卷二·第四十一章　论横死（附十一例）

XLI. On Violent Deaths, with an Example.

第四十一章　论横死，附一例。

The opposition of the Sun and the Moon is not always harsh; but when a malefic, coming upon the phase, regards it, or when, while they have a relation, it receives a malefic's rays, then it becomes harsh. Hence even the wholly fortunate nativities have not been allotted good fortune to the end, but the rulership of a planet over some place, having fallen out of the favourable places or been opposed, has brought misfortune. Petosiris, then, seems to have set out this topic in full, even if he concealed it, speaking in a mystic manner: "The beginning, the end, and the mastery of all the observatories is the planet that is ruler in each nativity, which makes plain who the natives will be, what substance of livelihood they will have, what sort they will be in character, the type of their bodily form; all these follow upon it. Apart from it nothing, neither action nor glory, comes to anyone." For how is it possible, when the rulership rests with one planet, for the nativity to be fortunate in everything, or on the contrary unfortunate? Rather, in general, one planet will be found to rule the original substance of distinguished, middling, and humble births, or will supply the power for the rest, and another for the remaining matters. We find some who are fortunate in livelihood and glory and adorned with display, since the apparent ruler is configured in a fitting position, but unfortunate with respect to children and wives, becoming licentious and disgraceful, defiling their lives and talked about as unworthy of such substance, and some who are later brought down or die a violent death. The native, then, is not fortunate in everything, nor have these things come about in accordance with the ruler; another rulership, being afflicted, has darkened the glory, bringing in many ailments. Others we find advancing from a humble and inglorious fortune to an unsurpassable and unhoped-for substance; some fortunate with respect to children and wives but needy in livelihood; others prosperous in possessions but inglorious and liable to injury; others long-lived but toilsome and maimed; some with many possessions but short-lived or consumptive and unable to partake of what they have. One planet, then, was the giver of life, and another the lord of substance and of death.

太阳与月亮的对冲并不总是凶险；但当一颗凶星来到这一相态之上而照看它，或在它们彼此有关联时它受到凶星的光线，那时就变得凶险。所以，即使是全然幸运的本命，也没有把好运分到最后，而是某颗行星对某个位置的主管，因为失位或受对冲，带来了不幸。佩托西里斯似乎已完整地论述了这个论题，即使他以神秘的方式说话，把它隐藏起来：“一切观照的开端、终结与主宰，是每个本命中做主的那颗行星，它显明本命者将是什么人，有什么样的生计根基，性情如何，身体形貌属何类型；这一切都随它而来。离了它，无论作为还是荣耀，都不会归于任何人。”因为当主管权在一颗行星身上时，本命怎么可能事事幸运，或者反过来事事不幸呢？毋宁说，总的来看，显赫、中等与卑微之命的原初根基，会发现由一颗行星主管，或由它为其余诸事提供力量，而其余诸事则由另一颗主管。我们发现有些人在生计与荣耀上幸运，装点着排场，因为表面上的主星格局相宜，但在子女与妻子上不幸，变得放荡可耻，玷污自己的一生，被人议论为不配有这样的根基，还有些人后来被拉下来，或横死。所以，本命者并非事事幸运，这些事也不是顺着那颗主星而来；是另一项主管受了损，使荣耀蒙上阴影，带来许多病患。另一些人，我们发现从卑微无名的境遇，走到无可超越、意想不到的根基；有些人在子女与妻子上幸运，却在生计上匮乏；另一些人家产丰足，却无名声且易受伤损；另一些人长寿，却劳苦而残缺；有些人家产众多，却短命或患消耗病，无法享用所有的东西。所以，给寿之星是一颗，而根基之主与死亡之主是另一颗。

But someone will say that the ruler, having fallen out of the favourable places, made the native short-lived; in that case, having fallen out of the favourable places, it ought not to have measured out a prosperous life either, nor ought the ruler that begot a subordinate or humble native to have made him later brilliant and distinguished, nor ought the one well placed to have made a native who is mixed up in no villainy die violently or be condemned [lacuna] being configured in any way. Rather, the planet that has fallen out of the favourable places begets a lesser native, while the lord of glory and of livelihood, found angular and receiving the periods, will make him brilliant. So too the planet that has begotten a prosperous native, found angular or in productive places, preserves him up to its own periods; but if it is overcome or opposed by the planet that allots the suffering or the injury or some other harmful ailment, and gives way to it in turn, it will be weakened in its own power. Very many other exceptional things too usually happen in the life of men, which are brought about not through one rulership or one matter, but through many.

