CONSTELLATION Copy link • CONSTELLATIONconsidered astrologically, the “aspect” of the stars, astrorum or caeli affectio (Cic., Fat., 4, 8; De Divin., 2, 47, 99): siderum significatio (Plin., Ep., 2, 20): positus siderum (the relative position of the heavenly bodies; their “aspects”): to be born under the same constellation, eodem statu caeli et stellarum natum esse: if it be of any consequence under what constellation any living being is born, si ad rem pertineat, quomodo caelo affecto, compositisque sideribus, quodque animal oriatur (ibid., § 98): born under a lucky constellation, dextro sidere editus or natus: born under an unlucky constellation, malo astro natus. [Vid: STAR.] Considered astronomically, as a group of stars: sidus.