卷三·第一百二十一章　兄弟的数目；第四宫论父亲

Number of Brethren.

兄弟的数目。

Take that from the Signe of the third house; if it be prolificall, and his Lord also, say the Native shall have many, and so the contrary: So many Planets as behold the third house or his Lord, out of Masculine Signes, so many Brethren are designed; if they be in feminine Signes, then so many Sisters:

这要从第三宫的星座来取；若它是多产星座，其主星也是，就说本命者会有许多兄弟，反之亦然：有多少行星从阳性星座照看第三宫或其主星，就指定有多少兄弟；若它们在阴性星座，就有那么多姊妹：

If the Planets that are Significators behold one another with good aspects they shall live; if with ill aspect, they dye. ♂ Combust, imports few Brethren, and the death of the younger, if any be: the Lord of the third Combust, or ☉ in the third house, or in ☍ of ♃, signifies few Brethen, and that they will not live long: ♄ or ♃ in the first house, he that is then borne is either first borne, or will live best of all the rest: ♄ or ☉ in any of the Angles in their Essentiall dignitie, or if the Lord of the ascendant be of the three superior Planets, and in the third house, or if the Lord of the third be an inferiour Planet, and in the ascendant, he that is then borne is either the first borne, or shall live in the best manner of them.

若作为征象星的行星彼此以吉相位相照，他们会活下来；若以凶相位，他们会死去。火星焦伤，主兄弟少，而且年幼的会死，若有的话：第三宫主焦伤，或太阳在第三宫，或太阳对冲木星，表示兄弟少，而且他们不会长寿：土星或木星在第一宫，那时出生的人，或者是头胎，或者会比其余的人都活得好：土星或太阳在任何角宫而在其必然尊贵中，或上升主星是三颗上位行星之一而在第三宫，或第三宫主是下位行星而在上升，那时出生的人，或者是头胎，或者会在他们当中过得最好。

The Ancients here in the judgments of this house, doe in a manner quite desert Ptolomey, who requires judgment from the Signe of the mid-heaven, being the Mothers house, and diurnally from ♀, nocturnally from ☽, and from that house succeding the mid-heaven, which must needs be the eleventh of Figure. And he saith, if Benevolent Planets behold those places, we may predict many Brethren.

古人在这一宫的判断上，几乎完全背离了托勒密，托勒密要求从中天的星座来判断，因为那是母亲之宫，白天从金星，夜里从月亮，还要从中天之后的那一宫，那必然是盘中的第十一宫。他说，若吉星照看这些位置，我们就可以预言兄弟众多。

Herein, without doubt, his meaning was, if the Native enquire whether he should have more Brethren or Sisters by the same Mother he was borne of,it hath some probability of truth and reason in it then: Otherwise the manner I have prescribed is the more generally followed, and more rationall : and therein Ptolomy stands single, neither followed by Greek, Jew, Arabian or Latine. Stultum est absque demonstratione præ aliis uni Credere.

在这一点上，他的意思无疑是：若本命者问他是否还会有同母所生的兄弟或姊妹，那么这样判断就有几分真实与道理：否则，我所规定的方法更为普遍遵行，也更合理：在这一点上托勒密孤立无援，希腊人、犹太人、阿拉伯人、拉丁人都不追随他。没有证明就偏信一人而不信众人，是愚蠢的。

Judgments upon the fourth House.

对第四宫的判断。

Concerning Parents, &c. And Patrimony of the Father.

论父母等等，以及父亲的祖产。

[Of the Father] The Significators of the Father in every Geniture are: First, the fourth house; secondly, the Lord thereof: thirdly, the ☉ in a diurnall Geniture, ♄ in a nocturnall: fourthly, the Planet or Planets in the fourth are considerable. These Significators or the most of them strong and fortunate, in good aspect of ♃ or ♀, shew the happy condition of the Father after the Childs birth.

