卷二·第三十二章　寻找藏起或误放之物

To find a thing hid or mislaid.

寻找藏起或误放之物。

Be carefull to take your Ascendant exactly, and consider the nature of the Question, viz. whose Goods, or to whom the thing missing, or lost, or enquired after, did appertaine; if the Goods be the Querents owne Commodity, then see to the Lord of the second; if it belong to his Brother or Sister, then have regard to the Lord of the fourth; if to the Father, the Lord of the fifth; if to the Mother, the Lord of the eleventh, &c. and so in order, according to the nature of the Party who proposeth the Question.

务必把上升取得准确，并考虑问题的性质，即这些财物，或这件找不到、遗失或查问的东西，原属谁、归谁所有；若财物是问卜者自己的东西，就看第二宫主星；若属于他的兄弟或姊妹，就看第四宫主星；若属于父亲，看第五宫主星；若属于母亲，看第十一宫主星，等等，依提问之人的身分依次类推。

If you find the Lord of the second in any Angle, you may judge the thing lost, hid or missing, is within the house of him that demands the Question; and if the Lord of the second be in the Ascendant, or in the Sign wherin the Lord of the Ascendant is, or in one of his houses, you may judge the thing is in that part of the house which he himselfe most frequents, or wherein he doth most abide, or is conversant, or where himselfe layeth up his owne Commodities, or such things as he most delights in; but if the Lord of the second be in the tenth house, it's then in his Shop, if he be a Mechanick; if a Gentleman, in his Hall or Dinining-room; if a Husband-man, in the ordinary common room of his house, or first room after entrance into his house:

若你发现第二宫主星在任一角宫，可以断定那遗失、藏起或找不到的东西就在提问者的屋里；若第二宫主星在上升，或在上升主星所在的星座，或在上升主星的某个庙里，你可以断定东西在屋里他自己最常去、最常待、最常走动的那部分，或他存放自己物品、或他最喜爱之物的地方；但若第二宫主星在第十宫，若他是手艺人，东西就在他的店铺里；若是绅士，就在他的厅堂或餐室里；若是农夫，就在他家里平常起居的房间，即进门后的第一间屋：

If the Lord of the second be in the seventh, it's in that part of the house where his Wife, or his Maid-servants have most to doe in : If the Lord of the second be in the fourth, it's where the most aged of the house doth lodge, or formerly did most frequent, or in the middle of the house, or in the most ancient part of the house, where either his Father or some ancient man lodged: the nature and quality of the place is knowne by the Signes the Significators are in ; for if the Signe of the second be aiery, or the greater number of the Significators and Signe wherein ⊗ is, doth concurre, the thing is hid in the Eaves or top, or upper part of that house or roome where it is, or on high from the ground : and if the thing hid be in the Field, or in a Garden or Orchard, it's higher then the ordinary ground, or upon the highest hill or part of that ground, or hangs upon some stalk of a Plant or Tree.

若第二宫主星在第七宫，东西在屋里他的妻子或女仆最常做活的那部分：若第二宫主星在第四宫，东西在家中最年长的人住宿、或从前最常去的地方，或在房子的中间，或在房子最老的那一部分，即他父亲或某位老人住过的地方：地方的性质与样子，由征象星所在的星座得知；因为若第二宫的星座是风象，或多数征象星以及福点所在的星座与之相合，东西就藏在屋檐或顶上，或在它所在那座房子或房间的上部，或离地很高：若藏的东西在田里，或在花园、果园里，就在比一般地面高的地方，或在那片地最高的小丘或最高处，或挂在某棵植物或树的茎枝上。

If the former Significators be strong, and in watry Signes, it's in the Buttery, Dairy or Wash house, or neer Water.

若前述征象星强，又在水象星座，东西在食品贮藏室、奶棚或洗衣房里，或靠近水。

If in fiery Signes, it's neer the Chimney, or where Iron is, or in, or neer the Wals of the house.

若在火象星座，东西靠近烟囱，或在有铁器的地方，或在房屋墙里或墙边。

If in earthly Signes, the thing hid is on the ground or earth, under or neer some Pavement or Floor, and if you find the thing to be mislaid out of the house in any ground, it notes neer the Bridge or Stile where people come into the ground.

