卷三·第十章　论寿数

The consideration of the length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth, for, as the ancient says, it is ridiculous to attach particular predictions to one who, by the constitution of the years of his life, will never attain at all to the time of the predicted events. This doctrine is no simple matter, nor unrelated to others, but in complex fashion derived from the domination of the places of greatest authority. The method most pleasing to us and, besides, in harmony with nature is the following. For it depends entirely upon the determination of the prorogative places and the stars that rule the prorogation, and upon the determination of the destructive places or stars. Each of these is determined in the following fashion:

在探讨降生之后诸事的各种问题中，寿数的考察居于首位；因为正如那位古人所说，一个人按他寿年的构成根本活不到所预言之事发生的时候，却给他附上种种具体的预言，那是可笑的。这一学说并不简单，也不与其他学说无关，而是以复杂的方式，从最有权力之诸位的主宰中推导出来的。我们最喜欢、而且合于自然的方法如下。因为它完全取决于释放之位与主管释放之星的确定，以及杀位或杀星的确定。其中每一项按下面的方式确定：

In the first place we must consider those places prorogative in which by all means the planet must be that is to receive the lordship of the prorogation; namely, the twelfth part of the zodiac surrounding the horoscope, from 5° above the actual horizon up to the 25° that remains, which is rising in succession to the horizon; the part sextile dexter to these thirty degrees, called the House of the Good Daemon; the part in quartile, the mid‑heaven; the part in trine, called the House of the God; and the part opposite, the Occident.

首先，我们必须考察那些释放之位，将要领受释放之主权的那颗行星，无论如何都必须在这些位置上；即：环绕上升点的黄道十二分之一，从实际地平之上五度起，直到其余那二十五度，也就是随后从地平升起的部分；与这三十度成右方六分的部分，称为善灵之位；成四分的部分，即中天；成三分的部分，称为神之位；以及与之对冲的部分，即下降点。

Among these there are to be preferred, with reference to power of domination, first those which are in the mid‑heaven, then those in the orient, then those in the sign succedent to the mid‑heaven, then those in the occident, then those in the sign rising before mid‑heaven; for the whole region below the earth must, as is reasonable, be disregarded when a domination of such importance is concerned, except only those parts which in the ascendant itself are coming into the light.

在这些位置之中，论主宰之力，应当优先取的：首先是在中天的，其次是在东方的，再次是在紧随中天的那一座的，再次是在西方的，再次是在中天之前升起的那一座的；因为涉及如此重大的主宰时，整个地平以下的区域理应一概不计，唯有上升本身之中正升入光明的那些部分除外。

Of the part above the earth it is not fitting to consider either the sign that is disjunct from the ascendant, nor that which rose before it, called the House of the Evil Daemon, because it injures the emanation from the stars in it to the earth and is also declining, and the thick, misty exhalation from the moisture of the earth creates such a turbidity and, as it were, obscurity, that the stars do not appear in either their true colours or magnitudes.

在地平以上的部分里，与上升不相接的那一座不宜考虑，在上升之前升起、称为恶灵之位的那一座也不宜考虑；因为它损害了其中诸星向大地的流溢，而且它也在下坠之中，再加上大地水汽升起的浓重雾气造成一片浑浊，仿佛幽暗，使诸星既显不出真实的颜色，也显不出真实的大小。

After this again we must take as prorogatives the four regions of greatest authority, sun, moon, horoscope, the Lot of Fortune, and the rulers of these regions.

此后，我们又必须把最有权力的四处，即太阳、月亮、上升点、福点，以及这几处的主星，当作释放者。

Take as the Lot of Fortune always the amount of the number of degrees, both by night and by day, which is the distance from the sun to the moon, and which extends to an equal distance from the horoscope in the order of the following signs, in order that, whatever relation and aspect the sun bears to the horoscope, the moon also may bear to the Lot of Fortune, and that it may be as it were a lunar horoscope.

福点总是这样取：无论夜生还是昼生，都取从太阳到月亮的度数，从上升点起顺着后随星座的次序量出同样的距离；这样，太阳对上升点有什么关系与相位，月亮对福点也有同样的关系与相位，福点就好比是月亮的上升点。

Of these, by day we must give first place to the sun, if it is in the prorogative places; if not, to the moon; and if the moon is not so placed, to the planet that has most relations of domination to the sun, to the preceding conjunction, and to the horoscope; that is, when, of the five methods of domination that exist, it has three to one, or even more; but if this cannot be, then finally we give preference to the horoscope.

