卷一·第三章　星历右页与宫位表

The right-hand page of the Ephemeris unfolded.

星历右页详解。

There are eight columns: the first contains the dayes of the moneth; the six next containes the manner, quality and name of those Aspects the ☽ hath to the Planets; as also, the hour of the day or night when they perfectly meet in Aspect; the eighth column hath onely those Aspects which ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ♀ ☿ make to each other, and the time of the day or night when.

右页共有八栏：第一栏是该月的日期；接下来六栏载有月亮与诸行星所成相位的方式、性质与名称，以及它们恰好成相的那个钟点，在白天或夜里的几点；第八栏只载土星、木星、火星、太阳、金星、水星彼此之间所成的相位，以及成相在白天或夜里的什么时候。

In the fourth line under ♄ you find Occid. that is, ♄ is Occidentall of the ☉, or sets after him; and so of ♃, or where you find Occid. it noteth as much.

第四行，在 ♄ 下面你看到「西入」的缩写，就是说土星对太阳而言是西入的，即在太阳之后落下；木星也是这样，凡见到这个缩写，都是这个意思。

Under ♂ you find Orient. that is, ♂ is Orientall, or riseth before the ☉. And so at any time.

在 ♂ 下面你看到「东出」的缩写，就是说火星是东出的，即先于太阳升起。任何时候都照此理解。

For better understanding the true time when the ☽ comes to the Aspect of any Planet, you are to observe, that all those that write Ephemerides, compute the motion of the Planets for the noon time, or just at twelve: And you must know, we and they ever begin our day at Noon, and so reckon 24 hours from the noon of one day to the noon of the next, and after this manner you must reckon in the Aspects. As for example:

为了更好地弄清月亮到达任何一颗行星相位的确切时刻，你要注意：所有编算星历的人，计算诸行星的运行都以正午、即恰好十二点为准；你还必须知道，我们和他们向来都从正午开始一天，从这一天的正午数二十四小时到下一天的正午；推算相位时，你也必须这样计算。举例如下：

Over against the first of January 1646. which is Thursday, and under the column appropriate to the ☉, you find ⚹ 0. The meaning whereof is, that the ☽ is in ⚹ aspect with the ☉ that first day of January at noon, or no hours P. M. or Post Meridiem.

对着一六四六年一月一日（那天是星期四），在太阳专属的那一栏下，你看到 ⚹ 零。意思是：一月一日正午，月亮与太阳成六分相，也就是午后零小时。

Over against Friday the second of Ianuary, you find under the column of ♀ □ 6. and on the right hand over against the same day, under ☿ ⚹ 9. which is no more then this, viz. the second of Ianuary at six a clock after noon, the ☽ comes to the □ or Quartill aspect of ♀; and at nine of clock she meets with the ⚹ of ☿.

对着一月二日星期五，在金星那一栏下你看到 □ 六，同一天再往右，在水星下面是 ⚹ 九；意思不过是：一月二日午后六点，月亮到达金星的 □，即四分相；九点，她遇上水星的六分。

Over against the sixt day of Ianuary, being Tuesday, under ♄ you find □ 14. that is, fourteen hours after noon of that day, the ☽ comes to the □ of ♄: now you may easily find, that the fourteenth hour after noon of Tuesday, is two of clock in the morning on Wednesday.

对着一月六日星期二，在土星下面你看到 □ 十四，就是说，那天午后十四小时，月亮到达土星的四分：你很容易算出，星期二午后第十四小时，就是星期三凌晨两点。

Againe, under the column of the ☉ you find ☌ 11 48. which is no more but this, the ☽ comes to ☌ with the ☉ at 48 minutes after eleven of clock at night: now you must know the ☽ her ☌ with the ☉ is her change, her next □ after ☌ with the ☉ is the first quarter, her ☍ with the ☉ is full ☽, her □ after ☍ is her last quarter.

再如，在太阳那一栏下你看到 ☌ 十一、四十八，意思不过是：月亮在夜里十一点四十八分与太阳会合。你要知道，月亮与太阳会合就是她的换月；会合之后她与太阳的下一个四分是上弦；她与太阳对冲是满月；对冲之后的四分是下弦。

If you nuderstand but this, that thirteen hours is one of clock the day subsequent, fourteen hours two of clock, fifteen hours three of clock in the morning, sixteen is four of clock, seventeen hours is five in the morning, eighteen is six of clock, nineteen hours is seven of clock, twenty hours is eight in the morning, twenty one hours is nine of clock, twenty two hours after noon is ten of clock the next day, twenty three hours is eleven of clock, &c. Now we never say twenty four hours after noon, for then it's just noon, and if we say 00. 00. after noon that is just at noon, or then it's full twelve of clock: Understand this and you cannot erre.

你只要明白这一点：午后十三小时是次日凌晨一点，十四小时是两点，十五小时是凌晨三点，十六小时是四点，十七小时是早上五点，十八小时是六点，十九小时是七点，二十小时是早上八点，二十一小时是九点，午后二十二小时是次日上午十点，二十三小时是十一点，等等。我们从不说午后二十四小时，因为那时恰好又是正午；说午后零时零分，就是恰在正午，也就是十二点整。懂了这个，你就不会出错。

In that column under the Planets mutuall Aspects, over against the third of Ianuary being Saturday, you find ⚹ ♄ ♃ 21 that is ♄ and ♃ are in ⚹ aspect 21 hours after noon of the Saturday; and that is, at nine of clock on the Sunday morning following.

