卷四·第三章　论尊荣地位

It will be needful to determine the questions of dignity and happiness resulting therefrom from the position of the luminaries and the familiarity to them of their attendant planets. For if both the luminaries are in masculine signs and either both of them, or even one of the two, angular, and particularly if the luminary of the sect is also attended by the five planets, matutine to the sun and vespertine to the moon, the children will be kings.

关于尊位以及由此而来的幸福，须从两光的位置、以及护卫它们的行星与它们的亲缘来断定。因为若两光都在阳性星座，而且两者都在角、或者哪怕只有其中之一在角，尤其若当令的那颗光还有五颗行星护卫——对太阳是晨星，对月亮是昏星——所生的孩子将成为君王。

And if the attendant planets are either themselves angular or bear an aspect to the superior angle, the children born will continue to be great, powerful, and world-rulers, and they will be even more fortunate if the attendant planets are in dexter aspect to the superior angles. But if, while the others are in this position, the sun alone is in a masculine sign, and the moon is in a feminine one, and one of the luminaries is angular, they will be merely generals, with power of life and death.

若护卫星本身也在角，或与上方之角成相位，所生的孩子将始终伟大、有权势、统御天下；若护卫星以右方相位照上方之角，他们还会更加幸运。但若其余条件照旧，只是太阳在阳性星座、月亮在阴性星座，而两光之一在角，他们就只会是将帅，握有生杀之权。

If, however, besides this the attendant planets are neither angular nor witnessing to the angles, they will be merely great and will enjoy partial dignities, those which involve the wearing of chaplets, or those of superintendence or of military command, and not those of first rank. But if the luminaries are not angular, and most of the attendant planets are either angular or in aspect with the angles, they will not attain the more conspicuous honours but rather civil leadership and moderate advancement in their careers.

但若除此之外，护卫星既不在角、也不为四角作见证，他们就只是显要之人，享有局部的尊位：须戴花冠的职位，或督察之职、统兵之职，而不是第一等的尊位。若两光不在角，而多数护卫星在角或与四角成相位，他们就得不到较显赫的荣誉，而是得到民政上的领导地位，仕途上有中等的进展。

If, however, the attendant planets are not associated with the angles, they are rendered obscure in their actions and without preferment, and they are entirely humble and miserable in their fortunes when neither of the luminaries is angular, or in a masculine sign, or attended by the beneficent planets. The general outline, then, of the investigation before us involves a gradation of dignities of this sort.

但若护卫星与四角毫无关联，他们的作为便默默无闻，得不到擢升；而当两光既不在角、也不在阳性星座、又无吉星护卫时，他们的境遇就十分卑微困苦。眼前这项探究的大纲，就是这样一个尊位的等级。

Since there are very many conditions intermediate between these grades, one must estimate them from the specific qualities of the luminaries themselves, and the particular variations in the manner in which they are attended, and the government of the attendance. For if their attendance consists of planets of the same sect, or of the beneficent planets, greater independence and security will attend the dignities; but if it involves the opposite sect, or the maleficent planets, there will be dependency and less security.

由于这些等级之间有很多中间的情形，必须根据两光本身的具体性质、它们受护卫的方式的种种差别、以及由谁来主导这护卫，加以估量。因为若护卫它们的是同一昼夜之分的星、或是吉星，尊位便较能自主、较为稳固；但若涉及相反昼夜之分的星、或凶星，就会依附于人，较不稳固。

The kind of future honour is to be divined from the quality of the attending planets; for if Saturn governs the attendance, he brings about power based on wealth and the amassing of riches, but Jupiter or Venus that which rests upon favours, gifts, honours, and magnanimity; Mars brings power founded on generalships, victories, and the fears of subordinates, and Mercury that which depends upon intelligence, education, and the care and management of affairs.

将来荣誉的种类，要从护卫诸星的性质来推断：若土星主导护卫，他带来以财富与积聚钱财为基础的权势；木星或金星带来的，是建立在恩宠、馈赠、荣誉与宽宏大度之上的权势；火星带来建立在将帅之职、战胜与部属的畏惧之上的权势；水星带来的权势，则有赖于才智、教养以及对事务的照管与经营。