卷一·第一章　三方、三分主与诸星之庙

I. On Knowing the Seven in Longitude and Latitude, the Triplicities of the Signs, and Their Lords.

第一章　论认识七星的黄经与黄纬、星座的三方及其主星。

[1] Begin, my son, before everything else: understand the seven in longitude and latitude, and divide the four angles by their degrees.

[1] 我儿，先从头开始：要懂得七星的黄经与黄纬，并按度数划分四个角。

[2] Know also the triplicities of the signs. The triplicities are: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, a triplicity; Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn, a triplicity; Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius, a triplicity; Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, a triplicity.

[2] 还要认识星座的三方。三方是：白羊、狮子、射手为一组；金牛、处女、摩羯为一组；双子、天秤、水瓶为一组；巨蟹、天蝎、双鱼为一组。

[3] Know the lords of the triplicities of the signs. The triplicity of Aries, maned Leo, and Sagittarius the Archer: by day its lords are the Sun, then Jupiter, then Saturn, and by night Jupiter, then the Sun, then Saturn; the Sun and Jupiter rule in alternation, and dread Saturn obtains the third share.

[3] 要认识各三方的主星。白羊、鬃毛的狮子、射手这一组：白天的主星是太阳，其次木星，再次土星；夜里是木星，其次太阳，再次土星——太阳与木星轮替为主，可怖的土星得第三份。

The triplicity of Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn: by day its lords are Venus Aphrogenes, then the Moon, then Mars, and by night the Moon, then Venus, then Mars, the god who rules over wars; in Virgo, Maia's son Mercury also has a share.

金牛、处女、摩羯这一组：白天的主星是金星阿佛洛吉尼斯，其次月亮，再次火星；夜里是月亮，其次金星，再次火星——那位统领战争的神；在处女座，迈亚之子水星也有一份。

The triplicity of Gemini, Libra, and icy Aquarius: by day its lords are Saturn, then Mercury, then Jupiter, and by night Mercury, then Saturn, then Jupiter; the son of Kronos is allotted the last rank.

双子、天秤、冰冷的水瓶这一组：白天的主星是土星，其次水星，再次木星；夜里是水星，其次土星，再次木星——克洛诺斯之子分得末位。

The triplicity of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, the last of the signs: by day its lords are Venus, then Mars, then the Moon, and by night Mars, then Venus, then the Moon, the queen.

巨蟹、天蝎、居末的双鱼这一组：白天的主星是金星，其次火星，再次月亮；夜里是火星，其次金星，再次月亮——那位女王。

[4] I tell you that everything is shown and indicated by the lords of the triplicities; every affliction and hardship that befalls the people of the world and all mankind is shown by the lords of the triplicities; and in the eclipses of the Sun and the Moon look to those which indicate the things that will come to pass, until when they will last, and in what kind of thing they will be.

[4] 我告诉你：一切都由三分主显示、指示；降临世人、降临全人类的一切灾祸困厄，都由三分主显示；在日食、月食里，也要看那些指示将发生何事、持续到何时、发生在哪一类事物上的星。

[5] When the Sun is eclipsed, if its eclipse lasts two hours, each hour is a year; as for what the eclipse of the Moon indicates, if her eclipse lasts two hours, each hour is a month.

[5] 日食时，若食延续两小时，每小时算一年；月食所指示的，若食延续两小时，每小时算一个月。

[6] If the Sun is eclipsed in Aries, say that the hardship and affliction will be among the sheep; if in Sagittarius, among nags and horses; if in Leo, among the beasts of prey; and speak in the same way of all the natures of the signs.

[6] 若日食发生在白羊，就说灾祸困厄落在羊群；在射手，落在驮马与马匹；在狮子，落在猛兽；其余各星座的本性都照此类推。

[7] You have learned, my son, sign by sign, to which of the seven each belongs, and you have come to know the signs of crooked rising and of straight rising.

[7] 我儿，你已逐一知道每个星座归七星中的哪一颗，也已认识斜升的星座与直升的星座。

[8] Know the houses of the planets: Cancer is the house of the Moon, Leo the house of the Sun, Capricorn and Aquarius the houses of Saturn, Sagittarius and Pisces the houses of Jupiter, Aries and Scorpio the houses of Mars, Taurus and Libra the houses of Venus, Gemini and Virgo the houses of Mercury.

[8] 要认识行星的庙：巨蟹是月亮的庙，狮子是太阳的庙，摩羯与水瓶是土星的庙，射手与双鱼是木星的庙，白羊与天蝎是火星的庙，金牛与天秤是金星的庙，双子与处女是水星的庙。

[9] Of these, Saturn rejoices most in his lodging in Aquarius, Jupiter in Sagittarius, Mars delights in Scorpio, Venus rejoices in Taurus, and Mercury in Virgo.

[9] 其中，土星最喜居于水瓶，木星喜居射手，火星喜居天蝎，金星心喜金牛，水星喜居处女。

But each of the luminaries has one house.

而两光各只有一个庙。