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synastry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

concurrence of the position or influence of stars

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually

Examples

  • 1860-1867, John Lothrop Motley, History of the United Netherlands Born in the same day of the month and hour of the day with the Queen, but two years before her birth, the supposed synastry of their destinies might partly account, in that age of astrological superstition, for the influence which he perpetually exerted.

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History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συναστρία (sunastría, “conjunction of the stars”).

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: synastrie — astral conjunction