con|stel|la|tion «KON stuh LAY shuhn», noun.
1. a) a group of stars, usually having a geometric shape within a definite region of the sky. Constellations are often named after mythological figures. »
The Big Dipper is the easiest constellation to locate. Why did no one teach me the constellations when I was a child? (Thomas Carlyle).
b) Figurative: »a constellation of scholars at a convention.
2. a division of the heavens occupied by a group of stars.
3. (in astrology) the grouping or relative positions of the stars, thought to influence events, especially their position at the time of a person's birth.
4. a) Psychology. a complex group of related feelings and ideas. b) Figurative: »
There comes a constellation of changes that mark passage over the brink into deep sleep (Scientific American).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.