卷三·第九节第一至二章　立遗嘱与承受遗产

SECTION. IX. Containing Elections appertaining to the signification of the eighth House.

第九节　包含属于第八宫所主之事的择日。

CHAP. 1. Of making of Wills.

第一章　论立遗嘱。

UNder the signification of this House, cometh the Wills of the dead, and the heritages left thereby; as touching Wills we are in this place to treat, viz. what time is best for to make them.

在这一宫所主之事下，有死者的遗嘱以及由此留下的遗产；关于遗嘱，我们在这里要讲的是，什么时间立遗嘱最好。

When thou makest thy Will, let not the Moon be in a movable sign nor the Ascendent, nor its Lord if thou intendest it shall stand; for this denotes its mutability, and that after a short time thou shalt alter it again; wherefore let the Ascendent be fixed, and the Moon and the Lord thereof placed in fixed signs; for this denotes permanency; this is for such as will be disposed to such actions before they are visited with sickness; but when once it hath seized on them, it is not to stand upon electing of times, but then you are to judge of the event by the time, in this manner.

当你立遗嘱时，若你打算让它成立不改，就不要让月亮在启动星座，也不要让上升或其主星在启动星座；因为这表示它会变动，不久之后你又会更改它；所以让上升是固定星座，月亮和上升主星也放在固定星座；因为这表示长久不变；这是给那些在患病之前就有意做这类事的人的；但一旦疾病已经缠上他们，就不必再讲究择时，而要按那时的时间来判断结果，方法如下。

If the Moon be slow in motion, and increasing in light, and in no aspect of any Planet, in combustion, under the Sun beams or Retrograde, it is good, and denotes the death of the party quickly, and that his Will shall not be altered, especially if she be joyned to Mars by body, but not by aspect, provided Mars be not in the Ascendent, nor in aspect therewith, nor its Lord; yet it shall not be kept, but in a short time it shall be either lost or stollen.

若月亮行速迟缓，光亮增长，又不与任何焦伤、在太阳光下或逆行的行星成相位，那是好的，表示这人很快死去，他的遗嘱不会更改，尤其若她与火星体合而不是成相位，只要火星不在上升，也不与上升或其主星成相位；然而它不会被保存，而是不久就会丢失或被偷。

But if Saturn be placed with the Moon or Lord of the Ascendent, as you have heard of Mars, and in no aspect of the Ascendent, it signifieth the sick party shall yet live, and the Will then made shall continue in force all his life, and also after his death, for it shall not be altered nor revoked; but if he afflict the Ascendent, it shall be altered.

但若土星与月亮或上升主星在一起，如你听过的火星那样，而不与上升成相位，就表示病人还会活下去，那时立的遗嘱在他一生中以及死后都会有效，因为它不会被更改或撤销；但若他侵害上升，遗嘱就会更改。

Also if Iupiter and Venus be so posited, the party sick, that hath made his Will, shall again recover; And that some time after he shall revoke the former Will and make an other, &c.

还有若木星和金星这样安置，那立了遗嘱的病人会再康复；过一段时间后他会撤销前一份遗嘱，另立一份，等等。

CHAP. II. Of the Heritages of the Dead.

第二章　论死者的遗产。

DO thou be sure herein to place one of the houses of either Jupiter or Venus in the eighth house; or else fortifie the cusp of the eighth and the Lord thereof, and place them in Sextile or Trine of either Jupiter or Venus; or make the degrees of the cusp of the eighth, and the Lord thereof the terms of Iupiter or Venus; and make the second and its Lord strong and free from all manner of impediment, and if possible, in good aspect of the Fortunes:

在这件事上，你务必把木星或金星的一个庙放在第八宫；或者加强第八宫的宫头及其主星，把它们放在木星或金星的六分或三分；或者使第八宫宫头的度数及其主星在木星或金星的界；并使第二宫及其主星强，免于一切阻碍，若可能，与吉星成吉相位：

Fortifie also the Moon, and let her lovingly behold the eighth house, or its Lord, and if possible, fortifie also the Ascendent and its Lord, and place the Lord of the eighth in reception with the Lord of the second or Ascendent; and if you can, let him be in the second, and the Lord of the second in the eighth, &c.

也加强月亮，让她亲善地照看第八宫或其主星，若可能，也加强上升及其主星，并把第八宫主星放在与第二宫主星或上升主星接纳之中；若你能做到，让他在第二宫，第二宫主星在第八宫，等等。