卷二·第三十九至四十章　论子女；论兄弟

XXXIX. On Having Children or Childlessness.

第三十九章　论有子与无子。

The place of children is taken from Mercury and [lacuna] must be examined. When afflicted by Saturn and Mars, these planets are causes of childlessness or of the destruction of children, but when helped by Jupiter they are causes of a good number of children. One must also examine the lot ruler of children, which is found thus: for male children from Jupiter to Mercury, and for female children from Jupiter to Venus, and the equal amount from the Ascendant. The lord of the place of children, then, when it receives testimony from a destructive planet, destroys children, but when from the planets that give children it is indicative of a good number of children. According to Petosiris, when Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury are not afflicted, they are indicative of a good number of children; but when the reverse, they bring lamentations and deaths concerning children. If the planets testifying to the givers of children do so from bicorporeal signs, or are themselves in bicorporeal signs, the number is doubled. The feminine planets testifying to the child-giver give females, the masculine males. In a male nativity, if Jupiter happens to be with Mars, ruling him or being ruled by Mars, and Saturn testifies to Venus or is in her house, the configuration gives childlessness, and natives will lose the children that are born. In a female nativity, if the Moon happens to be in the places of Mercury, and Venus in a masculine sign receives testimony from Saturn or is ruled by him, women become childless or destroy the children that are born. If Jupiter sees the Moon or Venus, while the Moon is in the places of Mercury, Saturn opposes or is at the Midheaven, and Mars testifies to Saturn, these women bear one child only or are made barren. Venus receiving testimony from Jupiter but afflicted by Saturn gives with difficulty the begetting of even one child; and if the Moon too is afflicted, women become wholly childless. Saturn and Mars at the Midheaven or at the IC make natives childless, unless somehow they receive testimony from a benefic.

子女之位从水星来取，也必须查看〔此处原文有缺〕。这些行星受土星与火星侵害时，是无子或子女夭亡的原因；受木星帮助时，则是子女众多的原因。也必须查看子女之点的主星，它这样求得：男孩从木星数到水星，女孩从木星数到金星，再从上升点数出相等的数量。所以，子女之位的主受毁坏之星见证时，会使子女夭亡；受给子之星见证时，则指示子女众多。按佩托西里斯的说法，木星、金星与水星不受侵害时，指示子女众多；反过来时，就带来为子女的哀哭与死亡。若为给子之星作见证的行星是从双体星座作见证，或它们本身在双体星座，数目就加倍。为给子者作见证的阴性行星给女孩，阳性行星给男孩。在男性本命中，若木星恰好与火星同在，做火星之主或受火星主管，而土星为金星作见证或在她的庙里，这个格局就给予无子，本命者会失去生下的孩子。在女性本命中，若月亮恰好在水星的位置，而在阳性星座的金星受土星见证或受他主管，女人就无子，或使生下的孩子夭亡。若木星看见月亮或金星，而月亮在水星的位置，土星对冲或在中天，火星又为土星作见证，这些女人只生一个孩子，或变得不育。金星受木星见证、却受土星侵害，连生一个孩子都艰难；若月亮也受侵害，女人就完全无子。土星与火星在中天或天底，使本命者无子，除非它们以某种方式受到吉星的见证。

XL. On Brothers.

第四十章　论兄弟。

The Sun in the Ascendant makes natives with few or rare brothers; Saturn angular in the setting place makes natives with rare or few brothers; Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus, when angular, are givers of brothers; Saturn, when opposed, will destroy the elder brother. Saturn happening to be with Mars destroys brothers or makes them sickly. Venus and the Moon, when associated with the third place from the Ascendant, which is the place of brothers, will give sisters, especially if the sign is feminine. If the Sun, Jupiter, and Mercury happen to be in a masculine sign, they give males. The destructive planets testifying to the place of brothers, if it is badly placed, will destroy the brothers who are born, or make natives without brothers or with few brothers; the benefics testifying to the place of brothers not only give brothers but make them for the good. Mars, productive for the place of brothers and well placed, especially when receiving testimony from a benefic and especially when regarding the Moon, becomes a giver of brothers. Some take the place of brothers as a lot: by day from Saturn to Jupiter, by night the reverse, and the equal amount from the Ascendant.

太阳在上升点，使本命者兄弟少或稀少；土星居角而在下降之位，使本命者兄弟稀少或少；木星、水星与金星居角时，是兄弟的给予者；土星处于对冲时，会使兄长亡故。土星恰好与火星同在，会使兄弟亡故或使他们多病。金星与月亮与上升起第三位，即兄弟之位相结合时，会给予姐妹，尤其当那个星座是阴性的时候。若太阳、木星与水星恰好在阳性星座，就给予兄弟。毁坏之星为兄弟之位作见证，若这个位置落得不好，就会使已生的兄弟亡故，或使本命者没有兄弟或兄弟少；吉星为兄弟之位作见证，不但给予兄弟，还使他们有益于本命者。火星为兄弟之位得力而位置良好，尤其受吉星见证、尤其照看月亮时，就成为兄弟的给予者。有些人把兄弟之位当作一个点来取：白天从土星数到木星，夜里反过来，再从上升点数出相等的数量。