这些之中，白天应当首推太阳，如果它在释放之位上；否则推月亮；如果月亮也不在这样的位置，就推对太阳、对前一次的朔、对上升点主宰关系最多的那颗行星，也就是说，在现有的五种主宰方式中，它对一处占有三种，甚至更多；但如果这也不能成立，最后就取上升点。

By night prefer the moon first, next the sun, next the planets having the greater number of relations of domination to the moon, to the preceding full moon, and to the Lot of Fortune; otherwise, finally, if the preceding syzygy was a new moon, the horoscope, but if it was a full moon the Lot of Fortune. But if both the luminaries or the ruler of the proper sect should be in the prorogative places, we must take the one of the luminaries that is in the place of greatest authority.

夜里则先推月亮，其次推太阳，再次推对月亮、对前一次的望、对福点主宰关系较多的行星；否则，最后，若前一次朔望是朔，就取上升点，若是望，就取福点。但若两光，或本命所属之分的主星，都在释放之位上，就应取两光之中居于最有权力之位的那一个。

And we should prefer the ruling planet to both of the luminaries only when it both occupies a position of greater authority and bears a relation of domination to both the sects.

只有当那颗主星既占据更有权力的位置，又对昼夜两分都有主宰关系时，我们才应把它置于两光之前。

When the prorogator has been distinguished, we must still further adopt two methods of prorogation. The one, that which follows the order of the following signs, must be used only in the case of what is called the projection of rays, when the prorogator is in the orient, that is, between mid‑heaven and the horoscope. We must use not only the method that follows the order of following signs, but also that which follows the order of leading signs, in the so‑called horimaea, when the prorogator is in places that decline from mid‑heaven.

释放星辨明之后，还必须采用两种释放法。一种是顺着后随星座次序的，只用于所谓“投射光线”的情形，即释放星在东方、也就是在中天与上升点之间时。而在所谓“霍里迈亚”的情形，即释放星在从中天下坠的诸位时，就不仅要用顺着后随星座次序的方法，也要用顺着前导星座次序的方法。

This being the case, the destructive degrees in the prorogation that follows the order of leading signs are only the degree of the western horizon, because it causes the lord of life to vanish; and the degrees of the planets that thus approach or bear witness merely take away and add years to the sum of those as far as the setting of the prorogator, and they do not destroy because they do not move toward the prorogative place, but it moves toward them. The beneficent stars add and the maleficent subtract.

既然如此，在顺着前导星座次序的释放中，杀度只有西方地平的那一度，因为它使生命之主隐没；至于这样趋近或作见证的诸行星的度数，只是对到释放星沉没为止的年数总和减去或增添若干年，它们并不致死，因为不是它们向释放之位移动，而是释放之位向它们移动。吉星增添，凶星减去。

Mercury, again, is reckoned with the group to which he bears an aspect. The number of the addition or subtraction is calculated by means of the location in degrees in each case. For the entire number of years is the same as the number of hourly periods of each degree, hours of the day when it is day and hours of the night when it is night; this must be our reckoning when they are in the orient, and subtraction must be made in proportion to their departure therefrom, until at their setting it becomes zero.

水星则算入与他成相位的那一组。增添或减去的数目，按各星所在的度数来计算。因为年数的全数，与各度的时量之数相同，白天用昼时，夜里用夜时；当它们在东方时，应这样计算；随着它们离开东方，要按比例递减，直到它们沉没时减为零。

In the prorogation which follows the order of following signs, the places of the maleficent planets, Saturn and Mars, destroy, whether they are approaching bodily, or project their rays from any place whatever in quartile or in opposition, and sometimes too in sextile, upon the signs called "hearing" or "seeing" on grounds of equality of power; and the sign that is quartile to the prorogative sign in the order of following signs likewise destroys.

在顺着后随星座次序的释放中，凶星土星与火星的位置致死，无论它们是以星体本身趋近，还是从任何地方以四分或对冲投射光线，有时也以六分，投射到因等力而被称为“相听”或“相望”的星座上；顺着后随星座的次序、与释放之座成四分的那一座，同样致死。

And sometimes, also, among the signs that ascend slowly the sextile aspect destroys, when it is afflicted, and again among the signs that ascend rapidly the trine. When the moon is the prorogator, the place of the sun also destroys. For in a prorogation of this kind the approaches of planets avail both to destroy and to preserve, since these are in the direction of the prorogative place. However, it must not be thought that these places always inevitably destroy, but only when they are afflicted.

