卷二·第七十一章　妇人问出海的丈夫：生死、何处、何时归

A Woman of her Husband at Sea, if alive, where, when returne ?

一位妇人问她出海的丈夫：是否活着，在哪里，何时回来？

[This question hath as much relation to the ninth as eight house.] ☿ Lord of the ascendant doth personate the querent,and as ☿ is in ☌ with ☽ and ♄ in ♈ wch doth signifie the Face, so was she extreamly disfigured therin by the smal-Pocks, had weak Eyes, &c. was full of griefe & sorrow for her Husband occasioned by ♄ his affliction of ☿ ; she also had a lisping in her speech, and spake but ill ; for usually ♄ afflicting ☿ in mute or bestiall Signes, causeth impediment in speech.

［这个问题与第九宫的关系，同与第八宫的一样多。］上升主星水星代表问卜者；水星在白羊与月亮、土星会合，白羊主面部，所以她的脸被天花毁得很厉害，眼睛不好等等；她为丈夫满怀忧愁悲伤，这是土星克水星所致；她说话还有些大舌头，口齿不清；因为通常土星在哑星座或兽形星座克水星，就会造成言语障碍。

[Alive.] The quesited was signified by ♃ Lord of the seventh, who being posited in the tenth house, and lately separated from the ⚹ of ♀ now in the ninth, she being Lady of the third, argued the man had been lately some voyage South-east ; and because both ♀ and ☽ are in ♈ , and ♃ in the South angle, and that ♃ of late had been with the ⚹ of ♀ , he being now no way afflicted,but swift in motion, made me judge the man was alive and in health : but as ☿ , who disposeth of ♃ , is Lord of the second, viz. the eighth from the seventh, and as the ☽ is so exceedingly afflicted by ☿ and ♄ , I judged he had been in much danger and perill of his life, by trechery and the cunning plots of his adversaries, and had suffered many afflictions in his absence ; for ☿ is Lord of the seventh from his ascendant, and ♄ of the twelft from the seventh : besides, ♃ is accidentally Fortified, but not essentially,and in his Detriment, with Oculus ♉ a violent fixed Star, intimating, the man had endured many sudden and violent chances.

［活着。］所问之人由第七宫主木星代表，木星位于第十宫，新近离开金星的六分，金星此时在第九宫，又是第三宫之主，这表示这男子新近往东南方走过一趟航程；又因为金星与月亮都在白羊，木星在南方的角宫，木星新近又与金星成过六分，此时毫无受克，而且行速快，我便断这男子活着，而且健康：但因为定位木星的水星是第二宫之主，即从第七宫数起的第八宫，又因为月亮受水星与土星如此严重的克害，我断他曾因奸诈和对头的狡猾阴谋而身陷险境、有性命之忧，在外吃了许多苦；因为水星是从他的上升数起的第七宫之主，土星是从第七宫数起的第十二宫之主：此外，木星偶然得力，但不在必然尊贵中，而在他的陷，又与金牛之眼这颗凶暴的恒星同在，表示这男子遭遇过许多突如其来的凶险变故。

[Where.] Finding ♃ more Fortified then the ☽ , she almost entring ♉ a Southerly Signe, and ♃ in ♊ a Western Signe, and South quarter ; I judged the man absent was in the South-west of England, in some Harbour, because ♃ was angular,

［在何处。］我发现木星比月亮更有力，月亮快要进入金牛这个南方星座，木星在双子这个西方星座，又在南方的象限；我断这位离家者在英格兰的西南部，在某个港口，因为木星在角宫，

[When return or hear of him.] The ☽ separates from ♄ & doth apply unto the ☌ of ☿ Significatrix of the querent;an argument after much expectation & longing, the Woman should heare of him in two or three dayes, because the distance of ☽ from the body of ☿ is about one degree and no more, and the Sign movable, [so she did.]

［何时回来，或听到他的消息。］月亮离开土星，正入相问卜者的女征象星水星的会合；这表示这妇人在久久盼望之后，两三天内会听到他的消息，因为月亮离水星的星体约一度，不多，又是启动星座，［她果然听到了。］

But as ☿ is in a movable Signe, and ☽ is corrupted by him and ♄ , the report she heard of her Husband was false (for she heard he was in Town,) but it was not so. Considering that ☿ and ♃ did hasten to a ☌ in ♊ , ☿ being therin very potent, and that this ☌ was to be the fift of May following ; I judged from thence that about that time she would have certaine newes of her Husband, if happily he came not then home.

但因为水星在启动星座，月亮又被他和土星所败坏，她听到的关于丈夫的消息是假的（她听说他就在城里，）其实并非如此。考虑到水星与木星正急急要在双子会合，水星在那里很有力，而这次会合要在随后的五月五日；我由此断定，大约那时她会得到丈夫确实的消息，如果他碰巧那时还没回家的话。

The second week in May the Woman did heare certaine newes from her Husband, but he came not home till the second week in July, he had been severall Voyages in the West parts, was taken prisoner by the Kings Forces, and at time of her Question asked, was at Barstable,&c.

五月第二周，这妇人得到了丈夫确实的消息，但他直到七月第二周才回家，他在西部跑过几趟航程，曾被国王的军队俘虏，在她问卜之时，人在巴斯特布尔等等。