卡丹警句·本命（上）　降生、性情、财富与死生

1. A Child is then said to be born when first it breathes in air at its mouth, when outside its mother's womb.

第一条：婴儿离开母腹之后，第一次用口吸入空气之时，才算是降生。

2. Those that have the Luminaries unfortunate in Angles will be apt to commit suicide.

第二条：两光在角宫受克的人，容易自尽。

3. Those that have Saturn in Opposition to Jupiter, will never enjoy peace, and those that have the Dragon's Tail with Jupiter, will seldom be rich.

第三条：土星与木星对冲的人，永远不得安宁；龙尾与木星同在的人，很少能富有。

4. Those that have Saturn and Mars in the same part of the Zodiac will be liable, in the course of their lives, to many misfortunes; and if they shall both be in Taurus, and posited in the fourth house; when the Ascendant, by direction, comes to their rays, the Natives will have some severe falls, or be in danger by reason of some ruinous buildings falling on them.

第四条：土星与火星在黄道同一部分的人，一生中容易遭遇许多不幸；若二者都在金牛，又落在第四宫，当上升点经推运到达它们的光线时，此人会有几次重重的跌伤，或因房屋倒塌压身而遭危险。

5. Fixed Signs give learning; with the exception of Scorpio; Common Signs, manners and conversation, with the exception of Virgo, and Moveable Signs; riches; with the exception of Capricorn; whence it appears that those are bad nativities that have all the Planets in Virgo, Scorpio or Capricorn.

第五条：固定星座给人学问，天蝎除外；双体星座给人礼貌与谈吐，处女除外；启动星座给人财富，摩羯除外；由此可见，所有行星都落在处女、天蝎或摩羯的本命，是不好的本命。

6. If the Ascendant be one of those Signs called "Mute," and Mercury in one that is not humane, with any fixed Star of the nature of Saturn, the Native will never speak well, but bring forth his words with difficulty.

第六条：若上升是所谓“哑”星座之一，而水星落在非人形的星座，又与某颗土星性质的恒星同在，此人永远说不好话，言语吐出来很费力。

7. He that hath the Moon in Taurus in the second separating from the Square or Opposition of Jupiter, and applying to a Trine of the Sun shall obtain very considerable riches.

第七条：月亮在金牛、在第二宫，正离开木星的四分或对冲，而入相太阳的三分，此人会得到很可观的财富。

8. When the Abscissor, cutter off of life, or killing Planet, is on the Ecliptic, and an Infortune in an Angle, the Native will die a violent death.

第八条：截命星，即断命之星或杀星，落在黄道上，而一颗凶星在角宫时，此人将死于横死。

9. When an Infortune is posited on the cusp of the seventh house, the Native will be liable to great calamities, and if an Infortune be in Aspect with the Sun or Moon afflicted in the same place, the Native, though a Prince, shall suffer a world of troubles.

第九条：凶星落在第七宫宫头时，此人易遭大祸；若有凶星与在同一处受克的太阳或月亮成相位，此人即便是王侯，也要受尽无穷的苦难。

10. Aries ascending, signifies the Natives to be handsome, and of a grave composed temper, but Scorpio on the horoscope, notes them to be great liars.

第十条：白羊上升，表示此人相貌好看，性情庄重沉稳；但天蝎在上升点，则表示此人是大说谎者。

11. When the Moon is in Scorpio in Square of Saturn in Leo, or in Opposition to him when he is partially in Taurus, the Native rarely has either wife or children. If Saturn be in Aquarius, he will be a mere woman-hater.

第十一条：月亮在天蝎，与在狮子的土星成四分，或者土星恰好在金牛与她精确对冲时，此人很少有妻子或子女。若土星在水瓶，他会是个十足厌恶女人的人。

12. If the Dragon's Tail be with Saturn in Square of the Moon, and she Cadent, the Native will be consumptive, especially if from an Angle; but if besides it be in Square to the Lord of the Ascendant, he will be sickly and infirm all the days of his life, and if such Aspect happen in or from the sixth house, so much the worse.

