1. the configuration of stars especially at one’s birth
  2. any of 88 arbitrary configurations of stars or an area of the celestial sphere covering one of these configurations; the constellation Orion
  3. an assemblage, collection, or group of usually related persons, qualities, or things “… a constellation of … relatives, friends, and hangers-on ….” — Brendan Gill; a constellation of symptoms
  4. pattern, arrangement; “… taking advantage of the shifting constellation of power throughout the known world,” H. D. Lasswell

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