog

→ Turkish: astrolog


boule de cristal

boule de cristal f (plural boules de cristal)


prophétie autoréalisatrice

prophétie autoréalisatrice f (plural prophéties autoréalisatrices)

Calque of English self-fulfilling prophecy.

clq

self-fulfilling prophecy
self-fulfilling prophecy


oiseau de mauvais augure

fr-noun

oiseau de mauvais augure m (plural oiseaux de mauvais augure)

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ligne de vie

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(palmistry) lifeline, line of life (line on the palm of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life)


thème céleste

thème céleste m (plural thèmes célestes)

(astrology) Synonym of thème astral (“astrological chart”)