卷二·第九十章　下狱之人能否早日获释

Any man committed to Prison, whether he shall be soone Delivered?

有人下了狱，能否很快获释？

[You must know your ascendant exactly, and what relation the party enquired of hath to the querent &c.] BEhold the ☽, if she be swift or slow of course: if she be swift, it shewes short tarrying in prison; the contrary if she be slow of course: if she give her strength to a Planet in the third house or ninth, this shewes he shall soon come forth of prison; if she give power to the Lord of the ninth or third, and be not in one of the angles, idem: and as you judge by the ☽ so judge by the Lord of the ascendant.

（页边注：你必须确切知道上升，以及所问之人与问卜者是什么关系，等等。）看月亮行速是快是慢：若快，表示在狱中逗留不久；若慢则相反：若她把力量交给第三宫或第九宫里的行星，表示他很快就会出狱；若她把力量交给第九宫或第三宫的主星，而自己不在角宫，也是一样：凭月亮怎样判断，也就凭上升主星怎样判断。

You shall also note, that the Quarters of Heaven in the Figure, are of great strength and force; for the Significators in Quarters feminine, doe signifie a swift going out, the other more slow: so also common Signes shew a time betwixt both; for if the Significator be in one of them, it signifies he shall be imprisoned againe.

你还要注意，盘中天空的几个象限有很大的力量；因为征象星在阴性象限，表示很快出去，在另外的象限则较慢：双体星座也表示介于两者之间的时间；因为若征象星在其中之一，表示他还会再次下狱。

If you find the Lords of the angles in angles, he shall not come out of prison; and so much the worse, if the Lord of the ascendant be in the fourth, or that he give power to the Lord of the twelft, or the Lord of the twelft to the Lord of the ascendant; and yet worse, if the Lord of the ascendant give power to a Planet being in an angle; which if he be an ill planet, it's so much the worse; if it be the Lord of the eighth house, he shall dye in prison:

若你发现几个角宫的主星都在角宫，他就出不了狱；若上升主星在第四宫，或他把力量交给第十二宫主星，或第十二宫主星把力量交给上升主星，那就更糟；若上升主星把力量交给一颗在角宫的行星，还要更糟；那颗行星若是凶星，就更加糟；若它是第八宫主星，他会死在狱中：

If the ☽ give power to the Lord of the ascendant, it's an evill signe; and the worse, if a Planet being in an angle, and slow in motion; if he be swift, it diminisheth part of the evill, and shortneth the time.

若月亮把力量交给上升主星，是一个凶兆；若交给一颗在角宫而行速缓慢的行星，就更凶；若那行星行速快，就减去一部分凶，缩短时间。

Every Planet that is Retrograde, sheweth slownesse: If the Lord of the ascendant be Combust, he shall never come out; or if he be not then received of the ☉, he shall dye in prison.

每颗逆行的行星都表示迟缓：若上升主星焦伤，他永远出不来；或者若他那时没有被太阳接纳，他会死在狱中。

Of the Imprisoned.

论被囚之人。

☽ and ☿ in movable Signes, aspecting a Fortune, or ☿ in aspect of a Fortune, notes enlargement: this is when ☿ is Lord of the ascendant.

月亮与水星在启动星座，照看吉星，或水星与吉星成相位，表示得到释放：这是指水星为上升主星的时候。

♃ in the ascendant, or ♂ or ☽ at time of Arrest, or ♀ in the ascendant with the ☽, or ☿ with ♃, aspecting the ☽, or ☽ applying to ♃ or ♀ notes enlargement.

木星在上升，或拘捕之时火星或月亮在上升，或金星与月亮同在上升，或水星与木星同在而照看月亮，或月亮入相木星或金星，表示得到释放。

The Dispositor of ☽ in aspect with a Fortune; any of these note he shall be delivered in a short and convenient time.

月亮的定位星与吉星成相位；以上任何一条，都表示他会在不久之后、适当的时候获释。

If a Question be asked for a Captive or Prisoner.

