卷二（三）　六分、对冲、守护神、配身与星座的爱憎

The Intercourse of Trines and Squares

［三分与四分的往来］

For Lines that measure Squares remotely tend, / And almost close with the Celestial Bend; / But those that make up Trines to Earth repair,

因为量出四分的线伸得很远，几乎贴近天的弯弧；而构成三分的线则向大地靠近，

See Fig. 3

［见原书图三］

Downwards they shoot, from Signs the Influence bear, / And with a nearer Ray infect our Air. / From Signs Alternate little Friendship's due,

它们向下射来，从星座带来影响，以较近的光线浸染我们的空气。相间的星座之间友谊很少，

Of Seztiles

［论六分］

Asquint they look, and with a partial view; / The Line that measures them obliquely drawn,

它们斜眼相看，只投以偏斜的目光；量出它们的线斜斜地画出，

See Fig. 4

［见原书图四］

Thro' various Angles goes not freely on; / Many its stops, in every other Sign / The Angle closing still diverts the Line; / Forward it darts, but soon it meets a Bound, / And six times broak, it leisurely creeps round: / From Taurus stretcht to Cancer, thence it bends / To Virgo's Sign, and thence to Scorpio tends;

穿过种种角度，不能畅通前行；它多有停顿，每隔一个星座，成角之处就使线改道；它向前疾射，可很快就遇到界限，折断六次，慢慢地绕行一周：从金牛伸到巨蟹，从那里弯向处女，再从那里趋向天蝎；

Cold Caper meets it next, and thence it goes / To Aries, upward then to Taurus flows, / Where, whence it first began, we find the Figure close.

接下来遇到寒冷的摩羯，从那里走向白羊，再向上流向金牛，我们发现图形在它开始的地方闭合。

The Other, for the Round contains no more, / Meets all the Signs the Second mist before; / Then passing those already sung, go on, / To all the Others let the Lines be drawn, / And equal Angles make the other Hexagon.

另一个——因为圆周再也容不下更多——遇到前一个错过的所有星座；越过已经唱过的那些，继续前行，让线画到其余所有的星座，以相等的角构成另一个六角形。

You see their Site, and thus Oblique they lie, / And view each other with a squinting Eye, / Too near, because thus plac'd, for mutual Aid, / Which freely flows in Lines direct convey'd.

你看它们的位置：它们就这样斜斜地躺着，用斜视的眼睛互相看望；因为这样放置，它们靠得太近，不能相互援助，援助是沿着直线顺畅流出的。

High in the Concave Signs Alternate lie, / The Lines that mark them almost touch the Sky; / And therefore far from Earth thro' distant way / They dart their Influence with a feeble Ray.

相间的星座高高躺在穹顶上，标出它们的线几乎触到天空；所以它们远离大地，经由遥远的路途，以微弱的光线射出影响。

And yet some Intercourse in these we find, / For Signs Alternate are alike in Kind; / In the first Hexagon six Males are found, / With Females only is the Second crown'd: / Thus Nature works, and, when the Place denies, / Sex makes Agreement, and unites the Skies.

不过我们在它们之中也发现一些往来，因为相间的星座同属一类；第一个六角形里有六个阳性星座，第二个则只以阴性星座为冠：自然就这样工作，当位置不许可时，性别造成协调，使天空联合。

Of Contiguous Signs

［论相邻的星座］

In Concord no Contiguous Signs agree, / For what can love when 'tis deny'd to see?

相邻的星座没有一个和睦相合，因为看不见的，怎能相爱？

They to themselves, which they behold alone, / Their Passion bend, and all their Love's their own.

它们把激情转向自己，只看得见自己，它们所有的爱都属于自己。

Alternately of different Kinds they lie, / One Male one Female fill the Round of Sky. / From Signs unequal any way remove

它们一阴一阳交替排列，一个阳性、一个阴性，充满天的圆周。从不等的星座那里，无论如何都要除去

Of Vnequal Signs

［论不等的星座］

All Thoughts of Union, they're averse to Love: / Thus never think between the Sixths to find / An Intercourse, nor hope to see them kind; / Because the Lines, by which we mark their place, / In length unlike stretch thro' unequal space.