第十二条：若龙尾与土星同在，与月亮成四分，而月亮落在果宫，此人会患痨病，尤其若这四分是从角宫发出的；但若此外它又与上升主星成四分，他一生都会多病虚弱；若这样的相位发生在第六宫或从第六宫发出，就更糟。

13. When Jupiter is in the Sixth house, Retrograde, and the Lord of the Second Peregrine, and no benevolent fixed star to help, the Native will be very poor and necessitous.

第十三条：木星在第六宫逆行，第二宫主星游离，又没有吉祥的恒星相助，此人会非常贫穷困乏。

14. He that has Mars in his Ascendant shall be exposed to many dangers, and commonly receives, at some time, a great scar or cut, on his face.

第十四条：火星在上升的人，会遭遇许多危险，通常在某个时候脸上会受一道大伤疤或刀口。

15. Mercury mixing his beams with Mars, is a great argument of a violent death.

第十五条：水星与火星光线相混，是横死的一个重大征兆。

16. If Jupiter and the Moon in any nativity shall be very weak and afflicted though other positions seem never so promising, yet the Native shall be exceedingly unhappy.

第十六条：在任何本命中，若木星与月亮都极弱且受克，那么其他位置无论看来多么有希望，此人仍会极其不幸。

17. When Venus is with Saturn and beholds the Lord of the Ascendant, the Native is inclined to Sodomy, or at least shall love old hard favoured women, or poor dirty wenches.

第十七条：金星与土星同在，又照看上升主星时，此人好男色，或者至少会爱上又老又丑的女人，或穷困邋遢的女子。

18. When Venus and Jupiter shall be in the Seventh, the Moon beholding them in her own dignities, and the Dragon's Head joined with them or with Mercury, the Native shall get a great Estate by means of his wives.

第十八条：金星与木星在第七宫，月亮在她自己的尊贵中照看它们，龙头又与它们或与水星相合时，此人会因妻室而得到一大笔家产。

19. The Moon full of light in Conjunction with Mars, makes the Native to be counted a fool; but if she be void of light and with Saturn, he is so indeed.

第十九条：月亮满光时与火星会合，此人会被人当作傻子；但若她无光时与土星同在，他就真是傻子。

20. Venus in the heart of the Sun gives vast honours and dignities, the same may be hoped for, if a Planet with the Fixed Star called "Cor Leonis," behold the Moon.

第二十条：金星在太阳之心，给人极大的荣誉与尊位；若有一颗行星与名为“狮子之心”的恒星同在而照看月亮，也可指望同样的事。

21. The Moon in the Seventh house renders Natives subject to the Falling-sickness, and sometimes when she is in the Ascendant, but generally she makes them fools if she be afflicted.

第二十一条：月亮在第七宫，使人易患癫痫；她在上升时，有时也如此；但若她受克，一般会使人愚钝。

22. Bastards and supposititious children have frequently the Ascendant in aspect with the Moon, and not the significator of the Father; and for the most part attended with indications of some great misfortunes, and either there is no agreement between the Lord of the fourth, the Lord of the second and the Moon, or else Venus is joined with Mars or Mercury.

第二十二条：私生子与冒认的子女，上升点往往与月亮成相位，而不与父亲的征象星成相位；而且多半伴有某种大不幸的征兆；或者第四宫主、第二宫主与月亮之间毫不协调，或者金星与火星或水星相合。

23. When Jupiter shall be in the tenth in Trine of Mars, and strong; and the Sun with the Dragon's Head, and the Moon with Cor Leonis; such Native, though the son of the meanest peasant, shall be wonderfully exalted.

第二十三条：木星在第十宫，与火星成三分而强，太阳与龙头同在，月亮与狮子之心同在，此人即便是最卑贱的农夫之子，也会出奇地显达。

24. When any Planet shall be partly on the cusp of the Seventh in his own house, the Native's death will be of the nature of that Planet and Place.

第二十四条：任何行星精确落在第七宫宫头、又在自己的庙中时，此人的死亡会带有那颗行星与那个位置的性质。

25. The Infortunes in Angles denote a public death, or a sudden one; the Sun there, afflicted, it shall be by some weapon, or burning, the Moon, by hanging, or drowning, according to circumstances.

