卷四·第二节第二十章　水星作年主在十二星座

CHAP. XX. Of the Significations of Mercury when he is Lord of the Year in any of the Twelve Signs.

第二十章　论水星作年主时在十二星座中任何一个的征象。

IN the next place we are to look what are the significations of Mercury, who is the second of the inferiour Planets, and the next under Venus, who if he be Lord of the year and posited in Aries, there shall be abundance of water and rain, and a scarcity of provisions in the Western parts; he signifies also great winds, much dew, and many thin clouds, also death to young men and women.

接下来我们要看水星的征象，他是下位行星中的第二颗，在金星之下，若他是年主而位于白羊，就会有大量的水与雨，西部粮食短缺；他也表示大风，多露，许多薄云，还有青年男女的死亡。

Now because he is of that quality that he participateth still of the nature of that Planet in Configuration with him, it is requisite we have respect thereunto; for with the Fortunes he is good, with the Infortunes bad, in his own nature indifferent, and he is with the Masculine Planets a Masculine Planet and of that signification; with the Feminine a Feminine.

既然他具有这样一种性质，总是带有与他成格局的那颗行星的本性，我们就必须留意这一点；因为与吉星在一起他就吉，与凶星在一起就凶，在他自己的本性中是中性的，他与阳性行星在一起是阳性行星，有那样的征象；与阴性行星在一起就是阴性。

Wherefore if Mercury be joyned to the Moon either by body or aspect, it denotes plenty of Fish; if to the Sun, plenty of Wine, and the safety and prosperity of women, and so much the rather if Mars and Venus be then in Conjunction or Aspect with the Sun; and if Saturn be in the place of Mercury, he signifies very much rain and abundance of Waters; but if Mars be only then with the Sun, he denotes pains in the eyes and much war and blood-shed.

所以若水星与月亮以星体或相位相联，表示鱼丰足；若与太阳相联，表示酒丰足，妇女平安兴旺，若火星与金星那时又与太阳会合或成相位，就更是如此；若土星在水星的位置，他表示很多雨，水很多；但若那时只有火星与太阳在一起，他表示眼痛，许多战争与流血。

If Mercury be Lord of the year, and located in Taurus, he signifies many showers and plenty of waters, and a destruction of Corn and the fruits of the earth through diversity and change of ayr, pains and infirmities in the eyes in the Eastern parts and the death of Great and Noble men, unless Jupiter or Venus work the contrary by their benovolent aspects to him or to the Ascendent; but if Mars behold the Ascendent, he signifies the death of Cows, and the greater sort of Cattel, especially in the Southern parts.

若水星是年主而位于金牛，他表示许多阵雨，水多，因空气多变而谷物与地上果实被毁，东部有眼睛的疼痛疾病，大人物与贵人死亡，除非木星或金星以他们对他或对上升的吉相位作反；但若火星照看上升，他表示母牛与大一类的牲畜死亡，尤其在南部。

Also if he be in Gemini, and be Lord of the year in any Revolution of the World, he denotes Wars in those parts subject to the sign, much snow, and dammage to the fruits of the earth, and plenty of wine. This is one of the mad Rules of the Ancients;

还有，若在世界的任何回归中他在双子又是年主，他表示隶属该星座的地方有战争，多雪，地上果实受损，而酒丰足。这是古人的疯规则之一；

I would fain know why not a plentifull year for every thing else as well as wine if he be strong; for this is his own house; and if he be weak, how comes he to be so successfull to Vines and nothing else? they say also he signifies pestilencies and death, inflammations, swellings and eruptions; he denotes also much dew and moist ayr:

我很想知道，若他强，为什么不是除了酒以外样样都丰足的一年；因为这是他自己的庙；若他弱，他怎么会对葡萄这样顺利，对别的却一无所成？他们还说他表示瘟疫与死亡、发炎、肿胀与疹子；他也表示多露、潮湿的空气：

I believe, it should be a wholsom good ayr, and health and prosperity to the People in general; the Antients say, if Jupiter or the Sun behold the Ascendent of the Revolution, Pestilence and Sickness will be lessened, and that there will be a diminution of these evils, and men in the Eastern parts shall be stronger and in a better and happier condition then before; it is clear to me all this will happen without their assistance, so Mercury be but free from impedition and the malevolent aspects of the Infortunes when he is located in this sign.

我相信，应该是卫生良好的空气，一般人民健康兴旺；古人说，若木星或太阳照看回归盘的上升，瘟疫与疾病会减轻，这些凶会减少，东部的人会比以前更强壮，处境更好更幸福；我看得很清楚，这一切没有他们的协助也会发生，只要水星位于这个星座时免于阻碍和凶星的凶相位。

Reader, thou mayst follow the Ancients in every thing they say if thou wilt, and be a Drone for ever; for my part I am absolutely resolved to the contrary, especially in these and such like whimsies of theirs.