（页边注：论父亲。）每张本命里父亲的征象星是：第一，第四宫；第二，它的主星：第三，昼生的本命看太阳，夜生的看土星：第四，第四宫里的一颗或几颗行星也值得考虑。这些征象星，或其中大部分，强而吉利，与木星或金星成吉相位，就显示父亲在孩子出生后的幸福境况。

If the Significators be unfortunate and impedited, they shew the dejected and low condition of the Father, and that he is subject to many misfortunes, &c.

若征象星不吉而受阻，就显示父亲境况低落，遭遇许多不幸，等等。

If some be strong and others weak, and they tend to a mediocrity, then the Fortune of the Parents are intended or remitted according to the nature of the Planet or Planets occupying the fourth house; and if there be many therein, he that is most dignified shall be preferred in judgment. But these judgments are best drawn from the Fathers own Nativity.

若有的强、有的弱，趋于中等，那么父母的运气就按占据第四宫的那颗或那几颗行星的本性加强或减弱；若那里有许多行星，就在判断中优先取最有尊贵的那颗。不过这些判断最好从父亲自己的本命里得出。

If in the fourth house you find fortunate Planets and their Lords in angles or succedants, well disposed, in no aspect to the Infortunes, you may judge the condition of the Parents laudable and good: but if the Significators be in cadent houses, and unfortnnate stars in the 4th; or if the Lords of the places beforesaid be afflicted of the Infortunes, you may predict, the Parents are subject to many misfortunes: and doe you judge the greatnesse of their happinesse or misfortune by the strength or debility of the Significators: The Lord of the fourth in Reception with the Lord of the ascendant, or in △ or ⚹ with him, argues a flourishing condition in the Father.

若你在第四宫发现吉利的行星，而它们的主星在角宫或续宫，位置良好，不与凶星成相位，你就可以判断父母的境况可称而美好：但若征象星在果宫，而不吉的星在第四宫；或前述那些位置的主星受凶星侵害，你就可以预言父母会遭遇许多不幸：你要按征象星的强弱判断他们幸福或不幸的大小：第四宫主与上升主星互相接纳，或与他成三分或六分，表示父亲境况兴旺。

☉ or ♃ in the fourth, argue the Father to be a man of good quality; if the Planet who signifies the Father be in an angle or succedant house, and in his owne house or Exaltation, it generally denotes the Father to be a man of esteem and quality.

太阳或木星在第四宫，表示父亲是有身份的好人；若表示父亲的行星在角宫或续宫，又在他自己的庙或旺，一般表示父亲是受人尊重、有身份的人。

☉ ♄ ♂ and ☿ in the fourth, shew the Father will live but a while.

太阳、土星、火星与水星在第四宫，表示父亲只能活一段时间。

If ♃ and ♀ by any application or aspect are in configuration with ☉ or ♄, and that there be any friendly aspect betwixt them, both of them being strong, they promise long life to the Father: ☉ with ☊, and the ☽ in the fourth, shew the Father to be of good Parents, but the Native not long lived.

若木星与金星以任何入相或相位，与太阳或土星成格局，二者之间有任何友好的相位，二者都强，就许父亲长寿：太阳与龙头同在，而月亮在第四宫，表示父亲出身好人家，但本命者不长寿。

☉ better dignified then the ☽, shew the Father better descended then the Mother; and so the the contrary. ☉ and ☽ in ☌ in a masculine Signe, shew the dignity of the Father; but short life to the Mother, and that before the Father.

太阳比月亮更有尊贵，表示父亲比母亲出身更好；反之亦然。太阳与月亮会合于阳性星座，表示父亲的尊荣；但母亲寿短，而且死在父亲之前。

☉ or the Lord of the fourth being peregrine in the twefth, shewes a Father of a very low condition: ☉ in ☌ with ☋ and cadent in a Bestiall Signe, shewes abject Parents: ☉ and ♄ in cadent houses, and in ☌, shewes short life to the Father; ♄ infortunating ☉, the Father dyes of Melancholly, &c.

太阳或第四宫主游离而在第十二宫，表示父亲境况非常低微：太阳与龙尾会合，又在兽形星座的果宫，表示父母卑贱：太阳与土星在果宫，又会合，表示父亲寿短；土星侵害太阳，父亲死于忧郁症等等。