Noun

(en-noun)

Divination]] about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of [[celestial body, celestial bodies.

* c. 1390 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), Canterbury Tales , Harleian manuscript:

a pore scoler / had lerned art but al his fantasye / was torned for to lerne astrologye […].

* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 274:

For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements.

* 2012 , The Guardian , (headline), 7 Feb 2012:

Followers of pseudosciences such as astrology often draw spurious parallels between their beliefs and established science.

Noun

(en noun)

An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure or pattern.

An image associated with a group of stars.

(astronomy) Any of the 88 officially recognized regions of the sky, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region.

(astrology) The configuration of planets at a given time (notably of birth), as used for determining a horoscope.

(figuratively) A wide, seemingly unlimited assortment.

* A constellation of possibilities.

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, title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}

A configuration or grouping.

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