但有人会说，主星失位，使本命者短命；那么，既已失位，它也不该分配一个富足的一生，生下屈从或卑微之人的主星也不该使他后来光彩显赫，位置良好的那颗也不该使一个没有沾染任何恶行的本命者横死或被定罪〔此处原文有缺〕以任何方式成格局。毋宁说，失位的行星生下较低下的本命者，而荣耀与生计之主被发现居角、接掌了时期时，会使他光彩。同样，生下富足之人的行星，被发现居角或在得力的位置，会保全他直到它自己的时期；但若它被那颗分配病苦、伤损或其他为害之病患的行星压制或对冲，又反过来让位给它，就会在自身的力量上衰弱。人的一生中还常常发生许多别的特殊之事，这些事不是经由一项主管或一件事，而是经由许多项而成。

If, then, one traces out the places and the rulerships precisely, he will easily grasp in what respect the nativity is fortunate and in what respect unfortunate. Those planets that have a relation to livelihood, or life, or injury, or suffering, or action, or the remaining matters, if they are afflicted in one respect, harm the nativity in that kind of matter. Rather, then, we find that the author does not use one rulership of power; for he says [text uncertain]: "One holds action, another the substance of the periods, another stability or change, another decline"; and: "being viewed beforehand from the place of the conjunction or the departure from the full moon, on which everything depends, in relation to the angles and their succedent places"; and: "one who begins to cast nativities must examine the place of the setting, of the place before the setting, and of the place after the setting; for in these the fated end is found"; and many other things. One must, then, take one place for action and glory, another for life, another for injury, suffering, and death. Not everything, therefore, will follow upon one ruler; reasonably, then, we too make our demonstrations through many powers.

所以，若有人精确地追寻诸位置与诸主管，就会容易把握本命在哪一方面幸运、在哪一方面不幸。那些与生计、生命、伤损、病苦、事业或其余诸事有关联的行星，若在某一方面受损，就在那一类事上损害本命。所以我们毋宁发现那位作者并不只用一项力量的主管；因为他说〔原文疑有讹误〕：“一颗掌管事业，另一颗掌管时期的根基，另一颗掌管安定或变动，另一颗掌管衰败”；又说：“从合朔之处或望月的离去预先观照，一切都系于此，与四角及其续宫相关”；又说：“开始论本命的人必须查看下降之位、下降之前的位置与下降之后的位置；因为注定的终结就在这些之中被发现”；还有许多别的话。所以必须取一个位置论事业与荣耀，另一个论生命，另一个论伤损、病苦与死亡。因此，并非一切都随一颗主星而来；所以我们也合理地借着许多力量来作演示。

But we shall explain these matters later as well, especially in the divisions of the periods; now we hasten to the account of violent deaths. When the lord of the conjunction or full moon of the nativity happens to be turned away from the sign, or falls out of the favourable places while receiving testimony from a malefic, it foretells violent deaths. Likewise, if Mercury opposes the full moon while receiving testimony from malefics, it brings about an evil cause of death. And if Saturn, Mars, or Mercury is upon the sign of the fortieth-day Moon, it foretells violent death. Likewise malefics in the setting place or the place before the setting bring about violent deaths, causes of sufferings, and evil deaths. The eighth place from the Ascendant will hold the same power with respect to the causes of death, and likewise the 8th place from the Lot of Fortune. One must, then, examine the Lot and its lord, in what signs they are; for in these the causes of death will be shown, since in the cosmic order, too, the Moon, who is Fortune, meeting the Sun in Aries, makes her eclipse and the taking away of her light in the 8th sign, Scorpio; for which reason it has been called her depression.

