卷四·第二十至二十一章　关口之年；论作为

XX. On the Climacteric Years.

第二十章　论关口之年

[1] When, then, you have begun to treat a nativity and have examined the whole course of the planets with careful reasoning, and have seen the power of the places and angles, and have gathered everything by a partile method, then, standing at the very beginnings of the effects, you ought to gather with careful reasoning, in the first place, nothing other than the time of life and the power of the lord of the nativity. For frequently, even when certain planets are well arranged, the lord of the nativity decrees narrow spans of living, and in part the whole of what the well-placed planets had decreed is changed by the untimely arrival of death.

〔一〕所以，当你开始处理一个本命盘，以细致的道理察看了诸行星的整个运行，看清了宫位与四角的力量，以精确到度的方法汇集了一切之后，那么，站在论断的最开头，你首先应当以细致的道理汇集的，不是别的，正是寿命的时限与本命之主的力量。因为常常，即使某些行星安排得很好，本命之主却判定狭短的生存时限，而落位良好的诸星所判定的一切，部分地因死亡过早来临而改变。

[2] You ought therefore to examine the time of life with careful reasoning from the Sun and the Moon, and from the degree of the Ascendant, and, what is most important, from the lord of the nativity; all of which, although they have been stated here and there in this work, have nevertheless been specifically set out and explained in a separate book, which we wrote for our Murinus on the lord of the nativity and the chronocrator. We must therefore labor and seek the lord of the nativity with every effort of attention, so that, once the span of life has been found through him and divided by the chronocrator among the individual planets, we may be able to explain all that has been decreed.

〔二〕所以你应当以细致的道理，从太阳与月亮、从上升点的度数，以及最要紧的，从本命之主推究寿命的时限；所有这些，虽然在这部著作里零散地说过，却已在一部单独的书里专门收录并解释，那是我们为我们的穆里努斯写的、论本命之主与时主的书。所以必须用尽一切留心的努力去下功夫寻找本命之主，好让寿命的时限通过它找出、又由时主分配给各颗行星之后，我们能解释所判定的一切。

[3] Indeed, besides the other climacterics, the years of seven and of nine as well, running in multiplied succession through the whole time of life, always afflict a man with various perils of danger by a certain natural and hidden principle; hence the 63rd year, because it receives the sum of both numbers alike, has been called androclas; for nine times seven years make 63, and again seven times nine years in like manner make 63. Since, then, the course of both numbers meets in this year on equal terms, it always imposes the peril of great danger. For if the years of seven and of nine, which the Greeks call hebdomadic and enneadic, always bring grave dangers upon men, what will the 63rd year do, which completes the multiplied sum of both numbers, bound to each other? For this reason it was called androclas by the Egyptians, because it breaks and weakens the whole substance of a man.

〔三〕的确，除了其余的关口之外，七之年与九之年也以倍增的次序贯穿整个一生，总以某种自然而隐秘的道理用种种危险折磨人；因此第六十三年，因为它同时承接两个数的总和，被称为安德罗克拉斯；因为九个七年是六十三，反过来七个九年同样是六十三。所以，既然两个数的进程在这一年平等地相会，它总带来大危险。因为倘若希腊人称为七数之年与九数之年的七之年与九之年总给人带来严重的危险，那么完成两个数彼此相系的倍增总和的第六十三年，又会怎样呢？为此埃及人称它为安德罗克拉斯，因为它折断并削弱人的全部实质。

[4] Among the other dangers, then, which are decreed by the malefic stars according to the risings of the signs and according to their threatening aspects, we ought to gather these dangers too with careful reasoning; and both in those dangers and in these which we gather from the reckoning of years by sevens or by nines, we ought to inspect, at the very time when the peril of danger is impending, with what aspect the benefic stars aspect the Moon and the lord of the times and the lord of the nativity.

〔四〕所以，在其余那些由凶星依星座的升起、依其威胁的相位所判定的危险之外，我们也应当以细致的道理汇集这些危险；无论在那些危险里，还是在这些我们按七年或九年的计算汇集的危险里，我们都应当在危险临头的那个时候察看，吉星以什么相位照着月亮、时主与本命之主。

[5] For if Jupiter and Venus are found in favorable places of the nativity, in the Ascendant, and have aspected the Moon by a partile aspect, and have also seen the lord of the times and the lord of the nativity, the threatening onsets of dangers are relieved by the saving support of the benefic stars, and men are freed from impending dangers.