在诸行星相互相位那一栏，对着一月三日星期六，你看到 ⚹ ♄ ♃ 二十一，就是说土星与木星在星期六午后二十一小时成六分相；也就是随后那个星期日的上午九点。

Over against the fourth day you find ☽ Apogaeum, that is, she is then neerest to the earth: over against the eighteenth day in the outmost column you find ☽ Perigaeon, that is, the ☽ is then most remote from the earth.

对着四日，你看到「月亮远地点」，就是说她那时离地球最近：对着十八日，在最外一栏你看到「月亮近地点」，就是说月亮那时离地球最远。

Over against the twelfth day, in the same outmost column, you find ☿ in Elong. Max. it should be ☿ in Maxima Elongatione; or that day ☿ is in his greatest elongation or distance from the ☉.

对着十二日，在同一最外栏，你看到「水星大距」的缩写，完整应写作拉丁文的「处于最大距角」；即那天水星处在他离太阳最大的距角，也就是离太阳最远。

Over against the sixt of Ianuary, you find in the outside column Vc ☉ ♃ SS ♂ ☿; that is, the ☉ and ♃ are in a Quincunx aspect that day; now that aspect consisteth of five Signes. or 150 degrees.

对着一月六日，你在外侧一栏看到两个缩写，后面分别跟着 ☉ ♃ 和 ♂ ☿；就是说，那天太阳与木星成十二分之五相；这个相位包含五个星座，即一百五十度。

SS is a Semisextil, and tels you, that day ♂ and ☿ are in Semisextil to each other: this aspect consisteth of 30 degrees.

另一个缩写是半六分，告诉你那天火星与水星彼此成半六分；这个相位包含三十度。

Over against the 25 of Ianuary, you find in the outmost column □ ♄ ♂ 11, and Q. ☉ ♄: The meaning is, that at eleven of clock after noon, ♄ and ♂ are in a Quartill aspect; and Q. ☉ ♄ tels you, the ☉ and ♄ have a Quintill aspect to each other that day: A Quintill consists of two Signes twelve degrees, or when Planets are distant 72 degrees from each other: we seldome use more aspects then the ☌ ⚹ □ △ ☍: to these of late one Kepler, a learned man, hath added some new ones, as follow, viz.

对着一月二十五日，在最外一栏你看到 □ ♄ ♂ 十一，以及「五分 ☉ ♄」的缩写：意思是，午后十一点土星与火星成四分相；而「五分 ☉ ♄」告诉你，那天太阳与土星彼此成五分相。五分相包含两个星座又十二度，也就是行星彼此相距七十二度时：除了会合、六分、四分、三分、对冲之外，我们很少用别的相位；近来有位博学之士开普勒，在这几种之外又添了几种新相位，如下：

A Semisextill, charactered SS, consisting of thirty degrees.

半六分，以字母缩写为记号，包含三十度。

A Quintil Q. consisting of seventy two degrees.

五分，以字母缩写为记号，包含七十二度。

A Tredecile Td consisting of 108 degrees.

十分之三，以字母缩写为记号，包含一百零八度。

A Biquintill Bq consisting of 144 degrees.

倍五分，以字母缩写为记号，包含一百四十四度。

A Quincunx Vc consisting of 150 degrees.

十二分之五，以字母缩写为记号，包含一百五十度。

I only acquaint you with these, that finding them any where you may apprehend their meaning.

我把这些介绍给你，只是为了让你无论在哪里看到它们，都能明白其意思。

After those two sides of an Ephemeris, followeth in order, A Table of Houses; for without a present Ephemeris and Table of Houses, it's impossible to instruct you to set a Figure, without which we can give no judgment, or perform any thing in this Art.

星历这左右两页之后，依次是一份宫位表；因为手边若没有一份当年的星历和一份宫位表，就不可能教你起盘；而不起盘，我们就无法作任何判断，在这门学问里也什么都做不成。

[The use of the Table of houses.] As there are twelve Signes in the Zodiack, through which the ☉ and all the Planets make their daily motion, so are there as you may see twelve severall great pages; and as ♈ is the first Signe of the Zodiack, so in the first line of the first great page doe you find ☉ in ♈; in the second grand page and first line you find ☉ in ♉; in the third page and first line ☉ in ♊; and so in order according to the succession of Signes one after another through the twelve pages: By help of these Tables we frame a Figure, as I shall now acquaint you.

［宫位表的用法。］黄道上有十二个星座，太阳与诸行星每天都在其中运行；同样，如你所见，宫位表也有十二个大页；白羊是黄道第一个星座，所以在第一大页的第一行你看到「太阳在白羊」；在第二大页第一行你看到「太阳在金牛」；第三页第一行是「太阳在双子」；如此按星座一个接一个的先后次序，排满十二页：借助这些表，我们来起盘，下面我就告诉你怎么做。