卷三·第四章　论父母

The guiding style of the specific inquiry, to which we should adhere throughout, runs after this fashion. We shall now, therefore, begin, following the order just stated, with the account of parents, which comes first. Now the sun and Saturn are by nature associated with the person of the father and the moon and Venus with that of the mother, and as these may be disposed with respect to each other and the other stars, such must we suppose to be the affairs of the parents.

具体推究时应当始终遵循的大体路数，就是这样。现在我们就按刚才所说的次序，从排在第一的父母之论开始。太阳与土星按其本性与父亲其人相关，月亮与金星与母亲其人相关；它们彼此之间、与其余诸星之间怎样配置，父母的境遇就应当推想为怎样。

Now the question of their fortune and wealth must be investigated by means of the attendance upon the luminaries; for when they are surrounded by planets that can be of profit and by planets of their own sect, either in the same signs or in the next following, they signify that the circumstances of the parents will be conspicuously brilliant, particularly if morning stars attend the sun and evening stars the moon, while the luminaries themselves are favourably placed in the way already described.

父母的财运与家资，要从两光所受的护卫来推究：两光若被能带来益处的行星、以及与它们同属一个昼夜之分的行星环绕——或在同一星座，或在紧接着的星座——就表示父母的境况将显赫光彩；尤其是晨星护卫太阳、昏星护卫月亮，而两光本身又按前面说过的方式处在有利位置的时候。

But if both Saturn and Venus, likewise, happen to be in the orient and in their proper faces, or at the angles, we must understand it to be a prediction of conspicuous happiness, in accordance with what is proper and fitting for each parent. But, on the other hand, if the luminaries are proceeding alone and without attendants, they are indicative of low station and obscurity for the parents, particularly whenever Venus or Saturn do not appear in a favourable position.

同样，土星与金星若恰好都在东方并处于本面，或在四角，就应理解为预示显著的福分，各按父亲、母亲所宜所当。反之，两光若孤行而无护卫，就表示父母地位低微、默默无闻，尤其是金星或土星也不在有利位置的时候。

If, however, they are attended, but not by planets of the same sect, as when Mars rises close after the sun or Saturn after the moon, or if they are attended by beneficent planets which are in an unfavourable position and not of the same sect, we must understand that a moderate station and changing fortunes in life are predicted for them.

然而，两光若有护卫，护卫的却不是同一昼夜之分的行星，例如火星紧随太阳之后升起、土星紧随月亮之后升起；或者护卫它们的吉星位置不利，又不同属一个昼夜之分，就应理解为预示父母地位中等、一生境遇多变。

And if the Lot of Fortune, of which we shall make an explanation, is in agreement in the nativity with the planets which in favourable position attend the sun or the moon, the children will receive the patrimony intact; if, however, it is in disagreement or opposition, and if no planet attends, or the maleficent planets are in attendance, the estate of the parents will be useless to the children and even harmful.

福点（后面会加以解释）在本命盘中若与那些处于有利位置、护卫太阳或月亮的行星相合，子女便能完整地承受父业；然而，它若与之不合或对冲，又没有行星护卫，或护卫的是凶星，父母的家产对子女便将无用，甚至有害。

With regard to the length or the shortness of their life one must inquire from the other configurations. For in the father's case, if Jupiter or Venus is in any aspect whatever to the sun and to Saturn, or if Saturn himself is in an harmonious aspect to the sun, either conjunction, sextile, or trine, both being in power, we must conjecture long life for the father; if they are weak, however, the significance is not the same, though it does not indicate a short life.

至于父母寿命的长短，须从其他格局去推究。就父亲而言，若木星或金星与太阳、与土星成任何一种相位，或者土星本身与太阳成和谐的相位，即会合、六分或三分，且两者都有力，就应推测父亲长寿；若两者力弱，意义就不同了，不过也并不表示短命。

If, however, this condition is not present, but Mars overcomes the sun or Saturn, or rises in succession to them, or when again Saturn is not in accord with the sun but is either in quartile or in opposition, if they are declining from the angles, they merely make the fathers weak, but if they are at the angles or rising after them, they make them short-lived or liable to injury: short-lived when they are upon the first two angles, the orient and the mid‑heaven, and the succedent signs, and liable to injury or disease when they are in the other two angles, the occident and lower mid‑heaven, or their succedent signs.

然而，若没有这种情形，而是火星压制太阳或土星，或紧随它们之后升起；又或者土星与太阳不相谐，而成四分或对冲，那么：它们若从四角落下，只会使父亲体弱；若在四角或紧随四角升起，就会使父亲短命或易受伤害——在头两个角，即上升点与中天，以及它们的续宫时，主短命；在另外两个角，即下降点与地底中天，或它们的续宫时，主受伤或患病。

For Mars, regarding the sun in the way described, destroys the father suddenly or causes injury to his sight; if he thus regards Saturn he puts him in peril of death or of chills and fever or of injury by cutting and cauterizing. Saturn himself in an unfavourable aspect to the sun brings about the father's death by disease and illnesses caused by gatherings of humours.

