卷四·第十七章　幸运之宫的求法与效力

XVII. On the Place and the Efficacy of Fortune.

第十七章　论幸运之宫及其效力

[1] In every night nativity count from the Moon to the Sun, and in a day nativity count, conversely, from the Sun to the Moon; and however great the number of signs, count that many signs beginning from the Ascendant; and the sign that holds the last number, that sign shows the place of Fortune.

〔一〕在每个夜间的本命盘里，从月亮数到太阳；在白天的本命盘里，则反过来从太阳数到月亮；有多少个星座，就从上升点开始数同样多的星座；数到最后一个数的那个星座，就显示幸运之宫。

[2] But this is a platic computation, which we have set down so that nothing may seem to have been passed over by us; partilely, however, the place of Fortune is gathered by the following method, which you will have to follow in every inquiry. For a true definition will be put forward in the effects whenever the individual places have been gathered by a partile method. In this way you will explain with true definitions life, hope, brothers, parents, children, illnesses, spouse, death, actions, friends, enemies, and all the other things that are sought in the substance of the human race. All these we shall explain when we come to the interpretation of the barbarian sphere; for all these things that divine Abram and the most prudent Achilles tried to discover by the truest methods. But the place of Fortune, of which we have begun to speak, is gathered partilely by the following method.

〔二〕但这是概略的算法，我们把它写下来，是免得显得我们遗漏了什么；精确到度地，幸运之宫则以下面的方法汇集，你在每一次推究中都必须遵循这个方法。因为每当各个宫位都以精确到度的方法汇集出来，论断中就会提出真实的界定。这样，你就能以真实的界定解释寿命、希望、兄弟、父母、子女、疾病、配偶、死亡、作为、朋友、敌人，以及人类实质中所要探求的其余一切。这一切我们将在讲到蛮族天球的解释时再加说明；因为这一切，神圣的亚伯兰与极其审慎的阿基琉斯都曾试图以最真实的方法找出。而我们已开始谈的幸运之宫，精确到度地以下面的方法汇集。

[3] If, treating a day nativity, you begin to seek the place of Fortune, search for it by this method: beginning from the degree of the Sun, gather the degrees of all the signs up to the sign in which the Moon is, together with the degrees of the Moon itself; whatever sum all the degrees make, when you have gathered it, adding the degrees of the Ascendant and beginning the computation [probably: "when you have gathered it by computation", without "beginning"] [text uncertain], divide it among the other signs, beginning from the Ascendant and going to the right of the Ascendant, assigning thirty degrees to each sign; and in whatever sign the last degree of the whole number falls, that place of Fortune shows you the sign and the substance.

〔三〕倘若处理白天的本命盘，你开始寻找幸运之宫，就用这个方法探寻它：从太阳的度数开始，把直到月亮所在星座为止的所有星座的度数，连同月亮本身的度数，汇集起来；所有度数合成多大的总数，汇集之后，加上上升点的度数，开始计算〔推测：当作「经计算汇集之后」〕〔原文疑有讹误〕，从上升点开始，向上升点的右方，把它分给其余的星座，每个星座分三十度；整个数目的最后一度落在哪个星座，那幸运之宫就向你显示星座与实质。

[4] But in a night nativity, beginning from the degree of the Moon and proceeding in a similar way through the following signs up to the degree of the Sun, you gather all the degrees of the signs, and, adding the degrees of the Ascendant, you make one sum of the number, which, beginning from the degree of the Ascendant, you divide through all the signs that follow from the Ascendant, assigning to each sign 30 degrees, as we said before; and in whatever sign the last degree of the whole number falls, that degree will show you the place of Fortune.

