卷三·第一百三十八章　子女的数目、男女与寿夭；第九宫论远行

How many Children the Native may have.

本命者可能有几个子女。

THe number of Children in generall, you may partly discover by collection of the testimonies; for the more Planets that are fruitfull and posited in the fift or eleventh, and in such Signes as we nominate fruitfull, doe discerne the greater number of Children; so the fewer the Planets are in those houses, and those also posited in barren Signes, so much lesse Issue, or fewer Children may be expected: Planets prolificall in bycorporeall Signes, double the number of Children; in fruitfull Signes, the same Planets treble the number.

子女的大致数目，你可以部分地从汇集见证来发现；因为落在第五宫或第十一宫、又在我们称为多产的星座里的多产行星越多，就显示子女越多；同理，这些宫里的行星越少，而且又落在不育的星座，可期待的子嗣就越少，子女越少：多产的行星在双体星座，子女数目加倍；在多产星座，同样的行星使数目增至三倍。

Whether Male or Female.

是男是女。

♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ they are masculine Planets, if in Houses, Signes and Degrees masculine, they discover Male children: ☽ and ♀ are Feminine Planets; if Occidentall, and in Signes, Houses and Degrees Feminine, they argue Females.

土星、木星、火星、太阳是阳性行星，若在阳性的宫、星座与度数，显示男孩：月亮与金星是阴性行星；若西入，又在阴性的星座、宫与度数，主女孩。

[Long lived.] If all the Significators who pronounce Children, or the major number of them be potent, strong and essentially fortified, they promise long lived, famous and happy Children, who will be obedient unto, and beneficiall to their Parents.

（页边注：长寿。）若所有主子女的征象星，或其中大多数，有力、强而有必然尊贵，就许以长寿、有名、幸福的子女，他们会孝顺父母、对父母有益。

[Short lived.] The weaknesse of the Significators argues not onely short life, but disobedient and little comfortable to the Parents.

（页边注：短命。）征象星衰弱，不但主短寿，而且主子女不孝，难以给父母安慰。

[Love or Hatred with Parents.] If there be a benevolent aspect betwixt the Lord of the fifth and first, there's like to be mutuall Love betwixt the Father and the Child or Children: an hatefull aspect demonstrates the contrary.

（页边注：与父母相爱或相恨。）若第五宫主与第一宫主之间有吉相位，父亲与一个或几个孩子之间就可能互相亲爱：凶相位表示相反。

Aphorismes of ALBUBATER concerning Children.

阿布巴特论子女的金言。

♄ and ♂ in the fift or eleventh, argue, the Children of the Native shall not live long.

土星与火星在第五宫或第十一宫，主本命者的子女不长寿。

☉ having dominion in the fift, joyned to an Infortune, leave not one Child alive.

太阳主管第五宫，又与凶星会合，不留一个孩子存活。

☉ ♄ and ☿ in ☌ in the mid-heaven, in □ or ☍ of ☽, kils the Children.

太阳、土星、水星在中天会合，四分或对冲月亮，杀子女。

♂ in ☍ to ♃, either kils the Children, or argues an ill death unto them; so also doth ♃ when in ☍ to ♄, he then kils the greater part of them.

火星对冲木星，或杀子女，或主他们死于非命；木星对冲土星时也是如此，那时他杀死其中的大部分。

☿ in the ascendant, ♄ in the west, notes, the Children will live but a short time.

水星在上升，土星在西方，主子女只活很短时间。

The Lord of the fift in the eighth, shew, the Children will dye before the Father.

第五宫主在第八宫，主子女死在父亲之前。

The Lord of the fift in ☌ with Infortunes, or with the Lord of the eighth, or in a bad aspect of the Infortunes, kils the Children, &c.

第五宫主与凶星会合，或与第八宫主会合，或受凶星的凶相位，杀子女，等等。

In the judgments of Children, all men have declined the Opinion of Ptolomey, who herein adviseth to consider the tenth, and eleventh, fourth and fift, the Signes of those houses, and Planets therein, &c.

在子女的判断上，人人都不采纳托勒密的意见，他在这里主张考虑第十宫与第十一宫、第四宫与第五宫，这些宫的星座以及其中的行星，等等。

Judgments upon the ninth House.

对第九宫的判断。

Of Journeys and Religions.

论远行与宗教。

THe Significators of long Journeys and Travels are taken

长途远行与旅行的征象星取自

First, from the ninth House and his Lord.

第一，第九宫及其主星。

Secondly, from the Planet or Planets in the ninth.

第二，第九宫内的一颗或几颗行星。

Thirdly, from ☽ and ☿; Ptolomey addes ♂ in consideration hereof.

第三，月亮与水星；托勒密还加上火星一并考虑。

1. From all these Significators, judgments are deduced, whether the Native is to travell into farre Countreys, yea or no; or once or many times, or so frequently travell, that all his life, as it were, shall be led in parts transmarine, or whether he shall but seldome make forraigne Voyages.

一、由所有这些征象星推出判断：本命者是否要到遥远的国度去，是或否；去一次还是多次，还是频频远行，以致一生仿佛都在海外度过，还是很少出国远游。

2. When it is evident the Native shall travell, these circumstances are considerable, Unto what parts of the world he will bend his Journeys from his native Country: if it appeare he shall visit sundry parts, then towards which part especially.

二、确知本命者要远行之后，以下情形值得考虑：他会从本国往世界的哪一方去：若看来他会去好几处，那么主要往哪一方。

3. What may be the causes principall of travells.

三、远行的主要原因可能是什么。

4. Whether he shall be succesfull in travell yea or not; and whether he will incurre danger or hazard of his life thereby.

四、他远行是否顺利；是否会因此遭遇危险，或有性命之虞。