有时，在升起慢的星座中，六分相若受损也会致死；在升起快的星座中则是三分相。月亮为释放星时，太阳的位置也致死。因为在这种释放中，诸星的趋近既能致死，也能保全，因为它们是朝着释放之位而来的。不过不可认为这些位置总是必然致死，只有在受损时才如此。

For they are prevented both if they fall within the term of a beneficent planet and if one of the beneficent planets projects its ray from quartile, trine, or opposition either upon the destructive degree itself or upon the parts that follow it, in the case of Jupiter not more than 12°, and in that of Venus not over 8°; also if, when both the prorogator and the approaching planet are present bodily, the latitude of both is not the same.

因为它们会受到阻止：如果它们落在吉星的界内；如果有一颗吉星以四分、三分或对冲，把光线投射到杀度本身或其后的部分上，木星不超过十二度，金星不超过八度；还有，如果释放星与趋近的行星都以星体本身相会，而两者的黄纬不同。

Thus when there are two or more on each side, assisting and, vice versa, destroying, we must consider which of them prevails, both by the number of those that co‑operate and by power; by number when one group is perceptibly more numerous than the other, and with regard to power when some of the assisting or of the destroying planets are in their own proper places, and some are not, and particularly when some are rising and others setting.

因此，当双方各有两颗或更多，一方相助、一方反过来致死时，我们必须考虑哪一方占上风，既看合作者的数目，也看力量：看数目，是当一组明显多于另一组时；看力量，是当相助或致死的诸星有的在自己的本位、有的不在时，尤其是有的正在升起、有的正在沉没时。

For in general we must not admit any planet, either to destroy or to aid, that is under the rays of the sun, except that when the moon is prorogator the place of the sun itself is destructive, when it is changed about by the presence of a maleficent planet and is not released by any of the beneficent ones.

因为一般而言，凡在太阳光下的行星，无论致死还是相助，我们都不应采纳；唯有月亮为释放星时，太阳本身的位置是致死的，那是当它因一颗凶星的在场而改变了性质、又没有任何吉星予以解救的时候。

However, the number of years, determined by the distances between the prorogative place and the destructive planet, ought not to be taken simply or offhand, in accordance with the usual traditions, from the times of ascension of each degree, except only when the eastern horizon itself is the prorogator, or some one of the planets that are rising in that region.

然而，由释放之位与杀星之间的距离所定的年数，不应照通常的传统，简单随便地从各度的上升时间来取；唯有东方地平本身就是释放者，或者是正在那一带升起的某颗行星时，才可以这样做。

For one method alone is available for him who is considering this subject in a natural manner — to calculate after how many equinoctial periods the place of the following body or aspect comes to the place of the one preceding at the actual time of birth, because the equinoctial periods pass evenly through both the horizon and the mid‑heaven, to both of which are referred the proportions of spatial distances, and, as is reasonable, each one of the periods has the value of one solar year.

因为对按自然之理考察此事的人来说，只有一种方法可用：计算经过多少赤道时度，在后之星或相位的位置，会来到降生那一刻在前者所在的位置；因为赤道时度均匀地经过地平与中天，而空间距离的比例都以这两者为准；并且，理所当然，每一个时度值一个太阳年。

Whenever the prorogative and preceding place is actually on the eastern horizon, we should take the times of ascension of the degrees up to the meeting-place; for after this number of equinoctial periods the destructive planet comes to the place of the prorogator, that is, to the eastern horizon.

每当释放之位、即在前之位正好在东方地平上时，就应取到会合之处为止各度的上升时间；因为经过这么多赤道时度，杀星就来到释放星的位置，也就是东方地平。

But when it is actually at the mid‑heaven, we should take the ascensions on the right sphere in which the segment in each case passes mid‑heaven; and when it is on the western horizon, the number in which each of the degrees of the interval descends, that is, the number in which those directly opposite them ascend.

当它正好在中天时，就应取正球上的上升时间，即这一段各自经过中天所需的时间；当它在西方地平时，就取这段间隔各度沉没所需的时间数，也就是与它们正相对的各度升起所需的时间数。

But if the precedent place is not on these three limits but in the intervals between them, in that case the times of the aforesaid ascensions, descensions, or culminations will not carry the following places to the places of the preceding, but the periods will be different. For a place is similar and the same if it has the same position in the same direction with reference both to the horizon and to the meridian.

