卷三·第五章　论兄弟姊妹

The preceding may perhaps have made clear the topic of the parents. As for that of brethren, if here too one examines only the general subject and does not carry beyond the bounds of possibility his inquiry as to the exact number and other particulars, it is more naturally to be taken, when it is a question of blood-brethren alone, from the culminating sign, the place of the mother, that is, that which contains by day Venus and by night the moon; for in this sign and that which succeeds it is the place of the children of the mother, which should be the same as the place of the brethren of the offspring.

以上大概已把父母这一题目讲清楚了。至于兄弟姊妹，若在这里也只考察大概，而不把对确切人数及其他细节的推究推到可能的界限之外，那么，在只论同胞兄弟姊妹时，较合自然的取法，是从中天星座，即母亲之位——也就是白天金星所在、夜里月亮所在的那个星座——来取；因为在这个星座及紧随其后的星座中，是母亲的子女之位，它也应当就是这个孩子的兄弟姊妹之位。

If, then, beneficent planets bear an aspect to this place, we shall predict an abundance of brethren, basing our conjecture upon the number of the planets and whether they are in signs of a simple or of a bicorporeal form. But if the malevolent planets overcome them or oppose them in opposition, they signify a dearth of brethren, especially if they have the sun among them.

于是，若有吉星与此位成相位，我们就预言兄弟姊妹众多，推测时依据这些行星的数目，以及它们是在单体还是双体形状的星座里。但若凶星压制它们，或在对冲中与它们相对，就表示兄弟姊妹稀少，尤其是其中还有太阳的时候。

If the opposition is at the angles, and especially at the horoscope, in case Saturn is in the ascendant, they are the first-born or the first to be reared; in case it is Mars, there is a small number of brethren by reason of the death of the others. If the planets which give brethren are in a favourable mundane position, we must believe that the brethren thereby given will be elegant and distinguished; if the reverse is the case, humble and inconspicuous.

若这种对冲落在四角，尤其落在上升点：若是土星在上升，这样的人便是头生的，或是第一个养大的；若是火星，则因其余的夭亡，兄弟姊妹人数稀少。给予兄弟姊妹的行星若方位有利，就应相信由此而得的兄弟姊妹将体面而出众；若情形相反，则卑微而不显。

But if the maleficent planets overcome those that give brethren, or rise after them, the brethren will also be short-lived; and the male planets in the mundane sense will give males, the female females; again, those farther to the east the first and those farther to the west the later-born.

但若凶星压制给予兄弟姊妹的行星，或紧随其后升起，兄弟姊妹也将短命。就方位而言属阳性的行星给予男子，属阴性的给予女子；再者，较偏东方的给予先生的，较偏西方的给予后生的。

Besides this, if the planets that give brethren are in harmonious aspect with the planet that rules the place of brethren, they will make the given brethren friendly, and will also make them live together, if they are in harmonious aspect with the Lot of Fortune; but if they are in disjunct signs or in opposition, they will produce quarrelsome, jealous, and for the most part, scheming brethren.

此外，给予兄弟姊妹的行星若与主宰兄弟姊妹之位的行星成和谐的相位，就使所得的兄弟姊妹彼此友爱；若又与福点成和谐的相位，还会使他们同住一处；但若它们在不相接的星座里，或成对冲，就会生出好争吵、好嫉妒、多半还工于算计的兄弟姊妹。

Finally, if one would busy himself with further inquiries about details concerning individuals, he might in this case again make his conjecture by taking the planet which gives brethren as the horoscope and dealing with the rest as in a nativity.

最后，若有人还想进一步推究每个人的细节，在这里也同样可以把给予兄弟姊妹的那颗行星当作上升点，其余照本命的办法处理，以此推测。