卷三·第六章　论男女

Now that the topic of brethren has been brought before our eyes in suitable and natural fashion, the next step would be to begin the discussion of matters directly concerned with the birth, and first to treat of the reckoning of males and females. This is determined by no simple theory based upon some one thing, but it depends upon the two luminaries, the horoscope, and the stars which bear some relation to them, particularly by their disposition at the time of conception, but more generally also by that at the time of the birth.

兄弟姊妹这一题目既已以适当而自然的方式呈现在眼前，下一步便该开始讨论与降生直接相关的事，首先是推算生男还是生女。这并非由某一样东西出发的简单理论所能决定，而要看两光、上升点，以及与它们有某种关联的诸星；尤其要看受孕之时它们的配置，但更普遍地，也要看降生之时的配置。

The whole situation must be observed, whether the aforesaid three places and the planets which rule them are either all or the most of them masculine, to produce males, or feminine, to produce females, and on this basis the decision must be made.

必须通观全局：上述三处以及主宰它们的行星，是全部或大多数为阳性，从而生男；还是为阴性，从而生女，并据此作出判断。

We must however distinguish the male and the female planets in the way set forth by us in the tabular series in the beginning of this compilation, from the nature of the signs in which they are, and from the nature of the planets themselves, and furthermore from their position with reference to the universe, since they become masculine when they are in the east and feminine in the west; and besides, from their relation to the sun, for again when they rise in the morning they are made masculine, and feminine when they rise in the evening. By means of all these criteria one must conjecture what planet exercises preponderating control over the sex.

不过，行星的阴阳须按我们在本书开头分条列述的方式来辨别：看它们所在星座的本性，看行星本身的本性，再看它们相对于宇宙的位置——它们在东方时变为阳性，在西方时变为阴性；此外还看它们与太阳的关系——它们在早晨升起时也阳性化，在黄昏升起时阴性化。必须凭所有这些标准，来推测哪一颗行星对性别起主导作用。