卷一·第二十三章　论受孕

XXIII. On Conception.

第二十三章　论受孕

These things being so, we must also speak about conception, leaving aside complication and setting envy aside. There are three limits, the least, the middle, and the greatest, and the excess of each is 15 degrees; if we add these to or subtract them from each limit, the other will be found. The least is of 258 days, which will be shown when the Moon is past the setting degree, that is, in the place that follows the setting; the middle, of 273, which is evident when the Moon is in the Ascendant; and the greatest, of 288, which is evident when the Moon is in the setting place. For if we measure the 15 degrees of excess over the hemisphere, that is, from the Ascendant to the setting, we find 2½ degrees falling to each sign. Let Cancer, then, mark the Ascendant, and Capricorn be setting: if the Moon is found above the angle of the setting, the conception will be of 258 days; if in Aquarius, 260½; if in Pisces, 263; if in Aries, 265½; if in Taurus, 268; if in Gemini, 270½; if in Cancer in the Ascendant, 273; if in Leo, 275½; if in Virgo, 278; if in Libra, 280½; if in Scorpio, 283; if in Sagittarius, 285½; if in Capricorn, 288.

这些既已如此，我们也必须谈受孕，撇开繁复，也撇开吝惜。有三个限，最短、中等与最长，每一个的超出是十五度；如果我们把这些加到或减去每一个限，就会找到另一个。最短的是二百五十八日，这在月亮过了下降的那一度、也就是在下降之后的位置时显示；中等的是二百七十三日，在月亮在上升点时显明；最长的是二百八十八日，在月亮在下降之位时显明。因为如果我们把十五度的超出按半球，也就是从上升点到下降点来量，就发现每个星座分到二度半。那么设巨蟹标示上升点，摩羯在下降：如果月亮被发现在下降之角的上方，受孕就是二百五十八日；如果在水瓶，二百六十又二分之一；在双鱼，二百六十三；在白羊，二百六十五又二分之一；在金牛，二百六十八；在双子，二百七十又二分之一；在巨蟹即上升点，二百七十三；在狮子，二百七十五又二分之一；在处女，二百七十八；在天秤，二百八十又二分之一；在天蝎，二百八十三；在射手，二百八十五又二分之一；在摩羯，二百八十八。

Let there be as an example year 8 of Nero, Mesori 6 going into the 7th, the 11th hour; the Moon in Libra, the Ascendant in Cancer. Since, then, the Moon was found on the angle, the nativity was delivered after 280 days and 12 hours. These, then, must be subtracted from the 365¼ days of the year: there remain 84 days and 12 hours [sic]. If, then, we add the 84 to Mesori 6, it will be Phaophi 27 [sic], 23 hours, which will be the day of conception. And again, if we take from the 27th of Phaophi to Mesori 6, there will be 280. We shall also show it by many methods, which nevertheless lead to one straight road. When a nativity has been set out, let us learn after how many days it was delivered. If the Moon is found in the hemisphere above the earth, reckon the degrees from the setting degree to the Moon's degree, take 2½ days for each thirty, and add these to the least limit, the 258, and you will find the conception to be of that many days; counting these back from the day of birth, you will find the day of conception at the day where the count ends. If you wish to do it otherwise, reckon from the Moon's degree to the degree marking the Ascendant, 2½ days for each thirty, and subtract these from the middle limit, the 273; and the conception will be of that many days. Likewise, if the Moon is found in the hemisphere below the earth, reckon from the degree marking the Ascendant to the Moon's degree, cast out 2½ days for each thirty, sum them, and add them to the middle limit, the 273; and the conception will be of that many days. And taking from the Moon's degree to the setting degree and learning how many days are collected, subtract from the 288, according to the quantity of thirties cast out, 2½ days for each; and the conception will be of that many days.

设举一例：尼禄第八年，梅索里月六日进入七日，第十一小时；月亮在天秤，上升点在巨蟹。既然月亮被发现在角上，本命就是在二百八十日又十二小时后分娩的。那么这些必须从一年的三百六十五又四分之一日中减去：余八十四日又十二小时〔原书如此〕。那么，如果我们把八十四加到梅索里月六日上，就是法奥菲月二十七日〔原书如此〕第二十三小时，这就是受孕之日。又，如果我们从法奥菲月二十七日取到梅索里月六日，就有二百八十。我们也会用许多方法来说明它，不过它们都通向同一条笔直的路。一张本命列出后，我们来得知它是在多少日后分娩的。如果月亮被发现在地上的半球，就计算从下降的那一度到月亮那一度的度数，每三十取二又二分之一日，把这些加到最短的限二百五十八上，你就会发现受孕是这么多日；把这些从出生之日往回数，你就会在数止的那一日找到受孕之日。如果你想用别的办法，就从月亮那一度算到标示上升点的那一度，每三十取二又二分之一日，从中等的限二百七十三中减去这些；受孕就是这么多日。同样，如果月亮被发现在地下的半球，就从标示上升点的那一度算到月亮那一度，每三十去掉二又二分之一日，加起来，加到中等的限二百七十三上；受孕就是这么多日。再从月亮那一度取到下降的那一度，得知积得多少日，就按去掉的三十的个数，每个二又二分之一日，从二百八十八中减去；受孕就是这么多日。

Again, let there be an example, so that readers may grasp the matter more clearly: year 10 of Hadrian, Mechir 13 going into the 14th, the 1st hour of the day; the Moon at Scorpio 7°, the Ascendant at Virgo 7°. Since the Moon was found in the hemisphere below the earth, I take from the degree marking the Ascendant to the Moon's degree: it makes 60. I reckon 2½ for each thirty: it makes 5; and I add these to the middle limit, the 273: it makes 278; the conception was of that many days. I count back, then, the 278 from the hour of birth [corrected: Kroll prints 288]: the day of conception ends at Pachon 11. Or again, I subtract the 5 days of the interval from 92: 87 remain; for since the middle limit is 273, there remain 92 of the 365 days. If, then, we add the 87 to Mechir 14 and count off from the hour of birth, the count will end at Pachon 11. And if you reckon from the Moon's degree to the setting degree, that is, Pisces 7°, 120 are collected; taking 2½ days for each thirty degrees, it makes 10 days. If I subtract these from the greatest limit, the 288, 278 remain; running back these from the hour of birth and calculating the Moon, you will find her at the Ascendant of the delivery.