一切结合的念头，它们厌恶爱情：所以不要以为第六个星座之间有什么往来，也别指望看见它们和善；因为标出它们位置的线长短不一，伸过不相等的空间。

See Fig. 4

［见原书图四］

For take the Zodiack, from the Ram begin, / And thence on either side extend the Line / To meet the Sixth from Aries, then dispose / A Third, and let the Three in Angles close; / Between the Two first Lines Four Signs are found.

拿黄道来说，从白羊开始，从那里向两边伸出线，去遇到从白羊数起的第六个星座，再画第三条线，让三条线交成角；前两条线之间有四个星座。

The Third includes but One, for that fills up the Round. / But more, the Signs oppos'd in Site, that lie

第三条只包含一个，因为这样就填满了圆周。不仅如此，位置相对的星座，

Of Opposites

［论对冲的星座］

With Beams directly darting thro' the Sky; / Tho' much remov'd they seem, yet mix from far / Their friendly Influence, or declare for War; / As the Sun's Aspect and the Planet's Fire / For Peace determine, or to Rage inspire.

以光线笔直地射过天空；它们虽然显得离得很远，却从远处混合它们友好的影响，或者宣战；正如太阳的相位与行星的火光决定和平，或激起狂怒。

These Signs adverse would you distinctly note? / Let Summer's Crab oppose the Winter's Goat. / The Scales the Ram where Day and Night appear

你想清楚地记住这些相对的星座吗？让夏天的巨蟹对着冬天的山羊。天秤对着白羊，在那里昼与夜

See Fig. 4

［见原书图四］

Equal in adverse Seasons of the Year: / The Fish oppose the Maid, the watry Vrn / With adverse Fires sees raging Leo burn.

在一年中相反的季节里显得相等：双鱼对着处女，水瓶的瓮以相反的火看着狂怒的狮子燃烧。

When Scorpio fills the highest Arch of Skies, / Then bending Taurus in the lowest lies, / And when the Centaur sets the Twins arise.

当天蝎占据天空的最高处，弯腰的金牛就躺在最低处；当半人马落下时，双子就升起。

Yet though in Site oppos'd these rowl above, / Yet joyn'd by Nature or by Sex they love: / Thus Males to Males strict Leagues of Friendship bind, / And Female Signs to their own Sex are kind.

不过，这些星座虽然在天上位置相对而运行，却因本性或性别而相爱：所以阳性与阳性结下严格的友谊之盟，阴性星座也善待同性。

The Fish and Maid oppos'd are friendly Signs, / For Nature couples what the Place disjoyns: / But Nature sometimes yields, the Trines prevail, / And Females Females fight, and Males the Male: / Tho' Female both the Goat the Crab defies / Winter in this, in that the Summer lies;

双鱼与处女相对，却是友好的星座，因为自然把位置分开的结合起来：但自然有时让步，三分占了上风，阴性与阴性相斗，阳性与阳性相斗：山羊与巨蟹虽然都是阴性，山羊却向巨蟹挑战，因为冬天在这一个里，夏天在那一个里；

Here Snow makes white, and Frost binds up the Fields; / There Sweat o'reflows, and Winter's Rigor yields; / Here Day exults, there Night extends her Sway, / And Winter's Darkness equals Summer's Day: / Thus Nature fights, nor must we hope to find / The Signs of disagreeing Seasons kind.