但这些事我们以后也会说明，尤其在分时之中；现在我们赶紧来讲横死的论述。当本命的合朔或望月之主恰好与那个星座背离，或已失位而受凶星见证时，就预示横死。同样，若水星对冲望月而受凶星见证，就造成凶恶的死因。若土星、火星或水星压在第四十日月亮的星座上，就预示横死。同样，凶星在下降之位或下降之前的位置，造成横死、病苦的起因与凶恶的死亡。上升起的第八位在死因上也有同样的力量，福点起的第八位也一样。所以必须查看福点及其主落在哪些星座；因为死因会在这些之中显示出来，因为在宇宙的次序中也是如此：月亮，也就是福运，在白羊与太阳相会，而在第八座天蝎发生交食，失去她的光；因此那里被称为她的落。

We shall therefore set out the instruction more concisely from the zodiacal circle, so that what is said may be easily grasped. Aries is destroyed by Scorpio, and both are dwellings of Mars; Mars, then, is his own destroyer, whence he makes natives who die by their own hand, who throw themselves from a height, who are ready to die, or who are accomplices in evils, robbers, murderers, bringing the causes of their deaths upon themselves, and perishing by wild beasts, or fire, or collapse, and further from four-footed animals, chariots, and spells. — Taurus is destroyed by Sagittarius, that is, Venus by Jupiter; these die an easy death from food, or surfeit, or wine, or intercourse, or apoplexy, falling asleep or fainting away without any harmful cause befalling them, unless a malefic, being upon the place or testifying, brings on the end from its own nature and shows the cause of death. — Gemini by Capricorn, that is, Mercury by Saturn; some, then, die violently, troubled by black bile or falling into afflictions of the sinews, or through the harm of creeping beasts in watery places, or condemned, arrested, strangled, falling into attacks of robbers or enemies, or by trial of poisons, because of the watery nature. — Cancer by Aquarius, that is, the Moon by Saturn; natives perish through moist humours or inward troubles, or falling into pains of the spleen or stomach, the bringing up of fluids, by sea, rivers, chills, attacks of creeping beasts, elephantiasis, jaundice, moonstruck fits, poisonings, long-lasting confinements, and other diseases, and in the case of women, by pains of the breasts, cancers, pains of the hidden parts or of the womb, or suffocation, or the cutting up of the embryo in childbirth. — Leo by Pisces, the Sun by Jupiter. Hence natives die suffering in the heart or the liver, or run risks in watery places, or through moist causes and falls, and through feverish chills, or in baths, or through the treachery of women. — Virgo by Aries, Mercury by Mars; natives die through betrayal and ill-treatment, falling into wars or among robbers, by fires, collapses, blindings, captivities, the wrath of the powerful, or through arrest, or by falls from four-footed animals or from a height, by the breaking of limbs, by attacks of wild beasts; and in the case of female persons, by prolapses of the belly, by the cutting up of the embryo in childbirth, by haemorrhages and miscarriages. — Libra by Taurus, Venus by herself; hence natives die by their own hand through the drinking of poison, bitten by asps, while abstaining or while having intercourse; they die after excision of the uvula, strangled, mutilated, or having become maimed and paralysed, or falling into ailments through female persons. — Scorpio by Gemini, Mars by Mercury: through cutting with iron, of the genitals or the seat, or through strangury, putrefaction, hanging, creeping things, violence, fighting, attacks of robbers or onsets of pirates, or through authority, through fire, impalement, or causes arising from creeping beasts. — Sagittarius by Cancer, Jupiter by the Moon; natives die suffering in the spleen or the liver, in the stomach, spitting up, spitting blood, by a fall from four-footed animals, or through causes arising from biting beasts, or through collapses, shipwrecks, watery places, moonstruck fits, maiming, fainting. — Capricorn by Leo, Saturn by the Sun; natives die suffering in the heart, by fractures, in baths, or burned by fire, through the wrath of a king or of the powerful, or through impalement, the harm of wild beasts or four-footed animals, or a fall from a height. — Aquarius by Virgo, Saturn by Mercury; natives die from inward causes: consumptive ailment, dropsical ailment, elephantiasis, jaundiced disease, slaughter by iron, dysentery, betrayal by a woman. — Pisces by Libra, Jupiter by Venus: through moist humours, or the drinking of poison, fluxes, or affliction of the sinews, pains of the genitals or the liver, sciatica, or causes arising from creeping beasts.

