HOROSCOPE is also used for a scheme or figure of the twelve houses, i. e. the twelve signs of the zodiac, wherein is marked the disposition of the heavens for any given time. Thus we say, to draw a horoscope, construct a horoscope, &c. We call it, more peculiarly, calculating a nativity, when the life and fortune of a person are the subject of the prediction; for they draw horoscopes of cities, great enterprises, &c. See HOUSE.