<noun.event> he looked for an omen before going into battle
a statement made about the future
<noun.communication>
knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
<noun.cognition>
Prognostication \Prog*nos`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. prognostication.] 1. The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.
2. That which foreshows; a foretoken. --Shak.
Concentrate only on the substantive core of the matter, which is that the voodoo prognostication called astrology joined the voodoo economics called supply side on the high altar of the Reagan White House, with Nancy Reagan as its high priestess.