若是为一个俘虏或囚犯来问。

Behold the Lord of the ascendant, and if he be separate from the Lord of the fourth house, or the Lord of the fourth house from him, it signifies he shall quickly goe out of prison; if the Lord of the ascendant in separating himselfe from the Lord of the fourth doe apply unto a Fortune, and he himselfe remove from an angle, it is a more sure and certaine signe that he shall escape and come forth of prison; when the Lord of the ascendant shall be in Cadents from the Angles, it is likewise a signe of escape.

看上升主星，若他离开第四宫主星，或第四宫主星离开他，表示他会很快出狱；若上升主星在离开第四宫主星的同时入相一颗吉星，而他自己也离开角宫，那就是他会逃脱出狱的更确实的征兆；上升主星在角宫之后的果宫时，也是逃脱的征兆。

If the Lord of the ascendant doe separate himselfe from the ☉, or if the ☽ shall be existent under the Beames, it signifies escape and that especially if he be in the King's Prison. If at any time any of the ill Signs, viz. fixed, be ascending at the houre of Imprisonment, or when the Question is taken for the Prisoner, or the Lord of the ascendant or ☽ be infortunate in any of these Signes ♉ ♌ ♒ ♓, it signifies long time of imprisonment; if she be unfortunate in the two first Signs, and in ☌ of ♂, it signifies he shall be slain with the sword after long imprisonment, or in danger thereof by quarrelling:

若上升主星离开太阳，或月亮在太阳光束之下，表示逃脱，尤其他若是关在国王的监狱里。在下狱之时，或为囚犯起问之时，若有凶星座即固定星座上升，或上升主星或月亮在金牛、狮子、水瓶、双鱼这几个星座中受克，表示要坐很久的牢；若她在前两个星座中受克，又与火星会合，表示他在长期囚禁之后会死于刀剑，或因争吵而有此危险：

If the same Infortune be ♄ it signifies great Tortures, Irons, and grievous punishments, amongst us it notes wants, hard measure, small or no mercy, sicknesse: If an Infortune be in the two latter Signes, it signifies long endurance in prison, but shortest time if in ♓. If the Lord of the ascendant be cadent from his House or his Exaltation, and ☽ in ♒, it signifies long imprisonment: The Lord of the ascendant or ☽ in the eighth, doe signifie the same. If ☿ be with any of the Infortunes, he addeth evill and misery to the Incarcerated, and an ill end to the Prisoner.

若那颗凶星是土星，表示大受酷刑、镣铐和严厉的惩罚；在我们这里，则表示缺衣少食、受苛待、几乎得不到宽恕，以及疾病：若凶星在后两个星座，表示在狱中久受煎熬，但在双鱼时间最短。若上升主星从自己的庙或旺落下，月亮又在水瓶，表示长期囚禁：上升主星或月亮在第八宫，也是如此。若水星与任何一颗凶星同在，就给被拘押的人增添祸患与苦楚，囚犯的结局也不好。

To be short, there can be nothing better to be wished for the Prisoner, then if the ☽ be in her wane, descending unto her Septentrionall part, and applying unto Fortunes, and the ascendant and his Lord fortunate. Note also, that ♀ is more to be wished for the Prisoner then ♃, and delivereth sooner out of prison; especially if she be joyned in signification with the ☽ or ☿: If the ☽ be with ♄, and ♃ behold them with a □, and ♂ with a △, it signifies that after long imprisonment and misery, he shall break prison and escape.

总之，对囚犯来说，最好不过的是月亮正在亏缺，降向她的北方部分，入相吉星，而上升及其主星又吉利。还要注意，对囚犯来说，金星比木星更可取，也能更快把人救出牢狱；尤其她若与月亮或水星在征象上结合：若月亮与土星同在，木星以四分照看他们，火星以三分照看，表示他在长期囚禁与困苦之后会越狱逃走。