History Main / Astrologer

* ''ComicBook/AsteriosPolyp'': Ursula routinely asks her tenants their birthday so as to feng-shuei their room to best match their energy. In Asterios' case, she did "the best she could" without knowing his ascendant sun sign. This included leaving a chair upside down on a table.

* ''ComicBook/{{Sleepless}}'': The land of Mribesh is known for producing Star Seers who can divine the future from study of the heavens. Amena and Nnende are both well-respected Star Seers employed by the royal court of Harbeny. When Nnende offers Poppy a reading, she has Poppy ask specific question about the future. Nnende turns her eyes to the clear night sky and receives a vision of a possible outcome.

This character is a pretty old staple in fiction. This characters claims to have the skill to see past, present and future events based on the position of stars and planets, often using big heaps of {{Symbolism}} to link characters and events with astrological bodies and movements. They're a type of FortuneTeller that uses telescopes, star charts and zodiacs rather than a CrystalBall or [[TarotMotifs Tarot cards]]. Typically they're a PhonyPsychic in modern non-fantasy stories; the astrologer is usually a fake, whether they will admit it or not, and whether they sincerely believe in their own powers or not. If they can ''actually'' divine the future through some form of RitualMagic or PsychicPowers they're effectively {{Seers}}, and they may {{Invoke|d Trope}} the PhonyPsychic trope as a cover for their real psychic powers.

Astrologers can be good guys, neutral, self-interested or evil. In fact, a story may have two Astrologers who engage in ScryVsScry to see which can affect their vision of the future. Just like a Tarot-based divination is open to interpretation, the Astrologer may anger clients when they wrong interpret predictions or [[PortentOfDoom have unfavorable fortunes.]] This especially true when they serve a villain who may [[YouHaveFailedMe kill them for the failure]] or as [[KillTheMessenger bearer of bad news.]]

The astrologer may use the WesternZodiac or the EasternZodiac, or instead substitute [[FictionalZodiac a wholly new astrological system of meaning]]. This last one is especially common in fully original fantasy settings. If they ''do'' use a zodiac of some sort, they may also happily engage [[TheMatchmaker in matchmaking,]] whether they're asked to or not.

* ''Film/WhenYouWereBorn'': Mei Lei, a Chinese-American woman who is a totally legit astrologer capable of making eerily accurate observations about people. In one scene she expresses irritation at how the fakes have given astrology a bad name. She winds up unofficially helping the police and catching a murderer.

* ''VideoGame/LiveAHero'' features a astrologer themed hero named ''Roiker'' who carries around both a [[MixAndMatchWeapon Telescope that doubles as a Sniper Rifle]] and a Celestial Globe.

** ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyBattle'': While they also use direct magical means to peer into the future, Celestial Wizards often specialize in divining future events from the motions of the stars and planets, studying the heavens through telescopes and astrolabes in order to know how to guid the Empire through impending events and calamities.

* ''VideoGame/LiveAHero'' features a astrology themed hero named ''Roiker'' who carries around both a [[MixAndMatchWeapon Telescope that doubles as a Sniper Rifle]] and a Celestial Globe.

* The protagonist of the 16th century Latin comedy "Morosophus", which was an extended TakeThat against the playwright's contemporary Nicholas Copernicus, is a [[TVGenius reclusive]], [[KnowNothingKnowItAll foolish]] astrologer who predicts that a rain will fall that will make everyone mad. He thus resolves to [[ShutIn stay indoors all the time]] so he can become the ruler of the madmen, and is rumoured to have a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium large book]] that's just sitting around collecting dust. Of course, he's regarded as being a complete lunatic by everyone else. [[ShallowParody Note that there is no evidence that Copernicus ever practiced astrology beyond the mandatory requirements he had to learn as part of contemporary astronomy courses.]]