所以我们要从黄道圈把这一教导讲得更简明，使所说的容易把握。白羊被天蝎毁坏，两者都是火星的居所；所以火星是自己的毁坏者，因此他使本命者死于自己之手、从高处投身、甘愿赴死，或为恶事的同谋、盗匪、杀人者，把死因引到自己身上，死于野兽、火或倒塌，又死于四足牲畜、车乘与咒术。——金牛被射手毁坏，即金星被木星；这些人死得安逸，死于饮食、过饱、酒或交合，或中风，在没有任何有害之因临到他们时入睡或昏厥而去，除非有凶星压在那个位置上或作见证，按它自己的本性带来终结，并显示死因。——双子被摩羯，即水星被土星；所以有些人横死，受黑胆汁困扰或陷入筋的病患，或在有水之处受爬行动物之害，或被定罪、被捕、被勒死，陷入盗匪或敌人的袭击，或因验毒，这是由于它水湿的本性。——巨蟹被水瓶，即月亮被土星；本命者因湿的体液或内里的困扰而亡，或陷入脾或胃的疼痛、液体的呕出，死于海、河、寒冷、爬行动物的袭击、象皮病、黄疸、月病发作、中毒、长期的拘禁与别的疾病；女人则死于乳房疼痛、癌肿、隐处或子宫的疼痛，或窒息，或分娩时剖割胎儿。——狮子被双鱼，即太阳被木星。所以本命者死于心或肝的病苦，或在有水之处遇险，或因湿的病因与跌倒，因发热的寒战，或在浴场，或因女人的诡计。——处女被白羊，即水星被火星；本命者死于背叛与虐待，陷入战争或盗匪之中，死于火灾、倒塌、失明、被俘、权贵的愤怒，或因被捕，或从四足牲畜上或高处坠落，因肢体折断，因野兽袭击；女人则死于腹部脱垂、分娩时剖割胎儿、大出血与流产。——天秤被金牛，即金星被她自己；所以本命者服毒而死于自己之手，被毒蛇咬伤，或在节制时，或在交合时；他们在切除悬雍垂后死去，或被勒死、致残，或成为残缺瘫痪之人，或因女人而陷入病患。——天蝎被双子，即火星被水星：因铁器割伤生殖器或肛门，或因排尿困难、腐烂、上吊、爬行之物、暴力、打斗、盗匪的袭击或海盗的进犯，或因权力，因火，因刺刑，或因爬行动物引起的原因。——射手被巨蟹，即木星被月亮；本命者死于脾或肝、胃的病苦，咯吐、咯血，从四足牲畜上坠落，或因咬人的野兽引起的原因，或因倒塌、船难、有水之处、月病发作、致残、昏厥。——摩羯被狮子，即土星被太阳；本命者死于心的病苦、骨折、在浴场，或被火烧，因君王或权贵的愤怒，或因刺刑、野兽或四足牲畜之害，或从高处坠落。——水瓶被处女，即土星被水星；本命者死于内里的原因：消耗病、水肿、象皮病、黄疸病、铁器杀戮、痢疾、女人的背叛。——双鱼被天秤，即木星被金星：因湿的体液，或服毒、流液，或筋的病患、生殖器或肝的疼痛、坐骨神经痛，或因爬行动物引起的原因。

