卷五·第四十二章　遗嘱

XLII. Chapter: On the Will.

第四十二章　论遗嘱。

[1] If a man wants to make a will, or to seal for credibility a will already written, let him begin it when the Ascendant and the Moon are in a tropical sign; for this signifies that the will and the testator will change: there will afterwards be a reversal of the inception, so that he will dispose otherwise again and will not die on his first will.

[1] 若有人想立遗嘱，或想把已经写好的遗嘱封印以昭信，就在上升与月亮位于回归星座时开始；因为这表示遗嘱与立遗嘱的人都会改变：此后起事会有反转，他会重新另立，不会死在第一份遗嘱上。

[2] Let him make his will when the Moon is increasing in light and decreasing in her reckoning in longitude, her course going up from the middle of the line toward the north, rising in latitude, and applying to a planet in its station, and not under the beams.

[2] 要在月亮光在增长、经度推算值在减少，行程从中线向北上升、纬度升高，并入相位于一颗正在停留的行星，又不在光束之下时立遗嘱。

[3] For if that planet is under the beams, it signifies a quick death; but if the planet that is under the beams is not in that sign but in another sign, and has come out from under the beams, it does not signify a quick death.

[3] 因为若那颗行星在光束之下，表示很快会死；但若在光束之下的行星不在那个星座，而在另一个星座，并已从光束之下出来，就不表示很快会死。

[4] Avoid making a will at the hour in which Mars is with the Moon or in the Ascendant; for if he makes his will at that hour, it signifies that the will will not stand: the sick man will die of that illness of his, and the will will not be carried out after his death; it will be contested, and another will will be written after him, or the will will be stolen — the will will vanish, either stolen or a false one substituted for it.

[4] 切忌在火星与月亮同在或在上升的时刻立遗嘱；因为若他在那个时刻立遗嘱，表示遗嘱立不住：病人会死于这场病，遗嘱在他死后不得执行，会有人争执，他死后会另写一份遗嘱，或遗嘱被偷——遗嘱会消失，或被偷走，或被一份伪造的顶替。

[5] Let no one make a will when Mars is with the Moon, or in the Ascendant, or in square or opposition to the Ascendant or to the Moon, or regards the Moon or the Ascendant.

[5] 当火星与月亮同在，或在上升，或与上升或月亮成四分、对冲，或照见月亮或上升时，任何人都不要立遗嘱。

Mercury, if afflicted, being with the malefics or configured by them, becomes a cause of deceits and disputes.

水星若受克——与凶星同在，或受凶星配置——就成为欺诈与争执的原因。

[6] If Mars is not in that position but Saturn is, being with the Moon or with the Ascendant, it signifies that there will be a delay in the term of the one who makes the will: death will come after a time, and the will will be carried out afterwards and ratified; it will not be contested either in his lifetime or after his death.

[6] 若在那个位置的不是火星而是土星，与月亮或与上升同在，表示立遗嘱者的死期会推迟：过一段时间才会死，遗嘱事后会得到执行、得到确认；无论他生前死后都不会有人争执。

[7] If Saturn is not in that position but Venus or Jupiter is, being with the Moon or in the Ascendant, the one who makes the will has some of his life remaining and, not dying, will change the will and make another.

[7] 若在那个位置的不是土星，而是金星或木星，与月亮同在或在上升，立遗嘱者还有些寿数，不会死，会改动遗嘱、另立一份。