卷二·第四章　以八宫盘求危象之日与判断之日

CHAP. IV.

第四章

The way of finding, out the Critical and Judiciall dayes by a Figure of eight houses.

以八宫之盘求危象之日与判断之日的方法。

THis is the method of Hyppeerates, and from him Galen used, and it is to be done in this manner.

这是希波克拉底的方法，盖伦也从他那里沿用，做法如下。

1 Make your scheme of eight equal parts.

一、把你的盘等分成八份。

2 Search out the Signe, Degree and Minute the Moon was in at the beginning of the sicknesse.

二、查出疾病开始时月亮所在的星座、度与分。

3 Place the sign degree & minute the Moon was in at the beginning of the sicknesse upon the cuspe of the first house, as though that were ascending at the time.

三、把疾病开始时月亮所在的星座、度与分放在第一宫的宫头上，就当它是那时正在上升的一样。

4 Add forty five degrees to this, you need not regard the latitude of the Region, for it is of no use in Criticall Figures, but take the degrees barely from the Ecliptick, when you have added forty five degrees to the place of the Moon at the decumbiture, the point of the Zodiack answerable to that shall make the cuspe of the second house.

四、在此之上加四十五度；你不必考虑当地的纬度，因为它在危象之盘里毫无用处，只需直接从黄道上取度数；你在卧床之时的月亮位置上加了四十五度之后，黄道上与之相应的那一点，就是第二宫的宫头。

5 Forty five degrees more added to that will bring you to the Cuspe of the third House, to which when the Moon comes, she comes to the quartile of the place she was in at the decumbiture, and this makes the first Crisis.

五、再加四十五度，就到了第三宫的宫头；月亮到达这里时，就到了与她卧床之时所在之处成四分的地方，这构成第一次危象。

6 Forty five degrees more added to this, makes the 4th. house; 45 degrees more added to that points out the place of the true opposition of the Moon to the place she was in at the decumbiture, and this makes the second Crisis. The second quartile of the Moon to her owne place at the decumbiture, makes the third Crisis: And the fourth is when she comes to the same sign, degree and minute that she was in at the decumbiture.

六、再加四十五度，构成第四宫；再加四十五度，指出月亮与她卧床之时所在之处正对冲的地方，这构成第二次危象。月亮与她卧床之时本位的第二个四分，构成第三次危象：第四次则是她回到卧床之时所在的同一星座、同一度、同一分之时。

The time or houres noted betwixt the Crisis, are called the Judiciall times; or such times wherein a man may judge what the disease is, or what it will be; remember this all along in such kinds of judgement; And do not forget not to number the time by dayes as the ancients did; for they were either ignorant, or regardlesse of the course of the Moon; for the Moon comes to the Judiciall or Criticall days, sometimes sooner, sometimes latter, as she is either swifter or slower in motion.

危象之间标出的时刻或钟点，称为判断之时；即一个人可以判断这病是什么、将会怎样的时候；在这类判断中，始终要记住这一点；也别忘了，不要像古人那样按天数来计时；因为他们对月亮的行度要么无知，要么不在意；月亮到达判断之日或危象之日，有时早些，有时晚些，视她行得快或慢而定。

Now the time called Criticall is alwayes evill, because of the contrariety of the signe the Moon is in then to the sign she was in before, or the contrariety of her nature to the opposite place: At such a time there ariseth a controversie or battaile as it were, between the disease and nature; the Moon maintains nature in acute diseases:

被称为危象的时刻总是凶的，因为那时月亮所在的星座与她先前所在的星座性质相反，或者她的本性与对面之处相反：在这样的时刻，疾病与本性之间仿佛起了一场争执或战斗；在急症里，是月亮维护着本性：

And now you have the reason why, that if she be afflicted upon a Critiall day by the bodies or ill beames of Saturne or Mars, or the Lord of death, which is alwayes Lord of the eighth House, and sometimes the Lord of the Fourth House, will serve the turne if he be a malevolent, because the fignisies the grave, the disease increaseth, and sometimes the sick dies: But if the Moon at the time of the Crisis beholds the Lord of Ascendent or the fortunes fortunately, health ensues; for the malady is vanquished and routed in the conflict

现在你明白了其中的道理：如果她在危象之日受到土星或火星的星体或恶光所害，或受死亡之主所害——死亡之主总是第八宫主，有时第四宫主若是凶星也可以充当，因为它象征坟墓——疾病就会加重，病人有时会死；但如果在危象之时月亮以吉相照见上升主星或吉星，病人就会康复；因为疾病在交战中被击败、溃散了。

If the disease terminate not upon the first Crisis see how the Moon is configurated on the second Crisis, and judge then by the same Rules.

如果疾病在第一次危象时没有终结，就看月亮在第二次危象时成什么格局，再按同样的规则判断。

If it terminate not then neither, as sometimes such a thing happens, view the third Crisis, and judge by that the same way; if your judgement ballanced by reason, and the former rules, certifie you the disease will not end one way nor other, neither in health nor death; see what you can say to the Moon when she returnes to the place she was in at the decumbiture, which is about twenty seven days eight hours, and some few minutes; and see how the Moon is then seated, and to what Planets she is configurated then: And this of necessity must be the end of all acute diseases.

如果那时还不终结（有时确会如此），就看第三次危象，照同样的方法判断；如果你以理性和上述规则权衡后的判断告诉你，这病既不会以健康也不会以死亡了结，那就看月亮回到卧床之时所在之处时——大约是二十七天八小时又几分钟——你对她能说些什么；看月亮那时处在什么位置，与哪些行星成格局：这必然是一切急症的终点。

Thus you see an acute disease can last but a moneth at longest; not one in a hundred lasteth so long, not one in twenty lasteth above halfe so long.

由此你看到，一场急症最长只能持续一个月；一百个里没有一个持续这么久，二十个里没有一个持续超过它的一半。

If the disease end not then, the acute disease is turned into a Chronick disease: And all Chronick diseases must be judged of by the Sun. The rules of judging of Chronicall diseases by the Sun are the same by which we judge of acute diseases by the Moon,

如果病到那时还没结束，急症就转成了慢性病：一切慢性病都必须用太阳来判断。用太阳判断慢性病的规则，与用月亮判断急症的规则相同。

As for Judiciall days which fall out just in the midest betwixt the Critiall days, I shall passe them by at this time, because I fancy not this way of judgement by a Figure of eight houses; yet I shall not so passe them by, but that I shall remember them in the Treatise.

至于恰好落在两个危象之日正中间的判断之日，这次我暂且略过，因为我不喜欢这种用八宫之盘判断的方法；但我也不会就此把它们完全放过，在本书里我还会提到它们。