卷三·第八章　论畸形

The subject of monsters is not foreign to the present inquiry; for, in the first place, in such cases the luminaries are found to be as far as possible removed from the horoscope or in no way related to it, and the angles are separated by the maleficent planets. Whenever, then, such a disposition is observed, for it frequently occurs in humble and unlucky nativities, even though they are not the genitures of monsters, one should look at once for the last preceding new or full moon, and the lord of this and of the luminaries of the birth.

畸形这一题目与眼下的推究并非无关。首先，在这类情形中，两光会被发现离上升点尽可能远，或与它毫无关联，而四角被凶星隔断。所以，每当看到这样的配置——因为它常出现在卑微、不幸的本命中，即使那并不是畸形者的命盘——就应立刻找出降生之前最近一次的新月或满月，以及它的主星和降生时两光的主星。

For if the places of the birth, of the moon, and of the horoscope, all or the majority of them, happen to be unrelated to the place of the preceding syzygy, it must be supposed that the child will be nondescript.

因为降生之位、月亮之位与上升点之位，若全部或大多数恰与前一次朔望之位毫无关联，就应推想所生的将是难以名状的。

Now if, under such conditions, the luminaries are found in four-footed or animal-shaped signs, and the two maleficent planets are centred, the child will not even belong to the human race, but if no beneficent planet witnesses to the luminaries, but the maleficent planets do so, it will be completely savage, an animal with wild and harmful nature; but if Jupiter or Venus witness, it will be one of the kinds regarded as sacred, as for example dogs, cats, and the like; if Mercury witnesses, one of those that are of use to man, such as birds, swine, oxen, goats, and the like.

那么，在这种条件下，若两光在四足或兽形的星座，两颗凶星又都在四角，所生的连人类都不属于；若没有吉星为两光作证，而由凶星作证，它就将完全是野性的，是本性凶野有害的兽类；若木星或金星作证，就是被视为神圣的那一类，例如狗、猫之类；若水星作证，就是对人有用的那一类，例如禽鸟、猪、牛、山羊之类。

If the luminaries are found in signs of human form, but the other planets are disposed in the same way, what is born will be, indeed, of the human race or to be classed with humans, but monsters and nondescript in qualitative character, and their qualities in this case too are to be observed from the form of the signs in which the maleficent planets which separate the luminaries or the angles happen to be.

若两光在人形星座，其余诸星却同样如此配置，所生的固然属于人类，或可归入人类，但在性质上是畸形而难以名状的；这种情形下它们的性质，同样要从那些隔断两光或四角的凶星所在星座的形状来察看。

Now if even in this case not one of the beneficent planets bears witness to any of the places mentioned, the offspring are entirely irrational and in the true sense of the word nondescript; but if Jupiter or Venus bears witness, the type of monster will be honoured and seemly, such as is usually the case with hermaphrodites or the so‑called harpocratiacs, and the like. If Mercury should bear witness, along with the foregoing, this disposition produces prophets who also make money thereby; but when alone, Mercury makes them toothless and deaf and dumb, though otherwise clever and cunning.

若在这种情形下，也没有一颗吉星为上述任何一处作证，所生的便全无理性，是真正意义上难以名状的；但若木星或金星作证，这一类畸形就会受人尊重、体面得宜，比如两性人、所谓“哈耳波克拉忒斯之人”之类通常便是如此。若水星与上述诸星一同作证，这种配置会造就预言者，他们还借此赚钱；但若水星单独作证，就使他们没有牙齿、又聋又哑，不过在别的方面聪明而机巧。