卷二·第一至二章　论三方；三方主星与昼夜之分

THE ANTHOLOGIES OF VETTIUS VALENS OF ANTIOCH, BOOK II

安条克的维蒂乌斯·瓦伦斯《选集》卷二

In the first treatise, then, we set out discourses of exhortation and instruction, and also the writing of forecasts from combinations, moved not so much by a striving after affectation of style as by practical effectiveness in experience. Now, in due sequence, we shall set out matters concerning general foundations and the differences of places.

在第一部论著里，我们写下了劝勉与教导的话，也写下了由组合而来的论断，所求的与其说是文辞上的矫饰，不如说是经验中的实际效用。现在我们接着依次写下关于总体根基与诸位差别的事。

I. On Triplicities.

第一章　论三方

Since the zodiacal circle is arranged according to difference and affinity, we have found two sects, that of the Sun and that of the Moon, the diurnal and the nocturnal. For the Sun, being fiery, was assigned to Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, which was named his diurnal triplicity; and this triplicity is itself fiery by nature. To his own sect he joined Jupiter and Saturn as cooperators and guardians of what he brings to completion: Jupiter as his own counterpart and successor to the kingship, a procurer of good things and a giver of glory and of life; Saturn as a servant of evil and of adversities and a taker-away of years. Of this triplicity, then, the Sun is master by day, Jupiter by succession at night, and Saturn cooperates with both.

黄道圈既按差别与亲和而排列，我们便找到两方：太阳的一方与月亮的一方，即昼方与夜方。太阳性属火，被配给白羊、狮子、射手，这组被称为他的昼间三方；这组三方本身在本性上也属火。他把木星与土星连到自己的一方，作为协作者与他所成就之事的守护者：木星是他自己的对应者、王权的继承者，好事的获取者，荣耀与生命的赐予者；土星则是恶与逆境的仆役、年寿的夺取者。所以这组三方，白天由太阳做主，夜里由木星接续做主，土星则与两者协作。

Next, of the following triplicity, which is earthy, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn, the Moon, being nearest to the earth, obtained the rulership. She had as her sect-partners Venus and Mars: Venus, fittingly, for doing good and for distributing glory and years; Mars for doing harm to nativities. Hence by night the Moon holds the presidency, Venus in second place, and Mars in third; but for diurnal nativities Venus will lead, the Moon will cooperate in second place, and Mars in third.

其次，下一组三方属土，即金牛、处女、摩羯，月亮因最靠近大地而得了它的主星之位。她以金星与火星为同方之星：金星恰当地用来施恩、分配荣耀与年寿，火星则用来损害本命。因此夜里由月亮主管，金星居第二位，火星居第三位；而对昼生的本命，金星将居首，月亮在第二位协作，火星居第三位。

Next, of the airy triplicity, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius, Saturn will be master by day, Mercury will cooperate in second place, and Jupiter in third; by night Mercury will lead, Saturn in second place, and Jupiter in third.

其次，属风的三方，即双子、天秤、水瓶，白天由土星做主，水星在第二位协作，木星居第三位；夜里由水星居首，土星居第二位，木星居第三位。

Next, likewise, of the watery triplicity, Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, Mars will hold the rulership by night, Venus in second place, and the Moon in third; by day Venus will lead, after her Mars, and third the Moon. — Mercury, however, being common, serves both sects in a special way, both for good and for ill, according to the affinity and the configuration of each planet.

其次，同样地，属水的三方，即巨蟹、天蝎、双鱼，夜里由火星执掌主星之位，金星居第二位，月亮居第三位；白天由金星居首，其后是火星，第三是月亮。——不过水星是共通的，以特别的方式为两方服务，无论为善为恶，都随各行星的亲和与格局而定。

II. Distinctions of the Triplicities, of their Rulers and Cooperators, and of the Sects of the Sun and the Moon by Day and by Night.

第二章　三方、三方主星与协作者的分辨，以及太阳与月亮昼夜两方的分辨

By looking at the division of the triplicities just set out you will make clear the prosperity or the moderate fortune of each nativity. For those born by day it will be necessary to examine in which triplicity the Sun is, and the principal ruler of that triplicity and its cooperator: whether each is angular, succedent, or cadent; oriental or occidental; or in its own signs; and by which planets it receives testimony, benefics or malefics; and so to make one's pronouncements. For if they are in the Ascendant or at the Midheaven, or happen to be in some other of the productive signs, they foretell fortunate and brilliant nativities; if in the succedent places, middling ones; in the cadent places, lowly and unfortunate ones. One must also look at the Sun himself, how he is placed and by which planets he receives testimony.