读者，你若愿意，可以在古人所说的每件事上都跟从他们，永远做一只雄蜂；就我而言，我是绝对决意反其道而行，尤其在这些以及类似的他们的奇想上。

If Mercury be Lord of the year in Cancer, he signifies slaughter and bloodshed in the Western parts (I believe it should be in the Northwest parts; a little time and experience will soon decide the controversie) scarcity of provisions and the fruits of the earth, mischief and detriment to Trees and Seeds, many infirmities through Rheums, Defluxions and Swellings, and those chiefly in the neck, throat, and brest, such as are Squincies, Kings-evil, Obstructions and stuffings in the pectorals, through thick, gross, tough Flegme, unnatural Swellings or Hydropical Humours in the legs:

若水星是年主而在巨蟹，他表示西部的杀戮与流血（我相信应该是在西北部；稍加时日与经验很快就会判定这场争议），粮食与地上果实匮乏，树木与种子受祸害损伤，许多由黏液、流液与肿胀而来的疾病，主要在颈、喉与胸，如扁桃腺炎、瘰疬、由浓厚粗浊坚韧的痰而来的胸部阻塞与堵闷，腿上不合自然的肿胀或水肿的体液：

If he be joyned by either body or aspect to Mars and Venus both together, he denotes the murthering and slaughtering of great and Noble men, or perhaps of such as are rampant in authority in any Nation for which your Revolution is made; but if Venus and the Moon be so joyned to him, judge the contrary.

若他以星体或相位同时与火星和金星相联，他表示大人物与贵人遭谋杀屠戮，或许是在你为之作回归的任何国家中权势猖獗的人；但若金星与月亮这样与他相联，就判断相反。

Also if he be in Leo, and be Lord of the year, he denotes excessive and vehement hot weather in Summer; also hot and warm winds; also if he be beyond the tenth house, viz. towards the seventh, he signifies impediment and dammage to those parts, or to that Quarter of Heaven, viz. Southwest, Southwest and by South, and Southwest and by West, and a diminution or a scarcity of Provisions and Fruits, but not an absolute Famine.

还有，若他在狮子，又是年主，他表示夏季过度猛烈的炎热；也有热而暖的风；还有，若他越过了第十宫，即向第七宫，他表示那些地方，或天上那一方位，即西南、西南偏南与西南偏西，有阻碍与损害，粮食与果实减少或短缺，但不是绝对的饥荒。

If he be in any Configuration of the Fortunes, the evil will be lessened by so much as the adjuvant Planet is in strength, and the aspect in goodness; but if beheld by the Infortunes, by so much the more is the mischief increased by how much the worse is the aspect and power of the malevolent Planet; he also signifies the death of Lions, Wolves, and such beasts as are ravenous.

若他与吉星成任何格局，凶就会依那辅助之星力量的大小与相位的好坏而减轻；但若受凶星照看，凶星的相位越坏、力量越大，祸害就增加越多；他也表示狮子、狼以及那类猛兽的死亡。

Again, if he be in Virgo, and Lord of the year, there shall be much rain and plenty of Corn (and the fruits of the earth too, I may add) and there shall be many Infirmities of the eyes and death in the Southern parts.

再者，若他在处女，又是年主，会多雨，谷物丰足（我还可以补上：地上的果实也丰足），南部会有许多眼疾与死亡。

I should truly rather conclude (this sign being the house wherein he is both exalted, and essentially dignified by house) contrary to the precepts of my Predecessors in this most heavenly Science, that there will be a pleasant wholsom healthy ayr, and a diminution of infirmities both of the eyes and other parts of the body, comfortable and seasonable showers, and gusts of winde, and plenty of all manner of fruits and provisions convenient for the life of man, unless the malicious beams of Saturn or Mars prevent it.

我实在宁愿下结论（这个星座是他既得旺、又以庙而必然尊贵的所在）——与我在这门最属天的学问上的前辈们的训诫相反——会有宜人、卫生、健康的空气，眼睛与身体其他部位的疾病都会减少，舒适合时的阵雨与阵风，一切供人生活的果实与粮食都丰足，除非土星或火星的恶意光线加以阻止。

Mercury in Libra and Lord of the year, denotes great and high winds, and if he be free from impediment of the Malevolents (saith my own Natural Reason) the ayr shall not be so troublesom, and the year shall be pretty plentifull; yet the Ancients say (without any exceptions) there shall be a diminution of Provisions if he be in Libra; and truly I am of their opinion, if he be then afflicted, otherwise not.

水星在天秤又是年主，表示又大又猛的风，若他免于凶星的阻碍（我自己的自然理性这样说），空气就不会那么令人困扰，这一年会相当丰足；但古人说（不加任何例外）若他在天秤，粮食会减少；说实话，若他那时受害，我同意他们的意见，否则就不同意。

If Saturn be either joyned to him in this sign by either Conjunction or Aspect, he signifies men shall be troubled with pains and infirmities in the head and belly; (I know no reason why they might not also have said in the neck, throat, back and reins) but if the Sun do then behold Saturn, the malice and mischief of Saturn is taken away.