但如果在前之位不在这三个界限上，而在它们之间的间隔里，那么上述的上升、沉没或过中天的时间，就不会把在后之位带到在前之位上，所需的时段会有所不同。因为一个位置，若在同一方向上，相对于地平与子午线都有同样的位置，才算是相似、相同的位置。

This is most nearly true of those which lie upon one of those semicircles which are described through the sections of the meridian and the horizon, each of which at the same position makes nearly the same temporal hour. Even as, if the revolution is upon the aforesaid arcs, it reaches the same position with reference to both the meridian and horizon, but makes the periods of the passage of the zodiac unequal with respect to either, in the same way also at the positions of the other distances it makes their passages in times unequal to the former.

这一点，对位于经过子午线与地平之交点所作的那些半圆中同一个半圆上的诸点，最为接近成立；这些半圆每一个在同一位置上都构成几乎相同的季节时。正如旋转若在上述那些弧上进行，它会到达相对于子午线与地平都相同的位置，却使黄道经过两者所需的时段并不相等；同样，在其他距离的位置上，它使黄道经过所需的时间也与前者不等。

We shall therefore adopt one method only, as follows, whereby, whether the preceding place occupies the orient, the mid‑heaven, the occident, or any other position, the proportionate number of equinoctial times that bring the following place to it will be apprehended.

因此我们只采用下面这一种方法：无论在前之位占据东方、中天、西方还是任何其他位置，都能借此求得把在后之位带到它那里的、合乎比例的赤道时度之数。

For after we have first determined the culminating degree of the zodiac and furthermore the degree of the precedent and that of the subsequent, in the first place we shall investigate the position of the precedent, how many ordinary hours it is removed from the meridian, counting the ascensions that properly intervene up to the very degree of mid‑heaven, whether over or under the earth, on the right sphere, and dividing them by the amount of the horary periods of the precedent degree, diurnal if it is above the earth and nocturnal if it is below.

我们先定出黄道上正过中天的那一度，再定出在前者与在后者的度数，然后首先考察在前者的位置：它离子午线有几个季节时；办法是数出到中天那一度为止、其间应有的正球上升时间，无论是地上的中天还是地下的中天，再除以在前那一度的时量，在地平以上用昼时的时量，在地平以下用夜时的时量。

But since the sections of the zodiac which are an equal number of ordinary hours removed from the meridian lie upon one and the same of the aforesaid semicircles, it will also be necessary to find after how many equinoctial periods the subsequent section will be removed from the same meridian by the same number of ordinary hours as the precedent.

既然黄道上离子午线季节时数相等的各段，都位于上述半圆中的同一个上，那么还必须求出：经过多少赤道时度，在后的那一段会与在前者一样，离同一条子午线相同数目的季节时。

When we have determined these, we shall inquire how many equinoctial hours at its original position the degree of the subsequent was removed from the degree at mid‑heaven, again by means of ascensions in the right sphere, and how many when it made the same number of ordinary hours as the precedent, multiplying these into the number of the horary periods of the degree of the subsequent; if again the comparison of the ordinary hours relates to the mid‑heaven above the earth, multiplying into the number of diurnal hours, but if it relates to that below the earth, the number of nocturnal hours. And taking the results from the difference of the two distances, we shall have the number of years for which the inquiry was made.

定出这些之后，我们要再借正球上的上升时间，求在后那一度在原来位置时离中天那一度有多少赤道时；又求它达到与在前者相同的季节时数时离中天多少，办法是把这些季节时数乘以在后那一度的时量；比较季节时若以地上的中天为准，就乘以昼时的时量，若以地下的中天为准，就乘以夜时的时量。取两段距离之差，就得到所要求的年数。

To make this clearer, suppose that the precedent place is the beginning of Aries, for example, and the subsequent the beginning of Gemini, and the latitude that where the longest day is fourteen hours long, and the horary magnitude of the beginning of Gemini is approximately 17 equinoctial times. Assume first that the beginning of Aries is rising, so that the beginning of Capricorn is at mid‑heaven, and let the beginning of Gemini be removed from the mid‑heaven above the earth 148 equinoctial times.

