卷三·第一百一十三章　一生福祸总论；第二宫财帛的征象星

Of the generall Fortune or Misery of the Native.

论本命者总体的福运或困苦。

Having well considered the Geniture, and in particular examined the Fortitudes and Debilities of the Planets, observe if in the Scheame you find three or four Planets in their essentiall dignities, or if they receive one another out of such dignities, for then the Heavens declare, that the Native shall enjoy a manifest and ample fortune, shall live gallantly and in much esteem, according to the quality, and above the ordinary Vogue of his Birth, and that he shall manage the actions of his whole life, for the greatest part thereof, with happy and admirable successe:

你仔细考察了本命，并逐一审视了诸行星的强弱之后，要观察：若在盘中发现三四颗行星在它们的必然尊贵里，或它们从这样的尊贵中互相接纳，那么天象就宣告：本命者将享有显著而丰厚的福运，生活体面，很受尊敬，合乎其身份，并超出其出身的寻常水准；他一生的行事，大部分都会以幸运而可赞叹的成功来经营：

On the contrary, when most of the Planets are either in their Fals or Detriments, or in abject houses of Heaven, or Peregrine, such persons shall generally be involved with many infelicities, one mischiefe ever following in the neck of another.

反之，当大多数行星在落或陷，或在天上卑下之宫，或游离时，这样的人一般会陷入许多不幸，一桩祸事总是紧跟着另一桩。

Consider in every geniture the ☉ and ☽, for by their well or ill position, you may discover much in this manner of judgment, for if they concurre with the rest of the Planets, the judgment good or ill will be more assured, and more effectuall.

在每张本命里都要考虑太阳与月亮，因为由它们位置的好坏，你在这类判断中能发现很多；因为它们若与其余行星一致，那么判断无论好坏，都会更确定、更有效。

When you find a mediocrity in testimonies, which is, when you see some Planets essentially dignified, others wholly unfortunate and extreamly weak; or when the Significators are well fortified, but in miserable and abject houses of heaven: or on the contrary, &c. they then shew an unequall Fortune, variable, ever subject to great mutation, so that the Native may in many parts of his life be extream happy, and live splendidly, and at other times most miserable, and in a dejected condition, and of this we have seen too many miserable examples in our owne age.

当你发现见证中等时，即你看到有些行星有必然尊贵，另一些则完全不吉、极其虚弱；或征象星很强，却在天上悲惨卑下的宫里：或者相反，等等；那时它们显示一种不均的福运，变化不定，总要经历大的变迁，以致本命者在一生的许多时段里可能极其幸福，过得风光，在另一些时候又极其困苦，处境沦落；这样悲惨的例子，在我们这个时代我们见得太多了。

Besides, it may so come to passe, that one may have a very promising Nativity in the generall, and yet the events may come slowly; such a thing I confesse may be, but the time when events shall happen depends upon Directions of the five Hylegiacall places of Heaven; for though the Planets may by their extreame fortitudes promise such or such blessings: yet the time when, must be required from the Significators occurse to such Promittors as in the Radix did manifest such events.

此外，也可能有这样的事：一个人总体上本命很有前途，但事情却来得很慢；我承认这种事是可能的，但事情发生的时间，取决于天上五个生命征象之位的推运；因为诸行星虽可因其极强的力量许下这样那样的福分，但何时应验，必须从征象星与那些在根盘中显示这些事的允诺星的会遇来求得。

The two Lights peregrine, and their Dispositor in his Fall, Detriment, or in pittifull places, ♃ and ♀ weak and peregrine, or unfortunate, ♄ and ♂ in the same quarter of Heaven: when that ♄ ♂ ☋ and ☿ are principall Significators of Happinesse, or all the Planets slow in motion, the Native may expect many calamities, and much misery for the most part of his life; from whence it shall proceed, expect from the places of Heaven the Infortunes are in; the time when, from direction of the Significators to their aspects or Bodies.

两光游离，而它们的定位星在落、陷或可怜之处，木星与金星弱而游离或不吉，土星与火星在天上同一象限：当土星、火星、龙尾与水星是幸福的主要征象星时，或所有行星都行速迟缓时，本命者一生的大部分可能遭遇许多灾难，十分困苦；困苦从何而来，要从凶星所在的天上之宫去求；何时到来，则从征象星推运到它们的相位或本体去求。

The second House of Riches, or the Goods of Fortune.