第二十五条：凶星在角宫，表示公开的死亡或猝死；太阳在那里受克，会死于兵刃或火烧；月亮在那里，则视情形死于缢或溺。

26. Sol and Mars peregrine or the Dragon's Tail in the Second, signifies that the Native shall squander away his substance or Estate foolishly.

第二十六条：太阳与火星游离，或龙尾在第二宫，表示此人会愚蠢地挥霍掉他的资财家产。

27. When the Moon in Opposition to the Sun is joined with nebulous stars, the Native will have some defect in his sight; if the Moon in the Seventh be afflicted by both the Infortunes, and if their rays are very strong he will be blind.

第二十七条：月亮与太阳对冲、又与云雾状的星同在时，此人视力会有缺陷；若月亮在第七宫受两颗凶星所克，而它们的光线又很强，他会失明。

28. The compound rays of Jove, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon, give the greatest grace and sweetness of speech, and therefore when Jupiter shall be in Virgo, and the Moon in Pisces, it is an opportune time for the birth of a Poet. Poets are always born, not made.

第二十八条：木星、金星、水星与月亮的光线相合，给人最大的优雅与言辞之美；所以木星在处女、月亮在双鱼时，是诗人降生的好时机。诗人总是天生的，不是造就的。

29. That person will scarce make a prosperous end, or persevere long in any eminent degree, who has not some of his Ancestors' Genitures to sympathise with, and assist his own.

第二十九条：一个人若没有某几位祖先的命盘与他自己的相感相助，就很难有好结局，也很难长久保持显赫的地位。

30. The fifth sign from the Ascendant signifies the Native's children, because it is of the same nature as the sign on the Ascendant, and if two signs shall be in the Ascendant, the children will be of humours and manners exceedingly different, the one from the other; for the same reason the ninth house, signifies grand-children.

第三十条：从上升数起的第五个星座表示此人的子女，因为它与上升星座性质相同；若上升有两个星座，子女的性情与举止会彼此迥然不同；同理，第九宫表示孙辈。

31. The Moon with the Dragon's Tail in a Nativity gives suspicion of the mother's honesty, and hints that the child is none of the reputed father's begetting; however, it will prove ill-mannered, and for the most part unfortunate.

第三十一条：本命中月亮与龙尾同在，令人怀疑母亲的贞洁，暗示这孩子并非名义上的父亲所生；无论如何，这孩子会举止不良，而且大多不幸。

32. Whoever has Jupiter in aspect with the Sun, will be proud and haughty, and yet shall have little cause for it, unless they happen to be in reception.

第三十二条：凡木星与太阳成相位的人，会骄傲自大，却没有多少值得骄傲的理由，除非二者恰好互相接纳。

33. The Nativities of women in matters appertaining to life, are like those of men, but as to fortune, wholly unlike, and touching manners, after a middle kind, neither wholly agreeable, nor wholly contrary.

第三十三条：女人的本命，在关乎寿命的事上与男人相同，但在命运上全然不同；在品性上则居于两者之间，既不全然相合，也不全然相反。

34. A woman that has Mars with the Moon is right; I'll warrant her.

第三十四条：女人若火星与月亮同在，那可是个“地道的”，我敢担保。

35. In complete Nativities the Moon returns to the sign ascending at conception, or its opposite, or to the body or aspect of some Planet with whom she was at the conception, or to her own sign, and generally the Ascendant at birth is the Moon's place at conception, or its opposite, or the place of the Lord of the New-Moon foregoing the conception, yet there are sober genitures too, when the Sun comes to the place of the Ascendant or its Lord, etc.

第三十五条：在完整的本命中，月亮会回到受孕时上升的星座或其对宫，或回到受孕时与她同在的某颗行星的星体或相位处，或回到她自己的星座；一般说来，降生时的上升点就是受孕时月亮的位置，或其对冲之处，或受孕前那次新月之主星的位置；不过也有朴素的命盘，即太阳来到上升点或其主星的位置等等。

36. When Mars or the Moon shall be with the Dragon's Head or Tail in the twelfth, and Sol and Jupiter in the fourth house, the Native will be hunch-backed.

第三十六条：火星或月亮与龙头或龙尾同在第十二宫，而太阳与木星在第四宫时，此人会驼背。

37. When Mars is Lord of a Woman's Ascendant, and Venus posited in it, or Venus is Lady of it, and Mars in it, or Mars Lord of the Ascendant in the mid-heaven; it is more than probable she will Cuckold her husband.

