CONFIGURATION

configuration. Configuration, n. the act of forming or fashioning

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Con‐fig′u‐ra″tion (?), n. [[L. configuratio.]] 1. 1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure.
It is the variety of configurations . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. Harris. 2. 2. (Astrol.) Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
They undertook . . . to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth. Whewell.