这里雪把田野染白，霜把田野冻住；那里汗水横流，冬天的严酷退让；这里白昼欢腾，那里黑夜扩展她的统治，冬天的黑暗与夏天的白昼一样长：自然就这样相斗，我们不能指望不和的季节里的星座和善。

Tho' differing Seasons hold the Scales and Ram, / They are half Friends, and mix agreeing Flame: / In this gay Flowers the painted Beds adorn, / This fills the Plains, and stores the Barns with Corn; / Their Days and Nights in equal Balance meet, / Not vext with too much Cold, nor too much Heat:

天秤与白羊虽处不同的季节，却是半个朋友，混合相合的火焰：在这一个里，鲜艳的花朵装点彩绘的花坛；那一个充满平原，用谷物装满仓廪；它们的昼与夜平衡相等，既不为太冷所苦，也不为太热所扰：

They Summer's Wars and Winter's Rage compose, / Nor will these Seasons let their Signs be Foes.

它们调停夏天的争战与冬天的狂暴，这两个季节也不让它们的星座成为仇敌。

Thus are the several Aspects taught— / These things considered, press no more Divine,

诸种相位就这样教完了。想过这些之后，就不必再追究了；去推知，

The Guardians of the Signs

［星座的守护神］

And know the Gods the Guardians of each Sign / Whom Nature order'd to controul their Course, / Direct their Influence, and assist their Force: / Great Powers are Godlike, we at least assign / Gods to great Powers, to make them seem Divine.

并认识各星座的守护神：自然命令他们控制星座的运行，指引它们的影响，助长它们的力量：大的力量就像神；至少我们把神配给大的力量，使它们显得神圣。

For where Things want, high Titles there bestow / Admir'd Worth, and makes them great in show.

因为在事物欠缺之处，崇高的名号就赋予它们受人赞叹的价值，使它们外表显得伟大。

Pallas the Ram , and Venus guides the Bull, / The Twins share Phaebus, and enjoy his Rule; / The Crab is Mercury's, and Iove divides / His Mother's Servant, and the Lion guides: / Ceres the Maid, for this her Sheaf declares, / And fighting Scorpio owns the God of Wars:

帕拉斯掌管白羊，维纳斯引导金牛，双子分享福玻斯，享受他的统辖；巨蟹属于墨丘利；朱庇特分得他母亲的仆从，引导狮子：刻瑞斯掌管处女，她的麦束表明这一点；好斗的天蝎承认战神为主：

Iuno pours out the Vrn, and Vulcan claims / The Scales, as the just Product of his Flames: / The Frozen Goat kind Vesta's Aid requires, / She cheers his cold, and warms him with her Fires / Diana draws the hunting Centaur's Bow, / And mighty Neptune now is prov'd to know / The Fish above, which He had fed below.

朱诺倾倒水瓶，伏尔甘认领天秤，作为他火焰的正当产物：冰冻的山羊需要仁慈的维斯塔援助，她以她的火给他驱寒、使他温暖；狄安娜拉开狩猎的半人马的弓；伟大的尼普顿如今认出了天上的双鱼，它们曾在下界受他喂养。

And now that Reason guides, that Gods do move / The various Orbs, and govern all above, / Must needs erect thy Mind, it must impart / Strong Inclinations to pursue the Art; / Since Man securely may his Thoughts advance, / And hope to find, when undisturb'd by Chance.

既然理性在引导，诸神在推动各个天球，统治上方的一切，这必定会振奋你的心智，必定会给你强烈的意愿去追求这门技艺；因为人可以安心地推进自己的思想，在不受偶然扰乱时，希望有所发现。

Signs for the several parts of the Body

［主管人体各部分的星座］

Now learn what Signs the several Limbs obey, / Whose Powers they feel, and where Obedience pay.

现在来学习身体各部分服从哪些星座，感受谁的力量，向哪里效顺。

The Ram defends the Head, the Neck the Bull, / The Arms, bright Twins, are subject to your Rule: / I'th' Shoulders Leo, and the Crab's obey'd / I'th' Breast, and in the Guts the modest Maid: / I'th' Buttocks Libra, Scorpio warms Desires / In Secret Parts, and spreads unruly Fires:

白羊护卫头，金牛护卫颈；明亮的双子啊，手臂受你们统辖；狮子在肩上被服从，巨蟹在胸中，端庄的处女在肠腹：天秤在臀部；天蝎在隐秘之处燃起欲望，散布难驯的火：

The Thighs the Centaur, and the Goat commands / The Knees, and binds them up with double Bands.