So much for the account of violent deaths; one will have to take in addition, in another way, the causes of injuries and sufferings sign by sign, so that the quality of the death may be easily surveyed; and the co-presence or testimony of each planet will help to bring a cause to the death from its own nature. One must, then, look at the places and the lords, how they lie and by which planets they receive testimony, whether of those that are related or of those that are opposed, and judge accordingly; for malefics, being upon the places or testifying to the rulers, bring about violent deaths, while benefics bring death through some pretext, or toil, or injury, or suffering, or an attack of fevers. For example, since Gemini is destroyed by Capricorn and Aquarius by Virgo, that is, Mercury by Saturn and Saturn by Mercury, if these in a nativity happen to be in opposition or in square while having a relation, they make natives die an evil death or short-lived, since the giver of life has opposed the lord of death. But if, having no relation otherwise, they view each other unfavourably, they bring adversities, lawsuits, arrests, and other ailments that do not last. Let the same configuration be understood likewise of Mars and Mercury. The Ancient, then, wants them to be in opposition, saying: "Let every opposed position of rising and setting of any of the planets, or of the Sun and the Moon, be reckoned as hostile." But I say that the causes concerning glory, livelihood, and the end are established by those that have a relation to destruction or to some other rulership.

关于横死的论述就是这些；还必须用另一种方式，补充逐座的伤损与病苦之因，使死亡的性质容易一览；每颗行星的同在或见证，会按它自己的本性一同给死亡带来一个原因。所以必须看诸位置与诸主，它们怎样落着，受哪些行星见证，是亲近的还是敌对的，并照此判断；因为凶星压在这些位置上或为主星作见证，造成横死，而吉星则使死亡经由某个缘由、劳苦、伤损、病苦或热病的侵袭而来。举例来说，既然双子被摩羯毁坏、水瓶被处女毁坏，也就是水星被土星、土星被水星毁坏，若这两颗在本命中恰好对冲或四分而彼此有关联，就使本命者凶死或短命，因为给寿之星对冲了死亡之主。但若它们别无关联，只是不友善地彼此观照，就带来逆境、诉讼、拘捕与其他不持久的病患。火星与水星的同样格局也应如此理解。所以那位古人要它们处于对冲，他说：“行星中任何一颗的升起与下降，或太阳与月亮的，凡相对的位置，都应算作敌对。”但我说，关于荣耀、生计与终结的原因，是由那些与毁灭或与某项别的主管有关联的行星确立的。

Let there be by way of example the Sun, Mars, and Venus in Cancer, Saturn and Mercury in Leo, Jupiter in Aquarius, the Moon in Pisces, the Ascendant in Scorpio. The Lot of Fortune in Leo, the place of death in Pisces; the Moon was there, and Saturn was upon the Lot; its lord, the Sun, was with Mars in Cancer, a watery sign. The native died, then, choked in the water in a bath; Mars also opposed the full moon, and its lord Saturn was turned away; hence he also died violently.

举一例：设太阳、火星与金星在巨蟹，土星与水星在狮子，木星在水瓶，月亮在双鱼，上升在天蝎。福点在狮子，死亡之位在双鱼；月亮在那里，土星压在福点上；它的主太阳与火星同在水象星座巨蟹。所以本命者在浴场里溺水窒息而死；火星也对冲望月，而它的主土星背离；因此他也是横死的。

Another way. The Sun, Mercury, and Venus in Pisces, Saturn in Virgo, Jupiter in Aries, Mars in Taurus, the Moon in Sagittarius, the Ascendant in Leo. The Lot of Fortune in Taurus; Mars lies upon it, being lord of the Daemon and opposing it; the place of death in Sagittarius, upon which lies the Moon, overcome by Saturn, who is in the full-moon sign; likewise the lord of the full moon, Mercury, was opposed to it. Such a native was beheaded.

另一法。太阳、水星与金星在双鱼，土星在处女，木星在白羊，火星在金牛，月亮在射手，上升在狮子。福点在金牛；火星压在其上，他是精灵点之主，又与之对冲；死亡之位在射手，月亮压在其上，被在望月星座的土星压制；同样，望月之主水星也与它对冲。这样的本命者被斩首。

Another. The Sun in Cancer, the Moon in Pisces, Saturn, Mars, and Mercury in Gemini, Jupiter in Capricorn, Venus in Leo, the Ascendant in Libra. The Lot of Fortune in Gemini; in it Saturn, Mercury, and Mars, guarded, being destroyers of one another, received testimony from the Moon; likewise the lord of the full moon was turned away; and Jupiter, being upon the place of death and rising at nightfall, was not strong enough to help. Such a native was beheaded.

