Samuel is traditionally rendered "heard by God" or, in some readings, "name of God," with scholars divided on the precise construction of its Hebrew roots. What persists across the debate is a sense of being attended to -- a request or a life taken seriously rather than overlooked.
The astrologer is able to control the actions of the stars if he knows the influx of their nature; is quite likely that he can modify the action before it happens. - Ptolomeus