为了说得更清楚，举例来说，假设在前之位是白羊之首，在后之位是双子之首，纬度是最长白昼为十四小时之处，双子之首的时量约为十七赤道时度。先假定白羊之首正在升起，于是摩羯之首在中天，而双子之首离地上的中天一百四十八赤道时度。

Now since the beginning of Aries is six ordinary hours removed from the diurnal mid‑heaven, multiplying these into the 17 equinoctial times, which are the times of the horary magnitude of the beginning of Gemini, since the distance of 148 times relates to the mid‑heaven above the earth, we shall have for this interval also 102 times. Hence, after 46 times, which is the difference, the subsequent place will pass to the position of the precedent.

既然白羊之首离白天的中天六个季节时，把这六时乘以十七赤道时度，也就是双子之首时量的时度数，因为一百四十八时度的距离是相对于地上的中天而言，这段间隔也就得一百零二时度。因此，经过两者之差四十六时度，在后之位就会移到在前之位的位置上。

These are very nearly the equinoctial times of the ascension of Aries and Taurus, since it is assumed that the prorogative sign is the horoscope.

这差不多正是白羊与金牛上升的赤道时度，因为已假定释放之座就是上升点。

Similarly, let the beginning of Aries be at mid‑heaven, so that at its original position the beginning of Gemini may be 58 equinoctial times removed from the mid‑heaven above the earth. Therefore, since at its second position the beginning of Gemini should be at mid‑heaven, we shall have for the difference of the distances precisely this amount of 58 times, in which again, because the prorogative sign is at mid‑heaven, Aries and Taurus pass through the meridian.

同样，设白羊之首在中天，于是双子之首在原来的位置上离地上的中天五十八赤道时度。既然双子之首在第二个位置上应当在中天，两段距离之差就恰好是这五十八时度；因为释放之座在中天，白羊与金牛也正是在这段时间里经过子午线。

In the same way let the beginning of Aries be setting, so that the beginning of Cancer may be at mid‑heaven and the beginning of Gemini may be removed from the mid‑heaven above the earth in the direction of the leading signs by 32 equinoctial periods. Since, then, again the beginning of Aries is six ordinary hours removed from the meridian in the direction of the occident, if we multiply this by 17 we shall have 102 times, which will be the distance of the beginning of Gemini from the meridian when it sets.

同理，设白羊之首正在沉没，于是巨蟹之首在中天，双子之首朝前导星座的方向离地上的中天三十二赤道时度。既然白羊之首又是朝西方离子午线六个季节时，把六乘以十七，便得一百零二时度，这就是双子之首沉没时离子午线的距离。

At its first position also it was distant from the same point 32 times; hence it moved to the occident in the 70 times of the difference, in which period also Aries and Taurus descend and the opposite signs Libra and Scorpio ascend.

它在第一个位置上离同一点三十二时度；所以它经过两者之差七十时度移到西方，在这段时间里，白羊与金牛也正好沉没，而与之相对的天秤与天蝎正好升起。

Now let it be assumed that the beginning of Aries is not on any of the angles, but removed, for example, three ordinary hours from the meridian in the direction of the leading signs, so that the 18th degree of Taurus is at mid‑heaven, and in its first position the beginning of Gemini is 13 equinoctial times removed from the mid‑heaven above the earth in the order of the following signs.

现在假定白羊之首不在任何一个角上，而是比如朝前导星座的方向离子午线三个季节时，于是金牛第十八度在中天，而双子之首在第一个位置上，顺着后随星座的次序离地上的中天十三赤道时度。

If, then, again we multiply 17 equinoctial times into the three hours, the beginning of Gemini will at its second position be distant from mid‑heaven in the direction of the leading signs 51 equinoctial times, and it will make in all 64 times. But it made 46 times by the same procedure when the prorogative place was rising, 58 when it was in mid‑heaven, and 70 when it was setting. Hence the number of equinoctial times at the position between mid‑heaven and the occident differs from each of the others.

那么，再把十七赤道时度乘以三时，双子之首在第二个位置上就朝前导星座的方向离中天五十一赤道时度，合计为六十四时度。而用同样的步骤，释放之位在升起时得四十六时度，在中天时得五十八，在沉没时得七十。可见在中天与西方之间的位置上，赤道时度之数与其余各处都不相同。

For it is 64, and the difference is proportional to the excess of three hours, since this was 12 equinoctial times in the case of the other quadrants at the centres, but 6 equinoctial times in the case of the distance of three hours. And inasmuch as in all cases approximately the same proportion is observed, it will be possible to use the method in this simpler way.

