卡丹警句·交食与彗星　食分久暂与彗星所主

1. In an Eclipse it is necessary to consider the strength of the Planet then ruling, for his significations will chiefly appear.

第一则：交食时，必须考虑当时主事之星的力量，因为它的征象将主要显现出来。

2. Eclipses of the sun have powerful effects, and therefore if they fall upon a very flourishing and promising crop they generally damnify it, so that it scarce comes to any thing near what might have been expected.

第二则：日食效力强大，所以若落在一片极其茂盛、极有指望的庄稼上，通常会损害它，使收成远不及原来所期望的。

3. When at the time of an eclipse the significator of life in any person's Radix shall be within the Beams of the Anereta or killing Planet, or of an Infortune not friendly disposed, such native will incur extraordinary hazard of his life.

第三则：交食之时，某人根盘中的生命征象星若在杀星（即致死之星）的光线之内，或在一颗处境不友善的凶星的光线之内，此人将遭遇非常的性命之险。

4. In general some Eclipses of the luminaries at the time or even before they happen raise showers and rain, others great droughts, some violent winds, others earthquakes, some scarcity of the fruits of the earth, others terrible fires.

第四则：一般而言，两光的交食，有的在发生之时甚至之前便兴起阵雨，有的带来大旱，有的带来狂风，有的带来地震，有的带来地上果实的歉收，有的带来可怕的火灾。

5. A Comet usually foreshows the birth of famous persons in some time after to happen, for he is not said to be born under it (in this sense) who is born during the time of its appearance, but he that is born in that region or country subject to such an Angle or Figure, and hath his Sun and Moon in its place, or the Luminaries and the Lord of his Ascendant in cardinal signs, when the Comet rises, sets or culminates, and the like.

第五则：彗星通常预示此后某时将有名人诞生；因为（在这个意义上）不是说在它出现期间出生的人就算生于其下，而是说生在受那个角或那个盘面所辖的地区或国度、太阳与月亮落在彗星之处的人，或在彗星升起、沉没或上中天时两光与上升主星落在启动星座的人，诸如此类。

6. A Comet in the East, signifies the rise of some eminent lawgiver, in the Mid-heaven, of some very powerful King, but seldom any such illustrious matter when 'tis in the West or Succedent houses.

第六则：彗星在东方，表示某位杰出立法者的兴起；在中天，表示某位极有权势的君王；在西方或续宫时，则少有这般显赫之事。

7. Comets when they are immoveable, signify seditions, but when moveable they denote Foreign Wars, and one Nation invading another; in Cardinal Signs the death of Princes or great men; in the ninth house, Scandal or detriment to Religion; in the tenth or twelfth houses, the pestilence or scarcity of corn; and in the eleventh house, great slaughter and destruction of Noblemen.

第七则：彗星静止不动时，表示叛乱；移动时，表示对外战争、一国侵犯另一国；在启动星座，表示君王或大人物之死；在第九宫，表示宗教受谤或受损；在第十或第十二宫，表示瘟疫或谷物匮乏；在第十一宫，表示贵族遭大屠戮与毁灭。

8. If a Comet appear whilst a woman goes with child, if it be either in the fourth, sixth, or eighth month, such child will prove very prone to anger and quarrels, and if he be of quality, to sedition.

第八则：妇人怀胎期间若有彗星出现，而且是在怀孕第四、第六或第八个月，这孩子将非常易怒、好争斗；若他出身显贵，则好作乱。

9. No Eclipse whatsoever can threaten a scarcity or plague to the whole Earth, nor can the pestilence continue above four years in one place.

第九则：任何交食都不能使整个大地遭受饥荒或瘟疫，瘟疫在一地也不能持续超过四年。

10. Eclipses in the fourth house are more strong and efficacious than in the eighth or twelfth houses, and in the Ascendant more than in the ninth or eleventh.

第十则：交食在第四宫，比在第八或第十二宫更强、更有效验；在上升，比在第九或第十一宫更强。

11. An Eclipse of the Moon extends its effects as many months, and of the Sun so many years, as it continues hours.

第十一则：月食持续几个小时，其效应便延续几个月；日食持续几个小时，便延续几年。

12. An Eclipse has a threefold effect, first powerful by reason of the conjunction or opposition on which it happens; second general, because it slowly cools, in which respect it is extended for a long time. Thirdly power which it has from the Lord of the place wherein it happens and other positions at that time.

第十二则：交食有三重效应：第一是强力的，出于它所发生的那次会合或对冲；第二是普遍的，因为它慢慢冷却，就此而言，效应延续很长时间。第三是它从发生之处的主星以及当时其他星位所得的力量。

13. Eclipses operate more forcibly on Cities, Provinces, and Kingdoms than on Particular persons of private condition, or even upon Kings and Princes, for their effects rather respect the multitude.

第十三则：交食对城市、省份与王国的作用，比对身份平常的个人、甚至比对国王与君主更为有力，因为它的效应更多关乎众人。

14. When Eclipses happen or Comets appear in Earthly Signs they portend barrenness and scarcity by reason of excessive droughts; when in Watery Signs by reason of too much rain, in Airy Signs they signify mighty winds, seditions and the pestilence, in Fiery Signs terrible Wars and slaughters.

第十四则：交食发生或彗星出现在土象星座，预示因过度干旱而来的不育与匮乏；在水象星座，则因雨水过多而如此；在风象星座，表示狂风、叛乱与瘟疫；在火象星座，表示可怕的战争与杀戮。