第二宫，财富或福运之物。

In every Nativity you are to consider these Significators:

在每张本命里你都要考虑这些征象星：

First, the cusp or beginning of the second house, from five degrees before the cusp thereof, untill within five degrees of the cusp of the third, the Lord of that house, and how dignified.

第一，第二宫的宫头或起点，从它的宫头之前五度起，直到第三宫宫头之前五度以内，那一宫的主星，以及他的尊贵如何。

Secondly, the Lord of the Signe intercepted (if any be so) in the second.

第二，被截在第二宫里的星座（若有的话）之主。

Thirdly, ⊗ and his Lord, and ♃, a generall Significator of Wealth.

第三，福点及其主星，以及木星，财富的一般征象星。

Fourthly, those Planets, or that Planet who are casually in the second, having ever this consideration before you, That the neerer a Planet is to the cusp of the second, the more evident and apparent are his significations.

第四，偶然位于第二宫里的一颗或几颗行星；始终要记住这一点：行星离第二宫宫头越近，他的征象就越显著、越明白。

Ptolomey did onely give these directions for enquiring from whom, or by what causes the Native might attaine an Estate, lib. 4. cap. 1. Consider, saith he, the Planets having dominion of the Signe wherein ⊗ is, and what familiarity or aspect they have unto ⊗, observe the benevolent aspects of the Planets unto those Planets and ⊗, and also the Planets who are elevated above them, either of the same or contrary quality: when those who governe ⊗ are very strong, they greatly encrease the Natives Wealth, especially if assisted by ☉ or ☽.

托勒密只就本命者可能从谁那里、或因什么缘故获得产业，给了这些指示，见卷四第一章。他说，考虑主管福点所在星座的诸行星，以及它们与福点有什么亲缘或相位；观察诸行星对这些行星与福点的吉相位，还有那些升在它们之上、与它们性质相同或相反的行星：当那些主管福点的行星很强时，它们就大大增加本命者的财富，尤其若得到太阳或月亮的帮助。

♄ Enriches by Buildings, Navigation, Husbandry. ♃ by Fidelity or Trust, Government, Priest-hood, viz. Religion. ♂ by Warre and conduct of Armies. ♀ by Friends and gifts of Women. ☿ by Oratory, Merchandizing.

土星以建筑、航海、农事致富。木星以忠信或受托、治理、圣职即宗教。火星以战争与统率军队。金星以朋友与女人的馈赠。水星以演说、经商。

When ♄ governeth ⊗, ♃ casting his good aspect thereunto, he shewes Inheritances, principally when the aspect is in superior Angles, or ♃ in a Bycorporeall Signe, and in the West angle, and in a good aspect with the ☽, or she assisting, then the Native shall be some ones adopted child, and shall be the Heic of another mans Goods.

当土星主管福点，而木星以吉相位照看它时，就显示遗产，尤其当这个相位在上方之角时，或木星在双体星座、在西方角宫，又与月亮成吉相位，或月亮相助时，本命者就会成为某人的养子，成为别人财产的继承人。

His Wealth shall continue, if Planets of the same nataure do joyne in signification with those Planets who dispose ⊗: but if Maleficall Planets have principall dominion in those places, or are ascending unto them, they cause destruction of the estate: The time when, universally is taken by the accesse of the Planets to the angles and succedant places. Thus Ptolomey.

若与那些定位福点的行星性质相同的行星，在征象上与它们相合，他的财富就会持续：但若凶星在那些位置有主要的主权，或正升向那些位置，就使产业毁坏：何时应验，一般由诸行星到达角宫与续宫来取。托勒密如是说。

Leovitius, a diligent Writer, hath much refined the judgments belonging to this house, and hath herein farre exceeded Ptolomey, who in all his writings was extreame short. I follow Leovitius and Origanus.

莱奥维提乌斯是一位勤勉的作者，大大精炼了属于这一宫的判断，在这方面远远超过托勒密，托勒密在他所有的著作里都极其简略。我追随莱奥维提乌斯与奥里加努斯。