Con‐fig′u‐ra″tion (?), n. [L. configuratio.] 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. (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.