看了上面列出的三方划分，你就能说明每个本命是兴旺还是境遇中等。对于白天出生的人，要查看太阳在哪一组三方，以及那组三方的首要主星与它的协作者：各自是居角、在续宫还是在果宫；是东出还是西入；或是否在自己的星座里；受哪些行星的见证，是吉星还是凶星；然后据此作出论断。因为它们若在上升点或中天，或恰好在其他某个得力的星座，就预示本命幸运而光彩；若在续宫，是中等的；在果宫，是卑微而不幸的。也必须看太阳本身，他落在何处，受哪些行星的见证。

For those born by night it will likewise be necessary to examine the Moon, and the principal ruler of the triplicity and its partner, how each is configured, as set out above.

对于夜里出生的人，同样要查看月亮，以及那组三方的首要主星与它的伙伴星，各自怎样成格局，如上所述。

For if the principal ruler, in diurnal or nocturnal nativities, has fallen into a cadent place, while the ruler by succession is angular or well configured, the native, after experiencing reversals in his early years until the rising time of the sign or the cyclical return of the period, will afterwards be active and successful, yet he will live unsettled and in fear. But if the leading ruler is well placed and the following one badly, the native, after faring well at first, will afterwards be brought down, from the time of the rising of the sign in which the following ruler has fallen out. We shall explain the distinction of the periods more precisely at the proper time. If both are well placed, the native's good fortune will remain and become glorious, unless a malefic opposes or overcomes them; that malefic will overturn the affairs of the nativity. Every planet that holds the rulership and is in a cadent place becomes adverse and a despoiler: it makes natives subject to others, suffering reversals or being cast down from their glory, falling into injuries, sufferings, and accusations, or in want of a livelihood.

如果首要主星，无论昼生夜生，落在果宫，而接续的主星居角或格局良好，本命者早年经历起伏，直到那个星座的上升时间或那个周期循环回归之时，以后就会有作为、有成就，但他会活得不安定而心怀恐惧。但如果居首的主星位置好而随后的那颗位置坏，本命者起初顺利，以后会被拉下来，从随后那颗主星失位所在的星座的上升时间起算。关于时期的分辨，我们会在适当的时候讲得更精确。如果两颗都位置好，本命者的好运会保持下去并且变得荣耀，除非有凶星对冲或压制它们；那颗凶星就会推翻本命之事。每颗执掌主星之位而落在果宫的行星，都变得作对且夺人所有：它使本命者受制于人，遭逢起伏或从荣耀中跌落，陷入伤损、病痛与控告，或缺乏生计。

So if, for those born by day, the Sun is found in Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius, it is better that he be angular. But if he is in the succedent places, and his sect-partners likewise [probably: are regarded by benefics, being similarly placed] [lacuna], with Mars not opposing or squaring, the place will clearly be judged indicative of good fortune. If they are the other way about, the opposite will come to pass. If by day the Sun is found in Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn, it will be necessary to inquire into Venus in the first place, the Moon in the second, and Mars in the third: how they are configured and by which planets they receive testimony. Likewise in the following triplicity, when the Sun is found by day in Gemini, Libra, or Aquarius, one must look at Saturn, Mercury, and Jupiter. The same holds for Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces: when the Sun is there by day, one must look at Venus and Mars and the Moon, whether they are angular, and so make one's pronouncement after distinguishing these things. By the same reasoning one must look at the Moon by night.

所以，如果白天出生的人，太阳落在白羊、狮子或射手，最好他是居角的。但如果他在续宫，而他的同方之星也同样〔或当作「同样落位而受吉星照看」〕〔此处原文有缺〕，火星又不对冲、不成四分，这个位置显然要判为预示好运。如果它们是反过来的，就会出现相反的结果。如果白天太阳落在金牛、处女或摩羯，就必须首先查看金星，其次月亮，第三火星：它们怎样成格局，受哪些行星的见证。同样，在下一组三方里，当白天太阳落在双子、天秤或水瓶时，要看土星、水星与木星。巨蟹、天蝎、双鱼也是如此：当白天太阳在那里时，要看金星、火星与月亮，看它们是否居角，分辨了这些之后再作论断。按同样的道理，夜里要看月亮。

It is better, then, for the diurnal planets to be found angular in their own triplicities or in productive places, and likewise the nocturnal ones; but if they are in alien triplicities or contrary to their sect, the native's prosperity will be less and attended by fears. When the rulers and the cooperators have fallen out of the favourable places, it will be necessary to examine the Lot of Fortune and its ruler. For if these are found angular or succedent and receive testimony from benefics, the native will have a share of good fortune and glory, though enduring reversals and adversities from time to time; yet he will not be in want. But if these too are badly placed, the native's affairs will be judged middling and very harsh: such natives fail to attain what they undertake, are needy, in debt, and blaspheme against the divine. If they also receive testimony from malefics, the natives will be toil-worn, wanderers, captives, subservient, living wretched lives, prone to injury, and exposed to dangers. But if, when the Lot and its ruler are badly placed, benefics bear testimony, the natives live on through the pity of others, or, taken up by others, they pass some period of time decently, sharing in business, positions of trust, or gifts; yet they will not pass their lives free of disturbance or reproach.