〔四〕但在夜间的本命盘里，从月亮的度数开始，以同样的方式经过后续的星座一直到太阳的度数，你汇集各星座的全部度数，加上上升点的度数，合成数目的一个总数，从上升点的度数开始，把它分给从上升点起后续的所有星座，如我们前面所说，每个星座分三十度；整个数目的最后一度落在哪个星座，那一度就会向你显示幸运之宫。

[5] From this place we are enabled to show the quality of life, the substance of the patrimony, and the courses of good and ill fortune. From this place too is learned what the love and affection of men toward women is like, and the outcome of upbringing and of all desires is sought from the substance of this place. This place shows the native's homeland by an easy method. It is called, as Abraham indicates, the place of the Moon.

〔五〕从这一宫，我们得以显示人生的品质、祖产的实质，以及好运与厄运的进程。从这一宫还可以知道男人对女人的爱恋与情意如何，养育与一切愿望的结果也从这一宫的实质中探求。这一宫以简便的方法显示本命之人的故乡。正如亚伯拉罕所指明的，它被称为月亮之宫。

[6] See, then, who is the lord of the whole sign, and who is the lord of that degree, that is, in whose star's terms that degree is, and in what place both lords are, the lord of the sign and the lord of the degree alike, namely of that degree in which the place of Fortune has been found, and in which places of the nativity they are placed: whether in the principal places, that is, in the angles, or in the second places, or in the cast-down places; whether in their exaltations, or in their houses, or in their falls; and whether the lord of the sign itself, from the place in which it is, aspects its own sign, that is, the place of Fortune, with favorable aspects; and whether the lord of the degree itself, that is, the lord of the terms in which the place of Fortune has been found, aspects that degree from the place in which it is with favorable aspects; and whether both are joined to each other angularly.

〔六〕那么就要看整个星座的主是谁，那一度的主是谁，即那一度在哪颗星的界里；两位主，星座之主与度数之主，即幸运之宫所在那一度的主，各在什么位置，落在本命的哪些宫位：是在主要宫位即四角，还是在第二等宫位，还是在低陷宫位；是在自己的旺、自己的庙，还是自己的陷落；星座之主本身从它所在之处，是否以有利的相位照着自己的星座即幸运之宫；度数之主本身，即幸运之宫所在之界的主，是否从它所在之处以有利的相位照着那一度；以及两者是否以四角的方式彼此相结。

[7] And when you have gathered all these things with careful reasoning, then, if the nativity is by night, attend in turn to the degrees of the Moon, but if by day, to those of the Sun, and see who is the lord of the degrees, of the Sun in a day nativity, of the Moon in a night nativity, and whether it too aspects the place of Fortune with an angular aspect. And if one planet is found to be lord of all these degrees, and is well placed in the nativity, and in the signs in which it rejoices, or in which it is exalted, or of which it is lord, it decrees a fortunate nativity. But if this planet is placed with the Sun or the Moon and has aspected the place of Fortune, a greater good fortune is decreed by the multiplied aspect. But if the Moon and the place of Fortune [probably: "if this lord sees the Moon, and the place of Fortune"] [text uncertain] are placed platically in the angles, in this case too good fortune is decreed by the multiplied aspect.

〔七〕当你以细致的道理汇集了这一切之后，倘若本命盘是夜间的，就再留意月亮的度数，倘若是白天的，就留意太阳的度数，看谁是这些度数的主，白天看太阳的，夜间看月亮的，以及它是否也以四角的相位照着幸运之宫。倘若发现一颗行星是所有这些度数的主，又在本命盘里落位良好，在它喜乐的星座、或它入旺的星座、或它做主的星座，就判定幸运的本命盘。但倘若这颗行星与太阳或月亮在一起，又照着幸运之宫，就因相位的倍增而判定更大的好运。但倘若月亮与幸运之宫〔推测：当作「这颗主星看见月亮，而幸运之宫」〕〔原文疑有讹误〕概略地落在四角，这种情形也因相位的倍增而判定好运。

[8] But if there is not one lord of the sign in which the place of Fortune is and of the degrees, nor of the degrees of the Sun or of the Moon, that planet holds the chief place in decreeing which has the greatest power; and if it is benefic and is found in benefic signs or in its exaltation or in its house, and, placed in the principal angles of the nativity, has seen the place of Fortune angularly, it decrees a great and noble nativity.