〔五〕因为倘若木星与金星被发现在本命的吉利宫位，在上升点，又以精确到度的相位照着月亮，并且也看见时主与本命之主，危险威胁的冲击就因吉星拯救的扶持而得到减轻，人就从临头的危险中解脱出来。

[6] Dangers, however, are not of one substance; for every peril of danger is brought about either from accusations, or from denunciations, or from plots, or from voyages, or from journeys, or from losses and the forfeiture of the patrimony, or from sicknesses, or from venereal desires, or from weakness of body, or from beasts, or from the collapse of buildings, or from mire and precipices.

〔六〕然而危险并非只有一种实质；因为一切危险，或来自控告，或来自告发，或来自阴谋，或来自航海，或来自旅途，或来自损失与丧失祖产，或来自病患，或来自男女情欲，或来自身体虚弱，或来自野兽，或来自房屋倒塌，或来自泥沼与悬崖。

[7] When, then, you have seen what kind of peril is in the place, look, as we said before, at how the benefic stars aspect the Ascendant or the Moon, and from what place, and how they aspect the lord of the nativity and the lord of the times, so that, when you are assured about the substance of life, you may then see by what means the perils of impending death or of pressing danger can be avoided.

〔七〕所以，当你看清了临头的是哪一种危险，就要如我们前面所说，察看吉星如何、从哪个宫位照着上升点或月亮，又如何照着本命之主与时主，好让你对寿命的实质心中有数之后，再看能以什么办法避开临头的死亡或紧迫的危险。

[8] You ought also to look at the star that has stirred up the danger, that is, the one that is lady of the times, and see in what place, in what sign, and in which degrees of the nativity it is placed at the time when it decrees the danger, and how the benefic stars aspect it. For if the star that causes the danger is found in good places, or in the signs and terms in which it rejoices, and is aspected by the benefics, and is well placed in the nativity, the peril of the impending danger is softened. But if it is otherwise, and the star has obtained the licence of harming through the power granted to it, it causes the man to be entangled in the snares of inextricable miseries, so that the impending death or danger can by no means be avoided.

〔八〕你还应当注视那颗激起危险的星，即那颗做时主的女主之星，看它在判定危险的时候，落在本命盘的什么宫位、什么星座、哪些度数，吉星又如何照着它。因为倘若造成危险的那颗星被发现在好的宫位，或在它喜乐的星座与界里，又被吉星照着，在本命盘里落位良好，临头危险之险就得到缓和。但倘若情形不同，那颗星凭赋予它的力量取得了加害的许可，就使人缠进无法解脱的苦难罗网，以致临头的死亡或危险无论如何都避不开。

XXI. On Occupations.

第二十一章　论作为

[1] Now we ought to know which planet decrees occupations in individual men, or which occupations it decrees; and then we ought to gather with careful reasoning in what place it is situated. The planets that decree occupations for men are Mars, Venus, and Mercury. That one of these three decrees the occupation which is found either in the Midheaven, or in the right trine of the Midheaven, or in the left, or in the other angles.

〔一〕现在我们应当知道，在各人身上是哪颗行星判定作为，或它判定哪些作为；然后我们应当以细致的道理汇集它落在什么位置。判定人的作为的行星是火星、金星与水星。这三颗中，判定作为的是那颗或在中天、或在中天的右三分、或在左三分、或在其余四角被发现的。

[2] Mars. If, then, Mars has decreed the occupation and is well placed and joined to the benefic stars by a favorable aspect, and the nativity is by night, it gives arms, generalships, and glory, and decrees the right of the sword and the insignia of the greatest powers, according as the power of the whole decree has raised itself, or at any rate it makes famous and noble arts with fire and with iron, such as are carried to the knowledge of all by a renowned mark of nobility. But placed in idle and cast-down places, and in the signs in which it does not rejoice, it decrees certain honorable arts, but with obscurity.

