卷二·第九十一章　俘虏或奴隶

Of a Captive or Slave.

论俘虏或奴隶。

BEhold the sixt house or twelft, and if any Planet be therein, he is the Signifier of the Captive, because those houses are the houses of Captives or imprisonment. If you find none there, behold the Planet which is under the Sun-beams, he is the Signifier.

看第六宫或第十二宫，若其中有行星，他就是俘虏的征象星，因为这两宫是俘虏或囚禁之宫。若那里一颗也没有，就看在太阳光束之下的那颗行星，他就是征象星。

Behold the hour at what time the Captive is taken in, and if the Lord of the hour be an Infortune, it signifies long imprisonment; but if he be a Fortune, it signifies short imprisonment or Captivity.

看俘虏被收押的时辰，若时辰主星是凶星，表示长期囚禁；但若是吉星，表示囚禁或被俘的时间短。

The Ancients say, he that is taken in the hour of the ☉, shall escape within a moneth; in the hour of ♀, in forty dayes; in the hour of ☿, long imprisonment; in the hour of the ☽, his state shall change according to the applications the ☽ hath with the Planets, fortunate or infortunate; according to which you shall judge easie or slow deliverance: he that is taken in the hour of ♄, shall be long in prison; in the hour of ♃, he shall soon goe out, but he that is taken in the hour of ♂, much trouble shall happen unto him in prison, for he shall be put in Fetters or beaten; this you must understand of Fellons, or Souldiers, or men that break Prison, or of mad men, &c.

古人说，在太阳之时被捕的，一个月内会逃脱；在金星之时，四十天内；在水星之时，长期囚禁；在月亮之时，他的境况会随月亮与诸行星的入相而变，或吉或凶；你据此判断获释是容易还是迟缓：在土星之时被捕的，会在狱中很久；在木星之时，他会很快出去；但在火星之时被捕的，在狱中会遭许多麻烦，因为他会被戴上镣铐或挨打；这一点你须理解为指重罪犯、士兵、越狱的人或疯人等等。