| An individual belongs to the animal to which the asterism under which he was born belongs. |
| Each constellation contains an asterism or a pattern of imaginary lines joining a collection of stars. |
| In mythology the asterism is personified as one of the daughters of Daksha, and wives of the moon. |
| The cabochon cut can reveal asterism effects, that is to say a four or six-pointed star observed within the stone. |
| Along with Vega and Altair, Deneb is one of the stars of the prominent asterism, the Summer Triangle. |
| With the nearby bright stars Deneb and Vega, Altair forms the prominent asterism of the Summer Triangle. |