〔二〕火星。所以，倘若火星判定了作为，又落位良好，以有利的相位与吉星相结，本命盘又是夜间的，就给予兵器、将领之职与荣耀，判定生杀之权与极大权力的徽章，依整个论断的力量抬升到什么程度而定；或者至少造就用火与铁的、出名而高贵的技艺，以显赫的高贵标记为众人所知。但落在闲置与低陷的宫位，在它不喜乐的星座，就判定某些体面的技艺，却默默无闻。

[3] But if, with Mars so placed, the benefic stars have lent it their rays, the native will attain from the occupation or from the work, whatever has been decreed, both a certain glory and the means of substance. But if Mars, deserted by the benefics, itself holds the power of decreeing the occupation, and the malefic stars have aspected it, it will make men subordinate and toiling, who spend more than is conferred on them from their arts.

〔三〕但倘若火星这样落位时，吉星把光线借给它，本命之人就会从这作为或活计中，无论判定的是什么，得到某种荣耀与资财。但倘若火星被吉星离弃，自己执掌判定作为之权，而凶星照着它，就会使人居于人下而劳苦，花费比从他们的技艺中所得的还多。

[4] Venus. But if Venus has decreed the occupation and is either in her own house or in her own terms, and is placed partilely in the Ascendant, or in the Midheaven, or in the 11th place from the Ascendant, or in the 5th — for she decrees when placed in these places too — and if the nativity is by night, she will give great occupations and decrees the insignia of great glory, especially if Jupiter has aspected her so placed with a trine aspect, or if the Moon, diminished in light, is moving toward her; for she places the native in such licence of power that the one who has Venus so is compared to kings or emperors.

〔四〕金星。但倘若金星判定了作为，又在自己的庙或自己的界，精确到度地落在上升点、或中天、或从上升点起的第十一宫、或第五宫——因为她落在这些宫位时也判定——而本命盘又是夜间的，她就会给予大作为，判定大荣耀的徽章，尤其是倘若木星以三分相位照着这样落位的她，或光减的月亮行向她；因为她把本命之人置于那样大的权力许可之中，以致这样拥有金星的人可以与君王或皇帝相比。

[5] Then she decrees golden crowns, then bordered togas and golden palm-embroidered robes, and ennobles the native with the power of the consular or proconsular fasces; according to the clime and the measure of the nativity, she will make gymnasiarchs, Asiarchs, priests of the provinces, always famous and noble, men the insignia of whose honor are carried through the expanses of the whole world, pleasing, lovable, charming, just, and men whom all desire to benefit in any way they can; but to them all the insignia of good fortune are conferred by women or by wives.

〔五〕那时她判定金冠，那时判定紫边袍与绣着棕榈的金袍，并以执政官或代执政官束棒的权力使本命之人高贵；依地带与本命的分量，她会造就体育场总管、亚细亚总祭司、行省的祭司，总是出名而高贵，他们荣誉的徽章传遍整个世界，讨人喜欢、惹人爱、有魅力、公正，众人都想以任何方式帮助他们；但好运的一切徽章是由妇女或妻子授予他们的。

[6] But if she is not in these places, nor in these signs, nor in these terms, and is found in alien signs or in alien terms, she will give arts that are always honorable and elegant; for she makes goldsmiths, gilders, gold-beaters, silversmiths, musicians, organ-players, painters. But if she is found in cast-down and idle places, she will make innkeepers, cook-shop keepers, shopkeepers, perfume sellers, and men accustomed to sell, on feast days and holy days, crowns composed of a variety of flowers, and whatever things are needed for gladness or for delight.

〔六〕但倘若她不在这些宫位、不在这些星座、不在这些界，而被发现在别星的星座或别星的界里，就会给予总是体面而洁净的技艺；因为她造就金匠、镀金匠、金箔匠、银匠、乐师、管风琴师、画家。但倘若她被发现在低陷与闲置的宫位，就会造就客店主、小食店主、店主、香料商，以及惯于在节日与圣日出售各色鲜花编成的花冠的人，以及凡为欢乐或为享乐所需之物的人。

[7] But in general, if a benefic star is with the planet that decrees the occupation, or has aspected it with a trine aspect, it decrees glory, fame, and nobility for the occupation itself and grants the greatest increases of means; and the more benefic stars have conferred their rays and their associations on the planet that decrees the occupation, the more immense are the increases of good fortune conferred, and the native receives from the occupation itself the name of great glory, especially if the benefic stars that bear testimony, moving in direct course, are found in a morning rising.

