卷三·第七章　论双生

Likewise with regard to the births of two or even more, it is fitting to observe the same two places, that is, the two luminaries and the horoscope. For such an event is apt to attend the intermixture when either two or the three places cover bicorporeal signs, and particularly when the same is true of the planets that rule them, or when some are in bicorporeal signs, and some are disposed in pairs or in larger groups.

同样，关于双生乃至多胎的降生，也宜察看同样的两种位置，即两光与上升点。因为当这三处中有两处或三处落在双体星座时，这种事往往伴随着那种混合而发生，尤其是主宰它们的行星也是如此时；或者，当有些行星在双体星座，有些成双成对或成更大的群组排列时。

But when both the dominant places are in bicorporeal signs and most of the planets are similarly configurated, then it befalls that even more than two are conceived, for the number is conjectured from the star that causes the peculiar property of the number, and the sex from the aspects which the planets have with respect to the sun and the moon and the horoscope for the production of males or of females, in accordance with the ways stated above.

而当这两种主导之位都在双体星座，大多数行星也作同样的配置时，就会怀上两个以上；因为胎数要从造成这一数目特性的那颗星来推测，性别则按上面说过的方式，从诸行星对太阳、月亮与上升点的相位来推测，看是主生男还是主生女。

But whenever such an arrangement of the planets does not include the horoscopic angle with the luminaries, but rather that of the mid‑heaven, mothers with such genitures generally conceive twins or even more; and in particular, they give multiple birth, to three males, by the geniture of the Kings, when Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are in bicorporeal signs and bear some aspect to the aforesaid places; and to three females, by the geniture of the Graces, when Venus and the moon, with Mercury made feminine, are so arranged; to two males and one female, by the geniture of the Dioscuri, when Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus are so ordered, and to two females and a male, by the geniture of Demeter and Korê, when Venus, the moon, and Mars are thus ordered.

然而，若诸行星的这种排列与两光一同包含的不是上升之角，而是中天之角，命盘如此的母亲通常会怀上双胎乃至更多；具体说来：土星、木星、火星在双体星座，并与上述诸位成某种相位时，她们按“诸王之命”一胎生三个男孩；金星与月亮，连同阴性化的水星，这样排列时，按“美惠女神之命”生三个女孩；土星、木星与金星这样排列时，按“狄俄斯库里之命”生两男一女；金星、月亮与火星这样排列时，按“得墨忒耳与科瑞之命”生两女一男。

In these cases it generally happens that the children are not completely developed and are born with certain bodily marks, and again the governing places may bear certain unusual and surprising marks by reason of the divine manifestation, as it were, of such portents.

在这些情形下，孩子往往发育不全，生来带有某些身体上的印记；再者，主导之位也可能带有某些不寻常、令人惊异的标记，因为这类异兆好比是神意的显现。