卷三·第一百零五章　命主

Of the Lord of the Geniture.

论命主。

Concerning this, there is some difference amongst the Ancients, yet all rejecting the judgment of Firmicus, whose opinion was, that if the ☽ were at any ones birth in ♈, then ♀ being Lady of the next subsequent Signe, shall be Lady of the Geniture, &c. or if she be in ♌, then ☿, because Lord of ♍, must be Lord of the Geniture.

关于这一点，古人之间有些分歧，但他们都摒弃费尔米库斯的判断；他的看法是：若某人出生时月亮在白羊，那么金星作为紧随其后那个星座的女主，就是命主，等等；或者，若月亮在狮子，那么水星因为是处女的主星，就必定是命主。

Others will have that Planet Lord of the Geniture who hath most essentiall dignities in the ascendant, mid-heaven, place of the ☉ ☽ and ⊗; and that he shall be partaker in judgment, who hath most dignities next unto the said Planet; and this is rationall.

另有人主张，在上升、中天、太阳、月亮与福点的位置上必然尊贵最多的那颗行星是命主；在上述那颗行星之后尊贵次多的那颗，则参与判断；这是合理的。

I am cleerly of this opinion, viz. That Planet who hath most essentiall and accidentall dignities in the Figure, and is posited best, and elevated most in the Scheame, that he ought to be Lord of the Geniture, and am confident the whole actions of the Native will more or lesse pertake of the nature of that Planets and so his Conditions, Complexion, Temperament and Manners shall be much regulated unto the properties assigned that Planet (consideratis, considerandis;) yet doubtlesse if any other Planet be very neer so strong as him whom we formerly mentioned, he shall much participate, and a kind of mixture must be framed according to the severall fortitudes each Planet hath, together with the aspects good or evill of the other Planets intervening:

我的看法很明确，就是：在盘中必然尊贵与偶然尊贵最多、位置最好、在盘中升得最高的那颗行星，应当作命主；我确信本命者的全部行事，都会或多或少带有那颗行星的性质，因此他的性情、体质、气质与举止，都会大大地按那颗行星所赋的特性来调节（凡应考虑的都要考虑在内）；然而无疑，若另有某颗行星几乎与前面所说的那颗一样强，他也会大大参与其中，于是必须按各行星所具的强力，连同其他行星介入的吉或凶的相位，构成一种混合：

The Greeks did use to account that Planet Lord of the Geniture who had most dignities in the place of the ☽ and ☿; for ☿ is the Lord, or hath dominion of the spirit and vigour of the mind, the ☽ swayeth the body.

希腊人习惯以在月亮与水星位置上尊贵最多的那颗行星为命主；因为水星是心灵的精神与活力之主，即支配它们，月亮则主宰身体。