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the Sun, Moon, planets, astrological aspects and sensitive angles at the time of an event, such
as the moment of a person's birth. The word horoscope is derived from Greek words hõra and
scopos meaning "time" and "observer" (horoskopos, pl. horoskopoi, or "marker(s) of the hour").
Other commonly used names for the horoscope in English include natal chart, astrological
chart, astro-chart, celestial map, sky-map, star-chart, cosmogram, vitasphere, radical
chart, radix, chart wheel or simply chart. It is used as a method of divination regarding events
relating to the point in time it represents, and it forms the basis of the horoscopic traditions of
astrology.