"I was struck with admiration for this indomitable love, outdoing the most ingenious marvels of fairy tales in real life--a love that would spring over a precipice to find a roc's egg, or to gather the singing flower. I explained that the Southern Cross was a nebulous constellation even brighter than the Milky Way, arranged in the form of a cross, and that it could only be seen in southern latitudes.英文原著 · 《A Prince of Bohemia》
The bloodstone is frequently assigned either to Aries or Scorpio, owing to its symbolical connection with Mars; and the opal to Cancer, which in astrology is the constellation of the moon.英文原著 · 《Bygone Beliefs》
For every word men should not chide and plain; Learn ye to suffer, or else, so may I go, Ye shall it learn, whether ye will or no. For in this world certain no wight there is Who neither doth nor saith some time amiss. Sickness or ire, or constellation, Wine, woe, or changing of complexion, Causeth full oft to do amiss or speak. For every wrong men may not vengeance wreak: After a time there must be temperance With every wight that knows self-governance.英文原著 · 《Chaucer》
He must mean either the heliacal or achronical rising of that sign. The heliacal rising of a constellation is when it comes from under the rays of the sun, and begins to appear before daylight. The achronical rising, on the contrary, is when it appears at the close of day, and in opposition of the sun's diurnal course. The heliacal rising of Orion is at present computed to be about the 6th of July; and about that time it is that he either causes or presages tempests on the seas.英文原著 · 《Discourses on Satire and Epic Poetry》
If therefore Ilioneus, according to our supposition, understand the heliacal rising of Orion, Anna must mean the achronical, which the different epithets given to that constellation seem to manifest. Ilioneus calls him nimbosus, Anna, aquosus. He is tempestuous in the summer, when he rises heliacally; and rainy in the winter, when he rises achronically. Your lordship will pardon me for the frequent repetition of these cant words, which I could not avoid in this abbreviation of Segrais, who, I think, deserves no little commendation in this new criticism.英文原著 · 《Discourses on Satire and Epic Poetry》
On his return to England, Halley prepared a map which showed the result of his labours, and he presented it to the king, in 1677. Like his great predecessor Tycho, Halley did not altogether disdain the arts of the courtier, for he endeavoured to squeeze a new constellation into the group around the southern pole which he styled "The Royal Oak," adding a description to the effect that the incidents of which "The Royal Oak" was a symbol were of sufficient importance to be inscribed on the surface of the heavens.英文原著 · 《Great Astronomers》
Your room is gonna be swimming in constellations, little man.美剧 · 《Shameless》
Yes. it tells us that you participate in the mass cultural delusion That the sun's apparent position Relative to arbitrarily defined constellations at the time of your birth Somehow affects your personality.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
It's a little hard to see with the city lights, But that W-shaped constellation is Cassiopeia.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
What does it mean when one pilot says to another pilot: "What kind of equipment are you on?" They just want to know what kind of aircraft you're flying: Is it a DC-:707, Constellation?电影 · 《Catch Me If You Can (2002)》