若在土象星座，所藏之物在地面或泥地上，在某处铺石地面或地板下面或旁边；若你发现那东西是失落在屋外的某块地里，就表示在靠近人们进入那块地的小桥或篱笆梯磴处。

If your Significator be going out of one Signe and entring another, the thing is behind something or other, or is carelesly fallen downe betwixt two rooms, or neer the Threshold, or joyning together of two rooms, and is higher or lower in the place, according to the nature of the Signe, &c.

若你的征象星正离开一个星座、进入另一个星座，东西就在某样东西的后面，或是不小心掉进了两个房间之间，或在门槛附近，或两个房间相接之处，在那地方偏高还是偏低，视星座的性质而定，等等。

[What part of the house or ground.] The Ancients have delivered many rules, and doe say, that to judge in what part of the house or ground the thing is in, you must see to the Lord of the hour, and if he be in the tenth house or eleventh, you may say the thing is in the South part of the house, towards the East ; and if he be between the fourth house and Ascendant, then North-east : if between the fourth and seventh, then North-west : if between the tenth house and the seventh, then South-west.

［房屋或地面的哪一部分。］古人传下许多规则，他们说，要判断东西在房屋或地面的哪一部分，必须看时辰主星；他若在第十宫或第十一宫，你可以说东西在房屋的南部，偏东；若他在第四宫与上升之间，则在东北：若在第四宫与第七宫之间，则在西北：若在第十宫与第七宫之间，则在西南。

This is and was the opinion of the former Astrologians, however, I have not found this judgment very exact, therefore I laboured to find a more certaine manner, and a more exact way for the ready discovery or finding out any thing mislaid or mismissing in a house, and not stolen; and it was thus:

这是、也一向是从前占星家的意见，然而我发现这种判断不很准确，所以我努力寻找一种更可靠的方式、更准确的途径，以便迅速发现或找到屋里误放、找不到而非被偷的东西；它是这样的：

First, I considered the Signe ascending, it's nature, the quarter of Heaven it signified.

第一，我考虑上升星座、它的性质、它所表示的天空方位。

Secondly, what Signe the Lord of the Ascendant was in.

第二，上升主星在哪个星座。

The Signe of the fourth house.

第四宫的星座。

The Signe the Lord of the fourth was in.

第四宫主星所在的星座。

What Signe the ☽ was in.

月亮在哪个星座。

The Signe of the second.

第二宫的星座。

The Signe the Lord of the second was in.

第二宫主星所在的星座。

The Signe ⊗ was in.

福点所在的星座。

I considered the quality of the Signe, as to shew what part of the house it was in; I meane, what quarter, whether East, West, North or South, according to the greater number of testimonies: and you must know, for things lost, mislaid, or fugitives, these are the true quarters of Heaven the Signes signifie.

我考虑星座的性质，用来表示东西在屋里的哪一部分；我是说，哪一方，是东、西、北还是南，按证据多的一方而定：你必须知道，对于遗失、误放之物或逃亡者，下面是各星座所表示的真正的天空方位。

♈ East, ♌ East and by North, ♐ East and by South.

白羊东，狮子东偏北，射手东偏南。

♎ West, ♊ West by South, ♒ West by North.

天秤西，双子西偏南，水瓶西偏北。

♋ North, ♏ North by East, ♓ North by West.

巨蟹北，天蝎北偏东，双鱼北偏西。

♑ South, ♉ South by East, ♍ South by West.

摩羯南，金牛南偏东，处女南偏西。

Having found the quarter of Heaven, the nature of the Signs shewed me also the quality of the place in the house, viz. aiery Signes, above ground; fiery Signes, neer a Wall or Partition; earthly Signes, on the Floor; watry, neere a moyst place in the roome, &c. A few experiments I know may better this Judgment: I have sometimes in merriment set a present Figure, and by that discovered in what part of the house the Glove, Book, or any thing else was hid, and found the rule very true.

找到了天空的方位，星座的性质又向我显示东西在屋里所在之处的样子，即：风象星座，在地面以上；火象星座，靠近墙或隔板；土象星座，在地板上；水象，靠近屋里潮湿的地方，等等。我知道，再做几回试验，可以使这一判断更好：我有时为了取乐，当场起一张盘，借此发现手套、书或别的什么东西藏在屋里哪个地方，发现这条规则非常准确。