半人马主大腿，山羊统领膝盖，用双重的带子把它们束住。

The parted Legs in moist Aquarius meet, / And Pisces gives Protection to the Feet.

分开的小腿在湿润的水瓶那里相会，双鱼保护双脚。

But Stars have proper Laws, and Signs maintain / An Intercourse, and Compact in their Reign;

但星辰有各自的法则，星座在统治中保持着往来与盟约；

Signs that See, Hear, Love, or Hate

［相望、相听、相爱或相恨的星座］

Some Hear each other, some each other See, / Some fight and Hate, whilst some in Leagues agree: / Some Foreign Passions cautiously remove, / But make Themselves the Object of their Love.

有的互相听见，有的互相看见，有的相斗、相恨，有的结盟相合：有的小心地除去外来的激情，只以自己为爱的对象。

Thus Signs in Sex by Nature closely join'd / Are Foes, whilst Signs in Sex oppos'd are kind; / And Signs, whose opposite Position tends / To Disagreement, breed the greatest Friends.

所以，性别上本性紧密相连的星座是仇敌，而性别相反的星座却和善；位置相对、本该不和的星座，生出最好的朋友。

When God ordain'd this mighty Frame to rise, / He setled these Affections in the Skies, / That some might Hear, and some each other See, / Some Hate and fight, and some in Leagues agree; / Some Love themselves alone; All this appears / In Men, who take their Tempers from the Stars. / The Ram, as it becomes the Prince of Stars,

当神命令这宏大的框架升起时，他在天上定下这些情感，使有的相听，有的相望，有的相恨相斗，有的结盟相合，有的只爱自己；这一切都见于人，人从星辰得到性情。白羊，正与众星之首的身份相称，

See Fig. 5, 6, 7, and 8

［见原书图五、图六、图七、图八］

Is his own Council, and Himself he hears; / He Libra sees, but unsuccessful proves / In loving Taurus, for in vain he Loves; / Taurus (for Aries finds but cold returns / For all those Fires with which he freely burns; / Nay more, by Treachery all his Love's repaid) / Sees, Hears the Fishes, and adores the Maid:

是自己的谋士，自己听自己；他看见天秤，却在爱金牛时不成功，因为他爱得徒然；金牛（因为白羊为他慷慨燃烧的一切火焰只得到冷淡的回报；不仅如此，他所有的爱都被以背叛相报）看见、听见双鱼，爱慕处女：

Thus from the Tyrian Pastures lin'd with Iove / He bore Europa, and still keeps his Love: / The Twins see Leo, and they hear the Vrn / Pouring out his Streams, but for the Fishes burn.

正因如此，朱庇特藏在他身里，他从推罗的牧场驮走了欧罗巴，至今仍保持着他的爱。双子看见狮子，听见倾倒水流的水瓶，却为双鱼燃烧。

The Crab (as Caper adverse in the Skies) / First makes himself the Object of his Eyes; / He loves Aquarius Vrn, and then repays / The friendly Goat by hearkning to his Rays.

巨蟹（如同天上与他相对的摩羯）首先以自己为目光的对象；他爱水瓶的瓮，然后倾听友好的山羊的光线，以此相报。

The Lion sees the Twins embracing Fires, / He hears the Centaur, and the Goat admires: / Mischief the Maid for Sagittarius brews, / She hears the Scorpion, and the Bull she views.

狮子看见双子拥抱的火焰，听见半人马，爱慕山羊：处女为射手酝酿祸害，她听见天蝎，看着金牛。

But Libra hears her self, her Mind applies / To following Scorpio, to the Ram her Eyes: / The Scorpion sees the Fish, the Maid he hears; / To Leo Sagittarius bends his Ears; / To young Aquarius he his Eyes resigns, / His Love prefers the Maid to other Signs.

