卷一·第二十一章　论迦勒底人的界

The Chaldaean method involves a sequence, simple, to be sure, and more plausible, though not so self-sufficient with respect to the government of the triangles and the disposition of quantity, so that, nevertheless, one could easily understand them even without a diagram.

迦勒底人的方法有一套次序，确实简单，也更可信，虽然在三方的主管与数量的安排上不那么自足；所以尽管如此，即使没有图表，人们也能轻易明白这些界。

For in the first triplicity, Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, which has with them the same division by signs as with the Egyptians, the lord of the triplicity, Jupiter, is the first to receive terms, then the lord of the next triangle, Venus, next the lord of the triangle of Gemini, Saturn, and Mercury, and finally the lord of the remaining triplicity, Mars.

因为在第一个三方白羊、狮子、射手中——它在他们那里按星座的划分与埃及人相同——三方之主木星首先得界，其次是下一个三方之主金星，再次是双子那个三方之主土星与水星，最后是剩下那个三方之主火星。

In the second triplicity, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn, which again has the same division by signs, Venus is first, then Saturn, and again Mercury, after these Mars, and finally Jupiter. this arrangement in general is observed also in the remaining two triplicities. Of the two lords of the same triplicity, however, Saturn and Mercury, by day Saturn takes the first place in the order of ownership, by night Mercury. The number assigned to each is also a simple matter.

在第二个三方金牛、处女、摩羯中——按星座的划分同样相同——金星居首，然后是土星，再是水星，其后是火星，最后是木星。其余两个三方大体也遵守这样的排法。不过同一三方的两位主星土星与水星，白天由土星在归属次序上居先，夜里由水星居先。分给各星的数目也很简单。

For in order that the number of terms of each planet may be less by one degree than the preceding, to correspond with the descending order in which first place is assigned, they always assign 8° to the first, 7° to the second, 6° to the third, 5° to the fourth, and 4° to the last; thus the 30° of a sign is made up.

为了使每颗行星的界数比前一颗少一度，与首位依次递降的次序相应，他们总是给第一位八度、第二位七度、第三位六度、第四位五度、最后一位四度；这样凑成一个星座的三十度。

The sum of the number of degrees thus assigned to Saturn is 78 by day and 66 by night, to Jupiter 72, to Mars 69, to Venus 75, to Mercury 66 by day and 78 by night; the total is 360 degrees.

这样分给土星的度数总和，白天是七十八度，夜里是六十六度；木星七十二度，火星六十九度，金星七十五度；水星白天六十六度，夜里七十八度；合计三百六十度。

Now of these terms those which are constituted by the Egyptian method are, as we said, more worthy of credence, both because in the form in which they have been collected by the Egyptian writers they have for their utility been deemed worthy of record, and because for the most part the degrees of those terms are consistent with the nativities which have been recorded by them as examples.

在这些界当中，如我们所说，按埃及方法构成的更值得相信，既因为它们以埃及作者们收集成的形式，因其实用而被认为值得记录，也因为那些界的度数大多与他们作为范例记录下来的本命相合。

As these very writers, however, nowhere explain their arrangement of their number, their failure to agree in an account of the system might well become an object of suspicion and a subject for criticism. Recently, however, we have come upon an ancient manuscript, much damaged, which contains a natural and consistent explanation of their order and number, and at the same time the degrees reported in the aforesaid nativities and the numbers given in the summations were found to agree with the tabulation of the ancients.

然而这些作者在任何地方都没有解释他们对界的数目的安排，他们在体系的说明上互不一致，很可能招人怀疑、成为批评的对象。不过，我们最近得到一部严重残损的古抄本，其中对界的次序与数目有自然而一贯的解释；同时还发现，前述本命里所记的度数，以及加总所给的数目，都与古人的表相合。

The book was very lengthy in expression and excessive in demonstration, and its damaged state made it hard to read, so that I could barely gain an idea of its general purport; that too, in spite of the help offered by the tabulations of the terms, better preserved because they were placed at the end of the book. At any rate the general scheme of assignment of the terms is as follows. For their arrangement within each sign, the exaltations, triplicities, and houses are taken into consideration.

那部书行文冗长，论证繁多，又因残损而难以辨读，我勉强才把握住它的大意；这还是借助了书中的界表——界表放在书末，因而保存得较好。总之，界的分配大致如下。在每个星座之内的排列，要考虑旺、三方与庙。

For, generally speaking, the star that has two rulerships of this sort in the same sign is placed first, even though it may be maleficent. But wherever this condition does not exist, the maleficent planets are always put last, and the lords of the exaltation first, the lords of the triplicity next, and then those of the house, following the order of the signs. And again in order, those that have two lordships each are preferred to the one which has but one in the same sign.

因为一般说来，在同一星座里拥有两种这类主权的星排在第一位，即使它是凶星。凡没有这种情况之处，凶星总是放在最后，旺主居首，三方主其次，然后是庙主，依星座的次序。再依次序，各有两种主权的，优先于在同一星座里只有一种的。

Since terms are not allotted to the luminaries, however, Cancer and Leo, the houses of the sun and moon, are assigned to the maleficent planets because they were deprived of their share in the order, Cancer to Mars and Leo to Saturn; in these the order appropriate to them is preserved.

不过，由于两光不分界，日月之庙巨蟹与狮子便分给了凶星，因为凶星在次序中被剥夺了应得的份额：巨蟹给火星，狮子给土星；在这两座里，仍保持适合它们的次序。

As for the number of the terms, when no star is found with two prerogatives, either in the sign itself or in those which follow it within the quadrant, there are assigned to each of the beneficent planets, that is, to Jupiter and Venus, 7°; to the maleficent, Saturn and Mars, 5° each; and to Mercury, which is common, 6°; so that the total is 30°.

至于界的数目，当无论在该座本身、还是在同一象限内随后的星座里，都找不到拥有两种特权的星时，就给每颗吉星即木星与金星各七度，给凶星土星与火星各五度，给兼性的水星六度，合计三十度。

But since some always have two prerogatives — for Venus alone becomes the ruler of the triplicity of Taurus, since the moon does not participate in the terms — there is given to each one of those in such condition, whether it be in the same sign or in the following signs within the quadrant, one extra degree; these were marked with dots. But the degrees added for double prerogatives are taken away from the others, which have but one, and, generally speaking, from Saturn and Jupiter because of their slower motion. The tabulation of these terms is as follows:— Terms according to Ptolemy.

但由于总有一些星拥有两种特权——例如金星独自成为金牛三方之主，因为月亮不参与分界——于是凡处于这种情况的星，无论在同一星座还是在同一象限内随后的星座，都多给一度；这些度数曾用圆点标出。而为双重特权所加的度数，要从只有一种特权的其余诸星那里扣除，一般说来是从土星与木星扣，因为它们运行较慢。这些界列表如下：托勒密的界。