第三十七条：火星为女人上升的主星而金星落在上升，或金星为上升之主而火星落在上升，或上升主星火星落在中天时，她多半会对丈夫不贞。

38. The Lord of the Ascendant in the combust way, shows that the Native will be much entangled and pestered with business.

第三十八条：上升主星在焦伤之路上，表示此人会被事务缠身、烦扰不堪。

39. If Infortunes be in the tenth house, peregrine, and not friendly to the Ascendant, the Native will be always full of suspicions and jealousies.

第三十九条：若凶星在第十宫游离，又不与上升友好，此人会总是满腹猜疑与妒忌。

40. All Planets above the Earth, make a man illustrious and generally known far and near, and being all swift in motion, render him dexterous and nimble in the dispatch of affairs.

第四十条：所有行星都在地平之上，使人显赫，远近闻名；若它们又都行速迅疾，则使他办事敏捷利落。

41. Those that have the Moon, Lady of the Ascendant under the Earth, with the "Tail of the Lion" and the "Virgin's Head," the Sun in the sixth, and Saturn or Mars in their own dignities in the Angles of the seventh, will always be very infirm and weak.

第四十一条：月亮为上升之主而在地平之下，与“狮子之尾”及“处女之头”同在，太阳在第六宫，土星或火星在自己的尊贵中、落在第七宫这个角宫，这样的人会一直体弱多病。

42. Mercury in Pisces lays an impediment on the tongue, making a man absurd in his speech and uttering unawares what he does not conceive in his mind; so if that sign ascend.

第四十二条：水星在双鱼使舌头有碍，使人说话荒唐，不知不觉说出心里并没有想的话；若双鱼上升，也是如此。

43. Whoever is born on the day of the Vernal Equinox at noon, shall by that testimony alone, become great in the world.

第四十三条：凡在春分那天正午出生的人，单凭这一条见证，就会在世上成为大人物。

44. Women that have their Ascendant, Moon, Mars, Venus, and Mercury in double-bodied signs, have generally very evil qualities.

第四十四条：女人的上升、月亮、火星、金星与水星都在双体星座时，一般品性很坏。

45. Jupiter very potent in a geniture always promises some extraordinary happiness, and if he be in the Mid-heaven near the cusp in Capricorn he gives a great deal of good fortune by means of violence and power under pretence of justice, but the same will have an unfortunate issue.

第四十五条：木星在命盘中极有力，总预示某种非常的幸福；若他在中天、靠近宫头、在摩羯，会借暴力与权势、打着公道的幌子给人带来大量好运，但结局不幸。

46. Famous are those persons in whose Nativities the Moon receives the light of many Planets, or is joined to some powerful Royal Fixed Star.

第四十六条：本命中月亮接受许多行星的光、或与某颗强有力的王者恒星相合的人，会声名显赫。

47. When Sol and Jupiter rule in the ninth, and over the places of Mercury, the Moon, and Ascendant, and do behold each other, such a Native's words will be regarded as oracles.

第四十七条：当太阳与木星主宰第九宫，又主宰水星、月亮与上升点的所在，且彼此相照时，此人的话会被奉为神谕。

48. Jupiter and the Sun in the second house, give a gallant, noble, free spirit; but Saturn and Mars, or Saturn with Mercury in the seventh, render men sordily covetous.

第四十八条：木星与太阳在第二宫，给人豪爽、高贵、慷慨的气度；但土星与火星，或土星与水星在第七宫，则使人卑鄙贪吝。

49. When the Lord of the figure of a Nativity shall be Retrograde, and both ways Cadent; the Native will be a weak, poor-spirited, dejected fellow, bringing nothing to perfection.

第四十九条：本命盘之主逆行，又两方面都落下时，此人会软弱、没志气、消沉，一事无成。

50. An Artist may more easily and certainly judge of a man's Nativity, than of the weather, because he knows the time of birth, but not that of the gathering together of vapours.

第五十条：术者判断一个人的本命，比判断天气更容易也更有把握，因为他知道出生的时刻，却不知道蒸气聚集的时刻。