而天秤听见自己，把心思转向后随的天蝎，把目光投向白羊：天蝎看见双鱼，听见处女；射手把耳朵转向狮子；他把目光交给年轻的水瓶，在他的爱里，处女胜过其他星座。

The Goat admires, and loves himself alone, / (For since at Caesar's Birth Serene he shone; / What Glory can be greater than his own?

山羊爱慕并只爱自己（因为恺撒出生时他宁静地照耀，还有什么荣耀能比他自己的更大？）

He hears the Crab: Aquarius hears the Twins, / And sees the Centaur, and amidst the Signs / The towring Crab alone his Mind can move, / And is the only Object of his Love.

他听见巨蟹：水瓶听见双子，看见半人马，在众星座之中，只有高耸的巨蟹能打动他的心，是他唯一爱的对象。

Whilst Pisces to the Bull their Ears apply, / And view the Scorpion with a longing Eye.

而双鱼把耳朵转向金牛，以渴慕的眼睛望着天蝎。

These Powers the Tempers of their Births define, / Each carries the Affection of his Sign; / These love to See and love to Hear create, / And all the Intercourse of Love and Hate: / Hence some embrace, and some as odly fly / Each other; Love and Hate, but know not why.

这些力量规定了它们所生之人的性情，每个人都带着自己星座的情感；它们造成爱看、爱听，以及爱与恨的一切往来：因此有人互相拥抱，有人同样古怪地彼此躲避；他们相爱、相恨，却不知为什么。

Thus far of single Signs: But Trines engage / With Trines, and all the Heaven is full of Rage: / Signs War in Bodies, and in Parties fight, / As adverse in their Manners, as in Site: / The Ram, Lion, Centaur joyn'd in Trine oppose / The Heavenly Scales, and to their Trine are Foes.

单个的星座就说到这里：但三分与三分交战，整个天空充满狂怒：星座以群体相战，以党派相斗，它们的习性与位置一样相反：白羊、狮子、半人马结成三分，对抗天上的天秤，与它的三分为敌。

And this on two Accounts; Three Signs to Three / Shine opposite, and who can hope to see / Two differing Natures, Man and Beast agree?

这有两个原因：三个星座与三个星座相对照耀，而谁能指望看见两种不同的本性——人与兽——相合？

For he that holds the Scales Celestial, bears / A Humane Shape, a Brute the Lion wears, / And therefore yields, for Reason's Force controuls / Brute Strength, and Bodies still submit to Souls.

因为执掌天上天秤的那一位带着人形，狮子带着兽形，所以狮子让步，因为理性的力量控制兽的力气，肉体总是服从灵魂。

The Lion conquer'd to the Skies was thrown, / And fleecy Aries flead before he shone; / The Centaur's Forepart still commands the rest, / So much the Humane Form exceeds the Beast.

狮子被征服后被抛上天空，毛茸茸的白羊在闪耀之前被剥了皮；半人马的前半身总在统领其余部分，人形就这样远远胜过兽形。

No wonder therefore that with great Success / The Scales fight Aries, and his Trine oppress.

所以不奇怪，天秤与白羊相斗大获成功，压倒他的三分。

But this we may in one short rule comprise, / For view the Signs that fill the round of Skies, / And those that are in Humane Forms exprest / Are conquering Foes to all the shapes of Beast.

但这可以概括成一条简短的法则：看看充满天圆的星座，那些以人形表现的，是一切兽形星座的征服者和仇敌。

But yet their Hate not equally extends, / Signs have their proper Foes, as well as Friends; / The Ram's Productions Friendly Leagues refuse / To all the Fishes, Maid, or Scales produce: / What Scorpio, Cancer, Pisces, Scales create / Are Foes to Taurus, and his Births they hate:

但它们的恨并不同样扩展，星座有自己特定的敌人，也有特定的朋友；白羊所生的人拒绝与双鱼、处女、天秤所生的人结友好之盟：天蝎、巨蟹、双鱼、天秤所生的人是金牛的仇敌，憎恨他所生的人：

Whilst those Productions that the Twins design / Are Enemies to Aries, and his Trine.

