卷三·第十五至十六章　福点的关口；诸星的平均年数

XV. On Climacterics.

第十五章　论关口。

There are also climacterics derived from the lot, especially when malefics are present with Fortune or testify to it. In the opposition, then, they occur through periods of seven years; in the right trine, through the 9th; in the left trine, through the 5th; in the right square, through the 10th; in the left square, through the 4th. Those that do harm in the right sextile do so through the 11th, those in the left sextile through the 3rd, those in the place preceding Fortune through the 12th, and those in application to it through the 2nd. If the one allotted Fortune is passing through Aries, he will have the climacteric every 9 years; in Taurus every 25; in Gemini every 20; in Cancer every 25; in Leo every 12; in Virgo every 8; in Libra every 30; in Scorpio every 15; in Sagittarius every 12; in Capricorn every 8; in Aquarius every 30; in Pisces every 15.

也有由福点而来的关口，尤其当凶星与福点同在或为它作见证时。在对冲中，关口以七年为周期而来；在右方三分，以第九；在左方三分，以第五；在右方四分，以第十；在左方四分，以第四。在右方六分加害的，以第十一；在左方六分的，以第三；在福点前一位的，以第十二；在与它入相之位的，以第二。若分得福点的那颗星行经白羊，他每九年会有关口；在金牛每二十五年；在双子每二十年；在巨蟹每二十五年；在狮子每十二年；在处女每八年；在天秤每三十年；在天蝎每十五年；在射手每十二年；在摩羯每八年；在水瓶每三十年；在双鱼每十五年。

XVI. The Mean Years of the Planets.

第十六章　诸星的平均年数。

The mean years of the planets are these: of Saturn 5 months, of Jupiter 9 months, of Mars 2 months, of Venus 6 months, of Mercury 8 months, of the Sun 64 [text uncertain]. They allot these years too, together with the periods or the rising times of the signs, whenever they happen to be productive.

诸星的平均年数是这些：土星五个月，木星九个月，火星二个月，金星六个月，水星八个月，太阳六十四〔原文疑有讹误〕。它们恰好得力时，也会把这些年数与周期或星座的上升时间一同分配。

The mean years in another way. By adding together the great period and the least period of each planet you will find the mean years. For example, Saturn's complete years are 57 and his least 30: this makes 87, of which half is 43½. Jupiter's complete years are 79 and his least 12: this makes 91, of which half is 45½. Likewise for the other planets. Since the rising times of the signs according to the table of rising times of Hypsicles are in error, if the period comes out a year or two off — for the King made known only the rising times of the first clime — for example, let the Sun, Venus, and Mercury be in Cancer, the Moon in Taurus, Saturn in Pisces, Jupiter and Mars in Leo, the Ascendant in Virgo: in the 1st clime the rising time of Virgo is 38 1/3; and since its lord Mercury is in the Good Daemon in Cancer, he gave the rising time of 31 and two thirds: this makes 70. So many years the native lived.

另一种平均年数。把每颗星的大周期与最小周期加在一起，你就会求得平均年数。例如，土星的完整年数是五十七，最小的是三十：合八十七，其半是四十三又二分之一。木星的完整年数是七十九，最小的是十二：合九十一，其半是四十五又二分之一。其他行星也一样。既然按许普西克勒斯的上升时间表，星座的上升时间有误差，若时期差一年或两年而相合——因为那位王只公布了第一气候带的上升时间——例如，设太阳、金星与水星在巨蟹，月亮在金牛，土星在双鱼，木星与火星在狮子，上升在处女：在第一气候带，处女的上升时间是三十八又三分之一；既然它的主水星在巨蟹，在善灵之位，他就给出了三十一又三分之二的上升时间：合七十。本命者活了这么多年。

Another. The Sun in Taurus, Mercury in Taurus, the Moon in Pisces, Saturn in Scorpio, Jupiter, Mars, and Venus in Aries, the Ascendant in Gemini. The rising time in the second clime is 28; Mercury gave the rising time of Taurus, 24, and Venus and Mars in Aries 15. The native died in the 67th year.

另一例。太阳在金牛，水星在金牛，月亮在双鱼，土星在天蝎，木星、火星与金星在白羊，上升在双子。第二气候带的上升时间是二十八；水星给出金牛的上升时间二十四，白羊的金星与火星给出十五。本命者死于第六十七年。

Another. The same arrangement of the planets in another nativity; only the Ascendant is in Capricorn and the Lot of Fortune in Pisces. The rising time in the second clime is 20, and Jupiter's period 12. And since he is in Aries, the rising time of 20 and Mars's 15: this makes 67. So many years the native lived.

另一例。另一个本命的诸星排列相同；只是上升在摩羯，福点在双鱼。第二气候带的上升时间是二十，木星的周期是十二。既然他在白羊，就加白羊的上升时间二十与火星的十五：合六十七。本命者活了这么多年。

I wished, however, to rearrange more clearly the books I have composed, which are rather private in character because I addressed them to such persons and to my young pupils, so that they might have an easy entrance; but I have not had the opportunity, because my sight has grown weary and my mind has been darkened by much grief, having lost my most honoured pupil; for which I must be pardoned.

然而我曾想把我所写成的这些书重新编排得更清楚，它们性质较为私密，因为我是写给这样的人和我年轻的学生的，好让他们容易入门；但我没有得到机会，因为我的视力已经疲倦，我的心智也因许多悲伤而昏暗，我失去了我最敬重的学生；为此我必须得到原谅。