This character is a pretty old staple in fiction. This characters claims to have the skill to see past, present and future events based on the position of stars and planets, often using big heaps of {{Symbolism}} to link characters and events with astrological bodies and movements. They're a type of FortuneTeller that uses telescopes, star charts and zodiacs rather than a CrystalBall or [[TarotMotifs Tarot cards]]. Typically they're a PhonyPsychic in modern non-fantasy stories; the astrologer is usually a fake, whether they will admit it or not, and whether they sincerely believe in their own powers or not. If they can ''actually'' divine the future through some form of RitualMagic or PsychicPowers they're effectively a {{Seer}}, and they may {{Invoke|d Trope}} the PhonyPsychic trope as a cover for their real psychic powers.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' episode "Child of the Stargazer" doesn't feature an astrologer, but does feature the son of one, who is the titular child of the stargazer. On that note, the episode doesn't feature an astronomer, but it does reveal that Diana is one. She is also the titular child of the stargazer.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer}}'':

This character is a pretty old staple in fiction. This characters claims to have the skill to see past, present and future events based on the position of stars and planets, often using big heaps of {{Symbolism}} to link characters and events with astrological bodies and movements. They're a type of FortuneTeller that uses telescopes, star charts and zodiac's rather than a CrystalBall or [[TarotMotifs Tarot cards]]. Typically they're a PhonyPsychic in modern non-fantasy stories; the astrologer is usually a fake, whether they will admit it or not, and whether they sincerely believe in their own powers or not. If they can ''actually'' divine the future through some form of RitualMagic or PsychicPowers they're effectively a {{Seer}}, and they may {{Invoke|d Trope}} the PhonyPsychic trope as a cover for their real psychic powers.

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' has Astronomy as an academic {{skill|ScoresAndPerks}} that can be used to read hints about the future. "Astrologer" is a [[CharacterClassSystem career]] available to [=PCs=] and [=NPCs=], but the most respected are the astromancers of the Celestial [[WizardingSchool College of Magic]], who augment their studies with [[{{Seers}} real precognitive magic]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' episode "Child of the Stargazer" doesn't feature an astrologer, but does feature the son of one, who is the titular child of the stargazer. On the same note, the episode doesn't feature an astronomer, but it does reveal that Diana is one. She is also the titular child of the stargazer.

* The 'WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' episode "Child of the Stargazer" doesn't feature an astrologer, but does feature the son of one, who is the titular child of the stargazer. On the same note, the episode doesn't feature an astronomer, but it does reveal that Diana is one. She is also the titular child of the stargazer.

* Hieronymous, the villain of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Masque of Mandragora", is an astrologer, whose study of the stars brings him into contact with the Mandragora Helix.
* Martin Trueman, the villain of ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' story "Secrets of the Stars" is an astrologer, whose study of the stars brings him into contact with the Ancient Lights.

** The Unseen University Professor of Astrology briefly appears in ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'', when Trymon asks him to cast Rincewind's horoscope and thereby establish his exact location. Most of it could come straight out of a newspaper astrology column ("Your lucky food is small cucumbers, watch out for druids"), except the end which is pretty direct. ("P.S. We really mean it about the druids.")

-->-- '''Organon''', introducing himself to [[Series/DoctorWho]] ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E3TheCreatureFromThePit The Creature from the Pit]]")

->''""Astrologer extraordinary. Seer to princes and emperors. The future foretold, the past explained, the present... apologized for."''

This character is a pretty old staple in fiction. This characters claims to have the skill to see past, present and future events based on the position of stars and planets, often using big heaps of {{Symbolism}} to link characters and events with astrological bodies and movements. They're a type of FortuneTeller that uses telescopes, star charts and zodiac's rather than a CrystalBall or [[TarotMotifs Tarot cards]]. Typically they're a PhonyPsychic in modern non-fantasy stories, the astrologer is usually a fake, whether they will admit it or not, and whether they sincerely believe in their own powers or not. If they can ''actually'' divine the future through some form of RitualMagic or PsychicPowers they're effectively a {{Seer}}, and they may {{Invoke|d Trope}} the PhonyPsychic trope as a cover for their real psychic powers.

Astrologers can be good guys, neutral, self interested, or evil. In fact, a story may have two Astrologers who engage in ScryVsScry to see which can affect their vision of the future. Just like a Tarot based divinations is open to interpretation, the Astrologer may anger clients when they wrong interpret predictions or [[PortentOfDoom have unfavorable fortunes.]] This especially true when they serve a villain who may [[YouHaveFailedMe kill them for the failure]] or as [[KillTheMessenger bearer of bad news.]]

The astrologer may use the WesternZodiac or the EasternZodiac, or instead substitute [[FictionalZodiac a wholecloth new astrological system of meaning]]. This last one is especially common in fully original fantasy settings. If they ''do'' use a zodiac of some sort, they may also happily engage [[TheMatchmaker in matchmaking,]] whether they're asked to or not.

Compare to HeavenAbove, which describes the connection between the divine and any celestial body that flies across the sky.