因为它是六十四，而这个差额与多出的三时成比例：在其他象限中，就各角而论，这差额是十二赤道时度，而在相距三时的情形中则是六赤道时度。既然在所有情形中大致都保持同样的比例，就可以用下面这种较简单的办法。

For again, when the precedent degree is at rising, we shall employ the ascensions up to the subsequent; if it is at mid‑heaven, the degrees on the right sphere; and if it is setting, the descensions. But when it is between these points, for example, at the aforesaid interval from Aries, we shall take first the equinoctial times corresponding to each of the surrounding angles, and we shall find, since the beginning of Aries was assumed to be beyond the mid‑heaven above the earth, between mid‑heaven and the occident, that the corresponding equinoctial times up to the first of Gemini from mid‑heaven are 58 and from the occident 70.

也就是说，在前那一度在升起时，我们用到在后者为止的上升时间；在中天时，用正球上的度数；在沉没时，用沉没时间。而当它在这些点之间时，比如在上面所说那个离白羊的间隔上，我们先取相邻两角各自对应的赤道时度；由于已假定白羊之首过了地上的中天、在中天与西方之间，我们会发现到双子第一度为止的对应赤道时度，从中天算是五十八，从西方算是七十。

Next let us ascertain, as was set forth above, how many ordinary hours the precedent section is removed from either of the angles, and whatever fraction they may be of the six ordinary hours of the quadrant, that fraction of the difference between both sums we shall add to or subtract from the angle with which comparison is made.

接着，照上面所说，查明在前的那一段离两角各有几个季节时；它们占象限六个季节时的几分之几，我们就取两个总数之差的几分之几，加到或减去作比较的那一角的数上。

For example, since the difference between the above mentioned 70 and 58 is 12 times, and it was assumed that the precedent place was removed by an equal number of ordinary hours, three, from each of the angles, which are one half of the six hours, then taking also one-half of the 12 equinoctial times and either adding them to the 58 or subtracting them from the 70, we shall find the result to be 64 times.

例如，上面所说的七十与五十八之差是十二时度，又假定在前之位离两角各有相等的季节时数，即三时，是六时的一半；那么也取十二赤道时度的一半，或加到五十八上，或从七十减去，都会得到六十四时度。

But if it was removed two ordinary hours from either one of the angles, which are one-third of the six hours, again we shall take one-third of the 12 times of the excess, that is, 4, and if the removal by two hours had been assumed to be from the mid‑heaven, we would have added them to the 58 times, but if it was measured from the occident we would have subtracted them from 70.

但如果它离其中一角两个季节时，即六时的三分之一，我们就同样取差额十二时度的三分之一，即四；若假定这两时是从中天算起的，就把四加到五十八时度上；若是从西方量起的，就从七十中减去。

The method of ascertaining the amount of the temporal intervals ought in this way consistently to be followed. For the rest, we shall determine in each of the aforesaid cases of approach or setting, in the order of those that ascend more rapidly, those which are destructive, climacteric, or otherwise transitional, according as the meeting is afflicted or assisted in the way we have already explained, and by means of the particular significance of the predictions made from the temporal ingresses of the meeting.

求时间间隔长短的方法，应当始终照此进行。其余的，在上述每一种趋近或沉没的情形中，我们要按升起较快者的次序，判定哪些是致死的、哪些是关口、哪些是其他的转折，依据是会合按我们已经讲过的方式受损还是得助，以及由会合在时间上的进入所作预言的特定含义。

For when at the same time the places are afflicted and the transit of the stars relative to the ingress of the years of life afflicts the governing places, we must understand that death is definitely signified; if one of them is benignant, great and dangerous crises; if both are benignant, only sluggishness, injuries, or transitory disasters. In these matters the special quality is ascertained from the familiarity of the occurrent places with the circumstances of the nativity.

因为当诸位同时受损，而诸星相对于寿年之进入的行经又伤害主管之位时，就应理解为明确预示死亡；若其中一方是吉的，就是重大而危险的危机；若两方都是吉的，就只是迟滞、损伤或短暂的灾祸。在这些事情上，具体的性质要从所遇诸位与本命情形的亲缘来判定。

Sometimes, when it is doubtful which ought to take over the destroying power, there is nothing to prevent our calculating the occourses of each and then either following, in predicting the future, the occourses which most agree with past events, or observing them all, as having equal power, determining as before the question of their degree.

有时，当难以确定该由哪一个承担致死之力时，不妨把每一个的会遇都算出来，然后在预言未来时，要么依从与过去之事最相符的那些会遇，要么把它们都当作同等有力而一并观察，照前面的方法判定它们的程度。