若土星在这个星座以会合或相位与他相联，他表示人们会受头与腹的疼痛疾病所扰；（我不知道有什么理由他们不也说颈、喉、背与肾）但若太阳那时照看土星，土星的恶意与祸害就被除去。

Also if he be Lord of the year and in Scorpio, there shall be much snow and cold weather in those parts wherein such are natural or usual; also Wars and Quarrels in the Northern and Western parts; and if he be beheld of Mars, they will be rather Northern then Western; and there will be also much thieving, pillaging and robbing, both by Sea and Land; the Sea shall be very turbulent, and there will be many Shipwracks and mischiefs therein, also pestilencies and contagious Feavers in the Northern parts (why not in those Regions and places subject to Scorpio?) and all manner of infirmities and diseases of the eyes.

还有，若他是年主而在天蝎，在那些下雪与寒冷属于自然或惯常的地方，会多雪多寒；北部与西部也有战争争吵；若他受火星照看，就会在北部多于西部；水陆都会有许多偷窃、掠夺与抢劫；海上会很动荡，有许多沉船与海上的祸害，北部还有瘟疫与传染性的热病（为什么不在隶属天蝎的地区与地方？）以及各种眼睛的疾病。

Much snow during that Revolution shall fall in Winter when you finde Mercury Lord of the year and in Sagittary, especially in those parts of the World where such accidents are most usual, as also in the place under which your Revolution is, an unconstant turbulent ayr, a scarcity and dimunition of the fruits of the earth, and provisions for the use of man; and Wars and dissentions in the Western parts, say the Ancients; but if it should prove in the Eastern parts, I know no reason why we should so much confide in every thing they write.

当你发现水星是年主而在射手，那次回归期间冬季会降下许多雪，尤其在世界上这类事最常见的地方，也在你的回归所属之地，空气无常动荡，地上的果实与供人使用的粮食匮乏减少；古人说西部有战争与纷争；但若应验在东部，我也不知道有什么理由我们要那么信赖他们所写的每件事。

Again in Capricorn, Mercury signifies if he be Lord of the year in your annual Revolution, Wars, Tribulations and Sorrows to the Southern parts and places subject to the sign; this is if he be afflicted; but if assisted by the benevolent aspects of the Fortunes, and free from all other impediments, the year will be pretty fruitfull and healthy; but if he be afflicted by the Malevolents, judge the contrary.

再者，在摩羯，若水星在你的年度回归中是年主，他表示南部以及隶属该星座的地方有战争、苦难与忧伤；这是在他受害时；但若他得吉星的吉相位辅助，免于一切其他阻碍，这一年会相当丰饶健康；但若他受凶星侵害，就判断相反。

Also if he be in Aquaries and Lord of the year or Quarter, he signifies many Catterpillers and Locusts in such places where they are naturally, and diminution of rain; also that men shall be molested with Plurisies and Pustules or Eruptions in the skin, especially in the thighs; and this shall chiefly be occasioned through corruption of the ayr, and several changes thereof; and if he be then in a corporal Conjunction of Venus, there will be earthquakes in that Revolution, especially if the Sun do then behold them or be joyned unto them; and if Mars also, or Saturn behold them with a Square or Opposition, thou mayst be confident thereof, and that there will be pestilential Diseases, and many Thefts and Robberies; and if Saturn be corporally joyned to Mercury, there shall be an increase of waters and rain.

还有，若他在水瓶，是年之主或季之主，他表示在那些本来就有毛虫与蝗虫的地方有许多毛虫与蝗虫，雨水减少；人们也会受肋膜炎与脓疱或皮肤上的疹子所扰，尤其在大腿；这主要是由于空气的败坏与多变而引起；若他那时与金星有星体的会合，那次回归会有地震，尤其若太阳那时照看他们或与他们相联；若火星，或土星，也以四分或对冲照看他们，你就可以确信，也会有瘟疫之病，许多偷窃抢劫；若土星与水星有星体的相联，水与雨就会增加。

Lastly Mercury in Pisces in any annual Revolution when he is Lord of the year or Quarter, denotes very much wind and rain in the Northern parts, also death; Fish shall abound, and want of provisions and fruits of the earth; detriment also to the Sea and those that converse therein, many Shipwracks, &c

最后，水星在任何年度回归中在双鱼，是年之主或季之主时，表示北部有很多风雨，也有死亡；鱼会很多，粮食与地上的果实短缺；海上与在海上来往的人也受损，许多沉船，等等

Now although Mercury at time of the Sun his ingress into Aries cannot possibly be in some of these signs (by reason he is never distant from the Sun above 28. degrees, as you have heard in the sixth Chapter of the second Treatise of this Work) yet may not any one conclude these Rules superfluous, and the Antients therein ridiculous, since as you have heard in the first Chapter of the first Section of this very Treatise, it often falls out that there are four Schemes to be erected, and sometimes two, for the judging of annual affairs in the World; and therefore it was requisite that his significations should also be known in any sign of the Heavens; for in these we shall otherwise be to seek, &c.

虽然水星在太阳进入白羊之时不可能在这些星座中的某几个（因为他离太阳从不超过二十八度，如你在本书第二部第六章所听到的），但谁也不可以就此断定这些规则多余，古人在这上面可笑，因为如你在本卷第一节第一章所听到的，常常要为判断世上的年度之事起四张盘，有时两张；所以他在天上任何星座的征象也都必须知道；否则在这些盘里我们就会无所适从，等等。