〔七〕但一般而言，倘若有一颗吉星与判定作为的那颗行星同在，或以三分相位照着它，就为作为本身判定荣耀、名声与高贵，赐予资财极大的增长；而越多吉星把光线与结伴给予判定作为的那颗行星，授予的好运增长就越无可限量，本命之人就从作为本身得到大荣耀之名，尤其是倘若作见证的吉星顺行，又被发现在晨升之中。

[8] But if the malefic stars alone, without the testimony of the benefic stars, have aspected the planet that decrees the occupation, they decree a humble life and subordinate and toilsome occupations, and render men such as are assailed by continual infamy in those very occupations. But if malefic and benefic stars agree on equal terms with the planet that decrees the occupation, all of them do all things according to their own nature of decreeing; and those will be stronger which have joined themselves by the greater aspect.

〔八〕但倘若只有凶星，没有吉星的见证，照着判定作为的那颗行星，就判定卑微的一生与居于人下、劳苦的作为，并使人在这些作为中不断遭恶名攻击。但倘若凶星与吉星平等地与判定作为的那颗行星一致，它们都依各自判定的本性做成一切；而以较大的相位相结的那些会更强。

[9] Mercury. If Mercury has decreed the occupation and is placed in the principal places, as we said before of Venus and of Mars, and is in its exaltation, or in its own terms, or in its own house, it decrees everything according to its own nature; for it makes either kings, or men set over judges, or causes the royal accounts to be entrusted to them, or makes teachers of emperors, or decrees occupations like these in every way according to the nature of the signs and to the power of those planets that have lent it their testimony. It also makes orators, chief physicians, astrologers, star-gazers, haruspices; but it decrees these things according to the power of the signs.

〔九〕水星。倘若水星判定了作为，又落在主要宫位，如我们前面关于金星与火星所说，又在自己的旺、或自己的界、或自己的庙，就依自己的本性判定一切；因为它或造就君王，或造就主管法官的人，或使王室的账目托付给他们，或造就皇帝的老师，或依星座的本性与那些把见证借给它的行星的力量，在各方面判定与这些相似的作为。它还造就演说家、御医长、占星家、观星者、脏卜师；但它依星座的力量判定这些。

[10] For placed in solid signs it decrees the greatest judgeships and accounts. But if it is found in tropical signs, it decrees offices from exchanges or from interpretations. Placed in equinoctial signs, it sets them over the public weights. But found in double signs, it decrees in this way sagacious and talented men, inventors, astrologers, and everything that seems similar to these arts and disciplines.

〔十〕因为落在固定星座，它判定最高的审判之职与账目。但倘若它被发现在回归星座，就判定来自兑换或翻译的职务。落在分点星座，它使人主管公共的衡器。但被发现在双体星座，它就这样判定机敏有才的人、发明者、占星家，以及凡与这些技艺学问相似的一切。

[11] In general, then, we ought to know that whenever Mercury has decreed the occupation, if it is adorned with the testimonies of the benefic stars, it decrees glory, advancement in honors, and the insignia of the greatest authority; whereas the malefic stars, on the contrary, decree abasement, humiliations, miseries, and infamies; but in these very decrees there is no small difference arising from the nature of the planets.

〔十一〕所以一般而言，我们应当知道，每当水星判定了作为，倘若它以吉星的见证为饰，就判定荣耀、荣誉的晋升与最高权威的徽章；而凶星反过来判定降黜、屈辱、苦难与恶名；但在这些判定本身之中，由于行星的本性，有不小的差别。

[12] For Mars, bearing testimony, will make leaders who are bold, dangerous, quickly moved, deceived in every way, and never subjugated by the licence of any power. But Saturn will produce men who are gentle, lofty, silent, and puffed up, and who [lacuna] everything with dissimulation. You will have to observe this in the other two planets as well; and when all these things have been gathered by you with careful reasoning, you will be able to explain most truly the whole substance of the decree, and in this way the characters of men are so depicted by you that, as in a painting, all the lineaments of their bodies are discerned from your responses, and the hidden effect of their characters is discovered.

〔十二〕因为火星作见证，会造就大胆、危险、易动、在各方面受骗、永不被任何权力的许可所制服的首领。而土星会产生温和、高傲、沉默、自负，并以掩饰〔此处原文有缺〕一切的人。你也须在其余两颗行星上观察这一点；当这一切都被你以细致的道理汇集起来，你就能最真实地解释论断的全部实质，人的品性就这样被你描画出来，如同在一幅画里，从你的答复中辨认出他们身体的一切轮廓，发现他们品性中隐藏的效应。