Definition of "genethlialogy" [ge•neth•li•al•o•gy]

• Divination of the destiny of a newborn; the art of casting nativities; astrology. (noun)

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• "Interrogations, or praśnajñāna, never achieved the popularity of genethlialogy or catarchic astrology in India; but there do exist some early works on the subject, notably by"
• "Page 120, Volume 1 an individual's conception and birth to predict certain things about his life, which were developed in Meso - potamia in the fourth and third centuries B.C., con - verted into genethlialogy."
• "In India, however, where interrogations like genethlialogy were introduced in the second century by the Yavanajātaka, the relationship of the art to the second type of divination (familiar through the versions of Babylonian omen literature in the saṃhitās) was not ignored; from the earliest times the need for ritual purity and preparation is stressed."