卷一·第六章　论阳性星与阴性星

Again, since there are two primary kinds of natures, male and female, and of the forces already mentioned that of the moist is especially feminine — for as a general thing this element is present to a greater degree in all females, and the others rather in males — with good reason the view has been handed down to us that the moon and Venus are feminine, because they share more largely in the moist, and that the sun, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are masculine, and Mercury common to both genders, inasmuch as he produces the dry and the moist alike.

再者，既然天性有两种基本的类别，即雄性与雌性，而前面说过的诸力之中，湿之力尤其属于阴性——因为一般说来，这种元素在一切雌性身上都较多，其余几种则较多见于雄性——所以传给我们的看法很有道理：月亮与金星是阴性的，因为它们更多地分有湿；太阳、土星、木星、火星是阳性的；水星则阴阳两性兼有，因为它燥与湿同样都能产生。

They say too that the stars become masculine or feminine according to their aspects to the sun, for when they are morning stars and precede the sun they become masculine, and feminine when they are evening stars and follow the sun. Furthermore this happens also according to their positions with respect to the horizon; for when they are in positions from the orient to mid-heaven, or again from the occident to lower mid-heaven, they become masculine because they are eastern, but in the other two quadrants, as western stars, they become feminine.

他们还说，诸星会随着对太阳的相位而成为阳性或阴性：当它们是晨星、走在太阳之前时，就成为阳性；当它们是昏星、跟在太阳之后时，就成为阴性。此外，这种变化也随它们相对于地平的位置而发生：当它们位于从上升点到中天、或从下降点到地底中天的位置时，因为属东方，就成为阳性；而在另外两个象限里，作为西方之星，就成为阴性。