另一例。太阳在巨蟹，月亮在双鱼，土星、火星与水星在双子，木星在摩羯，金星在狮子，上升在天秤。福点在双子；土星、水星、火星在其中，被看守着，彼此互为毁坏者，受月亮的见证；同样，望月之主背离；木星压在死亡之位上，又在入夜时东升，却不足以相助。这样的本命者被斩首。

Another. The Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus in Capricorn, the Moon in Aquarius, Saturn in Taurus, the Ascendant in Aries. This native too was beheaded.

另一例。太阳、水星、火星、木星与金星在摩羯，月亮在水瓶，土星在金牛，上升在白羊。这个本命者也被斩首。

Another. The Sun and Venus in Aquarius, the Moon in Gemini, Saturn in Scorpio, Jupiter in Pisces, Mars in Cancer, Mercury and the Ascendant in Capricorn. The Lot of Fortune in Virgo, the place of death in Aries; their lords opposed each other in a watery sign, and besides, Mars happened to be in the setting place. Such a native fainted in a bath and was scalded.

另一例。太阳与金星在水瓶，月亮在双子，土星在天蝎，木星在双鱼，火星在巨蟹，水星与上升点在摩羯。福点在处女，死亡之位在白羊；它们的主在水象星座彼此对冲，此外火星恰好在下降之位。这样的本命者在浴场里昏厥而被烫伤。

Another. The Sun and Venus in Capricorn, the Moon in Cancer, Saturn and Mercury in Sagittarius, Jupiter in Taurus, Mars in Leo, the Ascendant in Aquarius. The Lot of Fortune in Leo; upon it lies Mars, in a fiery and solar sign, opposing the Ascendant; and Saturn and Mercury overcame the place of death. Such a native was burned alive.

另一例。太阳与金星在摩羯，月亮在巨蟹，土星与水星在射手，木星在金牛，火星在狮子，上升在水瓶。福点在狮子；火星压在其上，在火象而属太阳的星座，对冲上升点；土星与水星压制死亡之位。这样的本命者被活活烧死。

Another. The Sun in Capricorn, the Moon in Libra, Saturn in Taurus, Jupiter in Gemini, Mars and the Ascendant in Cancer, Venus in Aquarius, Mercury in Sagittarius. The Lot of Fortune in Libra; upon it is the Moon, overcome by Mars and opposing the Sun. The place of death in Taurus; Saturn is upon it. Such a native fought with wild beasts.

另一例。太阳在摩羯，月亮在天秤，土星在金牛，木星在双子，火星与上升点在巨蟹，金星在水瓶，水星在射手。福点在天秤；月亮在其上，被火星压制，又与太阳对冲。死亡之位在金牛；土星在其上。这样的本命者与野兽搏斗。

Another. The Sun, the Moon, and Mercury in Gemini, Saturn in Leo, Jupiter in Pisces, Mars in Cancer, Venus in Taurus, the Ascendant in Capricorn, where the lots also ended. The lord, Saturn, in the place of death was regarded by Venus, and Mars opposed the Ascendant. Such a native died by poison.

另一例。太阳、月亮与水星在双子，土星在狮子，木星在双鱼，火星在巨蟹，金星在金牛，上升在摩羯，诸点也落在那里。主星土星在死亡之位，被金星照看，火星对冲上升点。这样的本命者死于毒药。

Another. The Sun, Mercury, and the Ascendant in Taurus, the Moon in Pisces, Saturn in Gemini, Jupiter in Aquarius, Mars in Virgo, Venus in Aries. The Lot of Fortune in Pisces; the Moon is there, regarded by Saturn and Mars; the lord of the Daemon and of the full moon was opposed. Such a native died in the bilge of a ship.

另一例。太阳、水星与上升点在金牛，月亮在双鱼，土星在双子，木星在水瓶，火星在处女，金星在白羊。福点在双鱼；月亮在那里，被土星与火星照看；精灵点与望月之主受到对冲。这样的本命者死在船的舱底。

Another. The Sun in Leo, the Moon and Mercury in Virgo, Saturn in Gemini, Jupiter in Aries, Mars, the Ascendant, and Venus in Cancer. The Lot of Fortune in Gemini; there is Saturn, the lord of death, overcoming Mercury, the lord of the Lot, and the Moon; and besides, Mars opposed the place of death. Such a native hanged himself.