因为火星若以上述方式照看太阳，会使父亲猝然丧命，或损伤他的视力；若以这种方式照看土星，则使他有死亡之险，或患寒战发热，或因刀割与烧灼而受伤。土星本身若与太阳成不利的相位，则使父亲死于疾病，以及体液积聚所致的病症。

In the case of the mother, if Jupiter is in any aspect whatever to the moon and to Venus, or if Venus herself is concordant with the moon, in sextile, trine, or conjunction, when they are in power, they signify long life for the mother.

就母亲而言，若木星与月亮、与金星成任何一种相位，或者金星本身与月亮相谐，成六分、三分或会合，且它们都有力时，就表示母亲长寿。

If, however, Mars regards the moon or Venus, rising after her or in quartile or in opposition, or if Saturn similarly regards the moon by herself, when they are diminishing or declining, again they merely threaten with misfortune or sickness; but if they are increasing or angular, they make the mothers short-lived or subject to injury. They make them short-lived similarly when they are at the eastern angles or the signs that rise after them, and liable to injury when they are at the western angles.

然而，若火星照看月亮或金星——紧随其后升起，或成四分、对冲；或者土星以同样方式单独照看月亮：它们若正在消减或落下，也同样只是以不幸或疾病相威胁；若正在增长或在四角，就会使母亲短命或易受伤害。同样，它们在东方的角或紧随其后升起的星座时主短命，在西方的角时主易受伤害。

For when Mars in this way regards the waxing moon, it brings about sudden death and injury of the eyesight for the mothers; but if the moon is waning, death from abortions or the like, and injury from cutting and cauterizing. If he regards Venus, he causes death by fever, mysterious and obscure illnesses, and sudden attacks of disease. Saturn regarding the moon causes death and illnesses, when the moon is in the orient, by uterine ulcers and cancers.

因为火星若以这种方式照看盈长的月亮，会使母亲猝死、视力受损；若月亮正在亏缺，则使她死于流产之类，并因刀割与烧灼而受伤。火星若照看金星，则使她死于热病、隐秘难明的疾病，以及突发的病症。土星照看月亮，而月亮在东方时，会使她因子宫溃疡与癌肿而患病、致死。

We must take into consideration, also, with reference to the particular kinds of injuries, diseases, or deaths, the special characteristics of the signs in which are the planets which produce the cause, with which we shall find more appropriate occasion to deal in the discussion of the nativity itself, and furthermore we must observe by day particularly the sun and Venus, and by night Saturn and the moon.

至于伤害、疾病或死亡的具体种类，还须考虑造成其因的行星所在星座的特性——这一点，我们到讨论本人的本命时再处理更为合适；此外，白天尤其要看太阳与金星，夜里则看土星与月亮。

For the rest, in carrying out these particular inquiries, it would be fitting and consistent to set up the paternal or maternal place of the sect as a horoscope and investigate the remaining topics as though it were a nativity of the parents themselves, following the procedure for the investigation of the general classifications, both practical and casual, the headings of which will be set forth in the following.

其余各项，进行这些具体推究时，合宜而一贯的做法是：把依昼夜之分所取的父亲之位或母亲之位立为上升点，把其余题目当作父母本人的本命来推究，依照推究各大类——无论关乎行事还是关乎际遇——的程序，这些类目的纲目将在下文列出。

However, both here and everywhere it is well to recall the mode of mixture of the planets, and, if it happens that the planets which rule the places under inquiry are not of one kind but different, or bring about opposite effects, we should aim to discover which ones have most claims, from the ways in which they happen to exceed in power in a particular case, to the rulership of the predicted events.

不过，无论在这里还是在别处，都应记住诸星混合的方式：如果主宰所问之位的行星不是同一类而是各不相同，或者造成相反的效果，就应设法从它们在具体情形中力量胜出的方式，找出哪些对所预言之事的主宰权拥有最多的资格。

This is in order that we may either guide our inquiry by the natures of these planets, or, if the claims of more than one are of equal weight, when the rulers are together, we may successfully calculate the combined result of the mixture of their different natures; but when they are separated, that we may assign to each in turn at their proper times the events which belong to them, first to the more oriental among them and then to the occidental.

这样做，是为了要么依这些行星的本性来引导推究；要么在不止一颗星的资格分量相当时——若诸主星同处一处，就能顺利推算出它们不同本性混合之后的结果；若彼此分开，就把属于各星的事按各自的时候轮流分配给它们，先给其中较偏东方的，再给较偏西方的。

For a planet must from the beginning have familiarity with the place about which the inquiry is made, if it is going to exercise any effect upon it, and in general, if this is not the case, a planet which had no share whatsoever in the beginning can exert no great influence; of the time of the occurrence of the event, however, the original dominance is no longer the cause, but the distance of the planet which dominates in any way from the sun and from the angles of the universe.

因为一颗行星若要对所问之位施加任何作用，必须从一开始就与它亲近；一般说来，若非如此，一开始毫无份的行星就施展不出多大影响。至于事情发生的时间，起决定作用的就不再是原先的主宰，而是以任何方式居于主宰地位的那颗行星离太阳、离宇宙四角的距离。