而双子所设计的那些人，是白羊及其三分的敌人。

Against the Crab and Bull the Goat declares, / And Virgo too, and Libra feels his Wars: / Nor shall (could I write curious Verse, my Muse / To shew her Art in Precepts would refuse; / I teach an Art, and 'tis by all confest / Instruction when 'tis plainest than 'tis best:)

山羊向巨蟹与金牛宣战，也向处女宣战，天秤也感受到他的战争：（如果我能写精巧的诗句，我的诗神也会拒绝在教诫里炫耀她的技艺；我教的是一门技艺，而人人都承认，教导越明白越好：）

The furious Lion rous'd with desperate Rage / With fewer Enemies than the Ram engage.

狂怒的狮子被激起拼死的愤怒，所对付的敌人却比白羊少。

The double Centaur with his threatning Bow / Affrights the Maid, the Bull that bends his Brow, / With Caper, and with Pisces is her Foe.

双体的半人马以威胁的弓吓坏处女；那弯着额头的金牛，以及摩羯和双鱼，都是她的敌人。

O're Libra's Sign a Crowd of Foes prevails, / The Icy Goat, the Crab which square the Scales, / With those of Aries Trine consent to hate / The Scales of Libra, and her Rays rebate.

一群敌人压倒天秤：冰冷的山羊、与天秤成四分的巨蟹，同白羊三分的星座一起憎恨天秤，削弱她的光线。

Nor doth the Sign of fiery Scorpio find / Foes less in number, or of better Mind; / The Urn, Twins, Lion, Bull, the Scales, the Maid / He frights; and they of him are equally afraid: / Nor can the Centaur's Bow his Peace defend, / The Twins, Vrn, Virgin force his Sign to bend / By Nature's Law, nor are the Scales his Friend.

火热的天蝎所遇的敌人也不比这少，心地也不比这好：水瓶、双子、狮子、金牛、天秤、处女，他都恐吓，它们也同样怕他：半人马的弓也护不住他的安宁，双子、水瓶、处女按自然的法则迫使他屈服，天秤也不是他的朋友。

The same oppress thy Sign with equal Hate / Contracted Caper, and thy Force rebate.

同样的这些星座以同样的恨压迫你的星座，蜷缩的摩羯啊，削弱你的力量。

Whilst those that are in Brutal Forms exprest / Afflict the Vrn, and all his Trine molest.

而以兽形表现的那些星座折磨水瓶，骚扰他的整个三分。

The neighbouring Fish the Vrn with Hate pursues, / And those the Maid, and those the Twins produce.

相邻的双鱼以恨追逐水瓶，以及处女所生的、双子所生的人。

And those that own the Centaur's angry Star / He treats as Foes, and still afflicts with War.

凡是归半人马那颗愤怒之星所生的，他也当作仇敌，总以战争折磨。

These Rules are true, but somewhat else defines / The Friendship and the Enmity of Signs: / Thus Thirds are Foes, for with a squinting Ray / They view each other, and their Hate convey: / Signs opposite, whatever place they fill / Averse to Peace, and are unfriendly still:

这些法则是真的，但还有别的东西规定星座的友谊与敌意：所以第三个星座彼此为敌，因为它们以斜视的光线互相看望，传递它们的恨；相对的星座，无论占据什么位置，都厌恶和平，始终不友好：

Thus Sevenths their adverse Sevenths are doom'd to loath, / And Thirds from both, and which are Trines to both: / Nor is it strange that Trines unfriendly prove / When Kin to Signs that are averse to Love. / So many sorts of differing Signs dispose

所以第七个星座注定憎恶与它相对的第七个星座，也憎恶与两者成第三、与两者成三分的星座：与厌恶爱情的星座有亲缘的三分不友好，也就不奇怪了。如此多种不同的星座安排