另一例。太阳在狮子，月亮与水星在处女，土星在双子，木星在白羊，火星、上升点与金星在巨蟹。福点在双子；死亡之主土星在那里，压制福点之主水星与月亮；此外火星对冲死亡之位。这样的本命者上吊自尽。

Another. The Sun and Mercury in Aries, the Moon and Venus in Pisces, Saturn in Cancer, Jupiter and Mars in Taurus, the Ascendant in Scorpio. The Lot of Fortune in Sagittarius; its lord with Mars in the setting place. The place of death in Cancer; Saturn, the lord of the full moon, turned away; Mars also opposed his own house. Such a native fought with wild beasts.

另一例。太阳与水星在白羊，月亮与金星在双鱼，土星在巨蟹，木星与火星在金牛，上升在天蝎。福点在射手；它的主与火星同在下降之位。死亡之位在巨蟹；望月之主土星背离；火星也对冲他自己的庙。这样的本命者与野兽搏斗。

We have found that in opposed positions the malefics are not harmful in every nativity in every respect, but sometimes even beneficial, especially in glorious nativities, though such natives too are mixed up with many vices. For such men, becoming violent under compulsion, are overturned into unholy and lawless deeds; they do wrong or plunder, and become rapacious and covetous of what belongs to others, holding their necks high and acting without reason because of the timely prosperity of their glory; for they lay their own misdeeds upon others. They even despise god and death; for they rule over life and death. Hence good fortune does not remain with such men throughout, but because of the opposed position some are brought down from glory into dishonour or a humble fortune, while others die violently; and some themselves suffer what they have inflicted on others, being punished and chastised and blaming the useless display of their former glory. For what they heaped up with toil, anxiety, violence, and time, they grieve to have taken away in an instant, or yield it to others against their will. For with their unstable fortune there follow upon them retribution that reins them in, envy, plotting, betrayal, grief, anxiety, wasting of the body, so that even when they wish to be rid of their vain prosperity and to put on a moderate fortune, they cannot, but suffer whatever fate has forced upon them against their will.

我们发现，在对冲的位置上，凶星并非在每个本命中、在每一方面都有害，有时甚至有益，尤其在荣耀的本命中，不过这样的本命者也混杂着许多恶行。因为这样的人在强制之下变得暴烈，被颠覆到不虔与无法无天的事中；他们行不义或劫掠，变得贪夺、觊觎别人的东西，因荣耀一时的顺遂而昂首自大、行事不讲道理；因为他们把自己的过失加到别人身上。他们甚至藐视神与死亡；因为他们主宰生死。因此好运并不始终留在这样的人身上，而是由于对冲的位置，有些人从荣耀被拉下，落入耻辱或卑微的境遇，另一些人横死；有些人自己遭受了他们加于别人的事，受惩罚、受责罚，埋怨自己先前荣耀那无用的排场。因为他们用劳苦、忧虑、暴力与时间积攒起来的东西，在一瞬间被夺走，他们为此忧伤，或者不情愿地让给别人。因为随着他们不稳定的好运而来的，是勒住他们的报应、嫉妒、阴谋、背叛、忧伤、忧虑、身体的消瘦，以至于即使他们想摆脱虚幻的富足、换上一份中等的境遇，也做不到，而要忍受命运违背他们意愿强加给他们的一切。

Opposed positions will be judged in both ways: one, when a planet opposes a planet or the Ascendant; the other, when it opposes its own house, or triplicity, or exaltation; and the lords of the triplicities or of the sects, when opposing one another, will be most harmful and will make natives unstable in their livelihood.

对冲的位置要从两方面来判断：一是一颗行星对冲另一颗行星或上升点；二是它对冲自己的庙、三方或旺位；三方之主或本方之主彼此对冲时，最为有害，会使本命者在生计上不稳定。