〔八〕但倘若幸运之宫所在星座的主、度数的主，以及太阳或月亮度数的主，不是同一颗行星，那么力量最大的那颗在判定上居首；倘若它是吉星，又被发现在吉利的星座、或在自己的旺、或在自己的庙，落在本命的主要四角，又以四角的方式看见幸运之宫，就判定伟大而高贵的本命盘。

[9] But it does this only if it is placed partilely in the angles. For if it is found in a general way in the places we have mentioned, it decrees a middling nativity, so that the native is neither fortunate beyond measure nor weighed down by the straits of want. But if both have fallen well, the lord of the sign itself in which the place of Fortune is and the lord of that degree in which the last degree has been found, and are placed in good signs, that is, those in which they rejoice or in which they are exalted, or in their own domiciles, and are placed partilely in the angles, it decrees such good fortune that the one who is so born is joined in every way to emperors. But if they are found in the signs of the angles not partilely but platically, they decree increases of middling good fortune.

〔九〕但它只有在精确到度地落在四角时才这样。因为倘若它只是总体上被发现在我们所说的宫位，就判定中等的本命盘，使本命之人既不过分幸运，也不被匮乏的窘迫压下。但倘若两者都落得好，即幸运之宫所在星座本身的主，与最后一度所在那一度的主，又落在好的星座，即它们喜乐的、或入旺的、或自己的庙，并精确到度地落在四角，就判定那样大的好运，以致这样出生的人在各方面都与皇帝相连。但倘若它们落在四角的星座里，不是精确到度地，而是概略地，它们就判定中等好运的增长。

[10] But if the lord of the sign itself in which the place of Fortune has been found, and also the lord of the degree itself, that is, the lord of the terms, and the lord of those degrees in which the Moon has been found in the same nativity, are well placed, either in the signs in which they are exalted or in their own domiciles, and have occupied the principal places of the nativity, or are placed in the places in which they rejoice, they will make emperors, but emperors whose rule is directed through the expanses of the whole world and whose power is so great that they approach the divinity of the gods.

〔十〕但倘若幸运之宫所在星座本身的主，以及那一度本身的主即界主，还有同一本命盘里月亮所在那些度数的主，都落位良好，或在它们入旺的星座，或在自己的庙，又占住本命的主要宫位，或落在它们喜乐的宫位，就会造就皇帝，而且是统治伸展到整个世界、权力大到接近众神之神性的皇帝。

[11] But if none of these planets we have mentioned has fallen well, the one who is so born will be weighed down by the burden of misfortune to the last day of his life. When this is so, inspect partilely the Midheaven and the sign that is in the succedent of the Ascendant; and if none of those planets we have mentioned is well placed, see whether in the Midheaven or in the succedent of the Ascendant a benefic star is found that has obtained the power of its own condition; for if one is found, the misfortune of the preceding evil will be corrected with the passing of time.

〔十一〕但倘若我们所说的这些行星没有一颗落得好，这样出生的人直到人生的最后一日都会被不幸的重担压着。这种情形下，要精确到度地察看中天，以及上升点的续宫里的那个星座；倘若我们所说的那些行星没有一颗落位良好，就看中天或上升点的续宫里是否有一颗吉星，得到了自身状态的力量；因为倘若有，先前之恶的不幸就会随着时间的推移得到纠正。

[12] But if, with those three we spoke of before badly placed, the Midheaven and the succedent of the Ascendant are left without the support of all the benefic stars, this nativity will be unfortunate, wretched, and weighed down by a continual succession of all evils. But inquire carefully into the dodecatemory of Fortune too, so that the purport of the effects may not deceive you.

〔十二〕但倘若我们前面所说的那三颗落位不好，中天与上升点的续宫又失去一切吉星的扶持，这个本命盘就会不幸、可悲，被一切恶接连不断地压着。但也要仔细探究幸运之宫的十二分部，免得论断的意旨欺骗了你。