为了让读者更清楚地掌握这件事，再举一例：哈德良第十年，梅希尔月十三日进入十四日，白天第一小时；月亮在天蝎七度，上升点在处女七度。既然月亮被发现在地下的半球，我从标示上升点的那一度取到月亮那一度：得六十。我每三十算二又二分之一：得五；把这些加到中等的限二百七十三上：得二百七十八；受孕就是这么多日。于是我从出生的时辰往回数二百七十八〔据算改正：Kroll 本作二百八十八〕：受孕之日止于帕雄月十一日。或者，我从九十二中减去间隔的五日：余八十七；因为中等的限是二百七十三，三百六十五日中就余九十二。那么，如果我们把八十七加到梅希尔月十四日上，从出生的时辰数去，数就止于帕雄月十一日。如果你从月亮那一度算到下降的那一度，即双鱼七度，积得一百二十；每三十度取二又二分之一日，得十日。如果我把这些从最长的限二百八十八中减去，余二百七十八；从出生的时辰往回数这些、推算月亮，你会发现她在分娩时的上升点上。

If the Moon is found in the hemisphere above the earth, take the interval in degrees from her to the degree marking the Ascendant, cast out 2½ for each thirty, and learn how many days are collected; and if you wish to add them to the 92 and count off from the hour of birth in the order of days, wherever the count ends, there you will find the day of conception. And again, by reckoning from that day so found up to the day of birth in the order of days, you will learn the number of days. If the Moon is found in the hemisphere below the earth and you reckon from the hour marking the Ascendant to the Moon, and, having learned the day of the interval, you assign 2½ days to each thirty, subtract these from the 92, add the rest to the natal day, and count off from it in the order of days; there will be the day of conception. Adding this to the limit, the 273, count back from the hour of birth.

如果月亮被发现在地上的半球，就取从她到标示上升点那一度的间隔度数，每三十去掉二又二分之一，得知积得多少日；如果你想把它们加到九十二上，从出生的时辰按日序数去，数止于哪里，你就在那里找到受孕之日。又，从这样找到的那一日按日序算到出生之日，你就会得知日数。如果月亮被发现在地下的半球，你从标示上升点的时辰算到月亮，得知间隔的日数后，每三十配二又二分之一日，就从九十二中减去这些，把其余的加到出生之日上，从它起按日序数去；受孕之日就在那里。把这个加到限二百七十三上，从出生的时辰往回数。

Let there also be another example: year 17 of Trajan, Mesori 2, the 11½th hour of the day. The Sun at Leo 5°, the Moon at Libra 18°, the Ascendant at Capricorn 24°. Since, then, the Moon was found in the hemisphere above the earth, I take from her to the degree marking the Ascendant: it makes about 96. I take 2½ for each thirty degrees, and it makes 7½ days; these I add to the 92: it makes 99½ days. I count these off from the natal day in the order of days: the count ends at Hathyr 6. Again, from Hathyr 6 to the birth in the order of days, 266 days are collected; the conception was of that many. If I do not wish to add the 7 to the 92, I subtract them from the 273, and there will remain two hundred and sixty-six; counting these back from the natal day and calculating the Sun, I found it in the Ascendant, Capricorn.

再举另一例：图拉真第十七年，梅索里月二日，白天第十一又二分之一小时。太阳在狮子五度，月亮在天秤十八度，上升点在摩羯二十四度。既然月亮被发现在地上的半球，我从她取到标示上升点的那一度：约得九十六。我每三十度取二又二分之一，得七又二分之一日；把这些加到九十二上：得九十九又二分之一日。我从出生之日起按日序数这些：数止于哈蒂尔月六日。又，从哈蒂尔月六日按日序到出生，积得二百六十六日；受孕就是这么多日。如果我不想把七加到九十二上，就从二百七十三中减去它们，就余二百六十六；把这些从出生之日往回数、推算太阳，我发现它在上升点摩羯。

The Moon at the nativity will show the hour of conception, by the sign in which she happens to be. As many degrees as the Moon has at the delivery, so many does the Ascendant of the conception have. Others double the hours of birth and reckon them for the Ascendant, and again, taking the fourth from the Sun at the delivery and the preceding trine of that sign, they consider it the Ascendant of the conception [text uncertain]. Hence, by inquiring according to the method set out also for the other nativities, we shall not go astray. Let this be the compelling and mystical method, to be resolved for the procedure that we are about to set out.

本命的月亮会凭她所在的星座显示受孕的时辰。月亮在分娩时有多少度，受孕时的上升点就有多少度。另一些人把出生的时辰加倍，算作上升点；又取分娩时太阳的第四位，以及那个星座之前的三分，认为是受孕时的上升点〔原文疑有讹误〕。所以，照列出的方法也对其他本命加以探求，我们就不会走错路。就让这成为那必然而神秘的方法，留待我们将要列出的步骤去解开。