Constelic

Constelic is a term for someone who collects an identity, or multiple identities, of animals, fictional characters, mythological beings, and/or similar things. It may or may not be an identity adopted by choice, and constelic identities can be dropped, hoarded, and have priority over each other. Constelic identities are sometimes casual, “in the background”, or not very intensive, though this may not always be the case. Furthermore, there can be specific tiers of how much someone relates to said identities.

These identities in question may be called constels (ex: “I have a deer constel.”) or they may just be called an ID. You can also put an identity along with the suffix “-stelic” (ex: I am deerstelic). Someone who is constelic may range from only having one ID, to having a very large number of them, or anything in between. You do not need to hoard identities to identify as constelic, it is just common to do so.

At times, some constelic individuals may have short periods where they feel as though they have become their constel entirely. They may also experience periodic changes in how closely they identify with their constels. Furthermore, constelic may be experienced as a short burst of heavy identification before that constel fades away entirely.

Reasons for why someone is constelic may vary. Popular reasons may be because of hyperfixation, projection onto characters, a need to “hoard” things (due to things like OCD), or simply for fun. Some may describe the term as "projection-turned-alterhuman," or "projection to the point of becoming something." The term comes from the word “constellation”, and the symbol is meant to represent a star that branches out into their own identities.

This term was coined by extranth on tumblr, and has a Carrd as well.

Terminology
Terms created alongside constelic include constel, which is used to define someone's constelic identity, phase, which is when you become closer towards or move into a new constel (similar to a kin-shift), and constelist, which is a "tier" list of how intensive one's constels are in relation to each other.

The terms veiling and cloaking describe when someone temporarily "becomes" or "takes on" their constel entirely, similarly to veiling or cloaking oneself. Furthermore, orbiting refers to those whose constels fluctuate in intensity, or has a shifting level of identification with their constels. Lastly, the terms steljection, constelic projection, or "conproj" is when someone projects onto something to the point of veiling or gaining a constel.

Furthermore, alterstelic was coined as an alternative label to constelic, and magnistelic was coined to describe those who only experiences short bursts of veiling before their constel fades away or drops entirely. Using language that refers to otherkin experiences (such as "shift") has been discouraged in order to reduce confusion between the two identities.