所以，昼星最好居角落在自己的三方里，或在得力的位置，夜星也是如此；但它们若在异己的三方里，或与本命的昼夜之分相反，本命者的兴旺就会少一些，且伴有恐惧。当主星与协作者都已失位时，就必须查看福点及其主星。因为如果这两者落在居角或续宫，又受吉星的见证，本命者就会分得一份好运与荣耀，虽然时时忍受起伏与逆境，却不至于匮乏。但如果这两者的位置也坏，本命者的事就要判为中等而极其艰难：这样的本命者所图之事难以达成，贫乏，负债，亵渎神明。如果它们又受凶星的见证，本命者就劳苦，漂泊，被俘，屈从于人，生活悲惨，容易受伤，身陷危险。但如果福点及其主星位置坏，却有吉星作见证，本命者就靠别人的怜悯过活，或被别人收留，在一段时间里过得体面，参与生意、受托的职位或得到馈赠；但他们一生不会没有纷扰，也不会免于指摘。

Of every ruler, then, it will be necessary to look at the testimonies and at the dispositions of its configurations, whether they are favourable or hostile. For if, for those born by night, Saturn is found in opposition or in square, he produces adversities and downfalls, dangers, injuries, and sufferings, and makes natives sluggish in their undertakings. For those born by day, Mars makes them hot-headed, reckless, and insecure in their affairs and in their livelihood; for they come into distress, lawsuits, abuse, surgical cuttings, burnings, bloodshed, and falls. But when they are favourably configured and in their own sect, they turn out to be effective; hence they will not always be judged malefic, but also givers of good things. Above all, Saturn, when he has a claim to the rulership by day and is well placed and receives testimony from Jupiter and the Sun, makes natives rich in possessions and glorious, benefited by legacies from the dead, masters of foundations and of slaves, guardians and managers of other people's affairs. But when he is well configured by night and has a claim to the rulership, he will furnish the things set out above, yet there will be loss of what has been acquired and a downfall from glory or disgrace. Let the same be understood of Mars as well: by night he grants commands or generalships and public posts involving the crowd; but by day, when he is in the productive places, he produces the things set out above, yet he turns them toward adversities, fears, and disputes, and the commands toward sedition and terror [text uncertain]; for he brings attacks of many enemies and uprisings of crowds, plague and famine upon cities, and onsets, conflagrations, and dangerous charges.

所以对每一颗主星，都必须看它的见证，以及它诸般格局的情形，是相合还是相敌。因为如果对夜里出生的人，土星落在对冲或四分的位置，他就造成逆境与跌落、危险、伤损与病痛，并使本命者在所图之事上迟钝。对白天出生的人，火星使他们急躁、鲁莽，事业与生计都不稳固；因为他们会陷入困厄、诉讼、侮辱、外科切割、灼烧、流血与跌倒。但当它们格局相合、又在自己的一方时，它们就变得有成效；所以它们不总是被判为凶星，也是好事的赐予者。尤其是土星，当他白天有资格做主星、位置良好、又受木星与太阳的见证时，使本命者产业丰厚而荣耀，得死者遗赠之益，成为产业根基与奴仆的主人，成为他人事务的监护者与管理者。但当他在夜里格局良好、又有资格做主星时，他会供给上面所列的事，然而所得之物会失去，荣耀会跌落或蒙羞。火星也要这样理解：夜里他授予统领之职或将军之职，以及涉及群众的公职；但白天他在得力之位时，会造成上面所列的事，却把它们转向逆境、恐惧与争执，把统领之职转向动乱与恐怖〔原文疑有讹误〕；因为他带来许多敌人的攻击与群众的暴动，给城市带来瘟疫与饥荒，以及袭击、火灾与危险的指控。

Likewise the benefics too will act after the manner of malefics when, holding the rulership, they are badly placed. And if they happen to be angular while the ruler is cadent, they will be too weak to bestow anything good. In every case it will be necessary to examine the ruler of the ruler, how it is placed and by which planets it receives testimony. For if the general ruler has fallen out of the favourable places but its lord is well configured, the native will have help and a foundation for livelihood and glory in accordance with the placement of that planet.

同样，吉星在执掌主星之位而位置坏时，也会照凶星的样子行事。如果它们恰好居角而主星在果宫，它们就无力赐予什么好事。在每一种情形下，都必须查看主星之主，看它落在何处，受哪些行星的见证。因为如果总主星已失位，而它的主格局良好，本命者就会得到帮助，并按那颗行星的位置，得到生计与荣耀的根基。