卷二·第五十六章　被围的城池能否攻下

Whether a City, Towne or Castle, besieged, or to be besieged, shall be taken or not.

被围或将被围的城市、城镇或城堡，能否攻下。

[* in the Town and are in Garrison.] The ascendant and his Lord are for the querent, and those that doe or shall besiege; the fourth house shall signifie the Towne, City or Fort besieged, or to be besieged, the Lord thereof the Governour; the fift house, Planets therein, and his Lord, the Ammunition, Souldiery and Assistants the Governour and Towne may expect to relive or assist them *:

［＊指在城中驻防的。］上升及其主星代表问卜者，以及正在围城或将要围城的人；第四宫代表被围或将被围的城镇、城市或要塞，第四宫主星代表守将；第五宫、其中的行星及第五宫主星，代表守将与城镇可望得到、来救援或协助他们的弹药、兵员与援军＊：

If you find the Lord of the first strong and fortunate, or joyned to the Lord of the fourth in the first, or with the ☽ or Lord of the tenth, or in any house except the twelft, eight and sixt, conditionally, that the Lord of the first receive the Lord of the fourth, or the ☽ receive the Lord of the fourth, though she be not received againe, it's an argument, the Towne, Fort or Castle shall be taken: or if the Lord of the fourth be in such houses as behold not the fourth, (except the Lord of the seventh be in the fourth, then it will not be taken;) if the Lord of the fourth be with the ill Fortunes, and impedited, it's probable the City shall be taken, and the Governour wounded, or if Infortunes be in the fourth without some strong aspect of the Fortunes, It will be taken, or can it hold out long, or there may be treason in Towne:

若你发现第一宫主星强而吉利，或在第一宫与第四宫主星相合，或与月亮或第十宫主星相合，或在除第十二、第八、第六宫之外的任何一宫，条件是第一宫主星接纳第四宫主星，或月亮接纳第四宫主星，即使她没有被回纳，这就表示城镇、要塞或城堡会被攻下：或者第四宫主星在不照看第四宫的宫位（除非第七宫主星在第四宫，那样就攻不下）；若第四宫主星与凶星同在而受损，城市很可能被攻下，守将受伤，或者若凶星在第四宫而没有吉星的有力相位，城会被攻下，也守不了多久，或者城中可能有人叛变：

If ☋ be in the fourth, it will be taken, and there will be some goe about to betray or deliver it, or some principall Work or Fort therein; the Signe shewes which part of the Towne; nor doth the Governour think himself able to preserve it.

若龙尾在第四宫，城会被攻下，会有人图谋出卖或献出这座城，或城中某座主要的工事或堡垒；星座显示是城的哪一部分；守将自己也不认为守得住。

If none of these Accidents or Configurations before rehearsed be, then have regard to the Lord of the fourth; if he be in in the fourth strong and fortunate, and not Retrograde or Combust, or besieged of the Infortunes, or if the Lord of the seventh be there, free from all impediments, or if ♃ or ♀ or ☊ be therein, and no reception between the Lord of the ascendant and fourth, then the City, Fort or Towne at that time surrounded or besieged, shall not be taken or delivered to the Army now besieging it; nay, if there be both a Fortune and an Infortune in the fourth, the Towne shall not be taken, if the Fortune be neerest to the cusp of the house, or first of the two Planets which shall transit the degree of the fourth; and this you may averre with greater confidence, if the Lord of the ascendant be any thing weak, or a light Planet and unfortunate; but if the Lord of the ascendant be fortunate, and a Fortune therein, and he or the ☽ behold the fourth house, it notes surrendring or taking the City, Towne or Castle besieged: but if he be unfortunate and otherwayes impedited, and an Infortune in the second, or the Lord thereof Retrograde, or in □ or ☍ to the Lord of the ascendant, it signifies the querent's Souldiers will desert him, and will not continue the Siege, they have no mind to the work, or the querent wants fit instruments or materials for a Siege, or his Ammunition will not come opportunely, or the Souldiers will depart discontented for their pay, or their duties are too hard, so that he may expect no honour at this Siege.

若前面说的这些情形或格局都没有，就要看第四宫主星；若他在第四宫，强而吉利，不逆行、不焦伤，也不被凶星围困，或者第七宫主星在那里，不受任何损害，或者木星、金星或龙头在其中，而上升主星与第四宫主星之间没有接纳，那么当时被包围的城市、要塞或城镇，就不会被攻下，也不会交给正在围城的军队；不仅如此，即使第四宫里既有吉星又有凶星，只要吉星离宫头最近，或在两颗行星中先经过第四宫的度数，城也攻不下；若上升主星有些弱，或是较轻的行星而又不吉，你就更可以有把握这样断言；但若上升主星吉利，其中又有吉星，他或月亮又照看第四宫，就表示被围的城市、城镇或城堡会投降或被攻下：但若他不吉、又受了别的损害，第二宫又有凶星，或第二宫主星逆行，或与上升主星成四分或对冲，就表示问卜者的兵士会离开他，不肯继续围城，他们无心于此，或者问卜者缺少攻城的合用器械与物料，或弹药不能及时运到，或兵士因饷银不满而离去，或差事太苦，所以他在这次围城中别指望得到什么荣誉。