卷五·第十二章　克里托德摩斯从月亮起数的关口

XII. Climacterics in Another Way, as Critodemus Makes the Releasing from the Moon.

第十二章　另论关口，如克里托德摩斯从月亮作释放。

For example, the Sun in Aquarius, the Moon in Leo, Saturn in Cancer, Jupiter in Gemini, Mars in Scorpio, Venus in Aries, Mercury in Pisces. The 12 years, then, belong to the interval of Mars, by 4; the climacteric is simple, for four times 4 is 16; for square numbers are simple, while oblong numbers are composite. The 18th, toward Venus, is composite, from twice 9: the 2, then, is in Virgo, but in Virgo there is no planet; in the 9th is Venus. If there were also some planet in Virgo, it would return together with her, because also in Capricorn 10 [text uncertain]. And since 3 times 6 is likewise 18, and also 6 times [text uncertain]: but there is no planet either in Libra, the third, or in Capricorn, the sixth. Again, the 20 is composite: for four times 5 is 20, and likewise five times 4. Mars in Scorpio is productive; in the 5th, Sagittarius, there is none. The 21 has 3 times 7: in Libra none, in Aquarius the Sun; so it is toward the Sun. The 24 has four times 6: in Scorpio again Mars, but in Capricorn none. The 25 has a square, simple number; but there is none in Sagittarius. The 27 is made up of 3 times 9: by 3 there is none, only Venus by 9. The 28th is by 4 toward Mars and by 7 toward the Sun. The 40th has 4, 10, 5, and 8, and is in accord with Mars by the 4 and with Mercury by the 8. The 44th is toward Mars and Jupiter. Sometimes even more planets will return together: for example, in the case of the 40th, just as Mars is in the 4th and Mercury in the 8th, if there were some planet also in the 10th and in the 5th, it would return together with them.

例如，太阳在水瓶，月亮在狮子，土星在巨蟹，木星在双子，火星在天蝎，金星在白羊，水星在双鱼。那么，十二年属于火星以四的间隔；这个关口是简单的，因为四乘四是十六；因为平方数是简单的，而长方数是复合的。第十八年对金星，是复合的，出于二乘九：二在处女，但处女里没有行星；第九座里有金星。若处女里也有某颗行星，它就会与她一同回归，因为在摩羯也是十〔原文疑有讹误〕。又因为三乘六同样是十八，六乘〔原文疑有讹误〕：但第三座天秤里没有行星，第六座摩羯里也没有。再者，二十是复合的：因为四乘五是二十，五乘四也一样。在天蝎的火星得力；第五座射手里没有。二十一有三乘七：天秤里没有，水瓶里有太阳；所以是对太阳。二十四有四乘六：天蝎里又是火星，摩羯里没有。二十五有一个平方的、简单的数；但射手里没有。二十七由三乘九构成：以三没有，只有金星以九。第二十八年以四对火星、以七对太阳。第四十年有四、十、五与八，以四与火星相合，以八与水星相合。第四十四年对火星与木星。有时还会有更多行星一同回归：例如第四十年，正如火星在第四座、水星在第八座，若第十与第五座也有某颗行星，它就会与它们一同回归。

He says that what happens becomes stronger and more manifest if the number of the years is proper to the planet that is in accord with the interval, for example as follows: the 3 belongs to Saturn, the 5 to Venus, the 7 to Mars, the 8 to Mercury, the 9 to Jupiter, the 13 to the Moon, the 18 to the Sun. If, then, this number and the interval fall together upon the same planet, it becomes productive in a productive period; but if the year does not fall together upon one of the planets of the interval that leads to it, it is unproductive in an unproductive period. And if no productive interval is found in the intervening years, one must use the first until another is found. For example, in the aforesaid chart, the 28th is toward Mars and the Sun; the 29th has no interval; the 30th has 3, 5, 6, 10, and 1 [probably: 15] [text uncertain], and these signs; the 31st again does not fit any interval. These years will be governed by Mars and the Sun, which were productive in the 28th year, up to the 32nd, of which Mars by 4 and Mercury by 8 return together.

他说，若年数是与该间隔相合的那颗行星所特有的数，所发生的事就更有力、更显明，例如这样：三属土星，五属金星，七属火星，八属水星，九属木星，十三属月亮，十八属太阳。若这个数与这个间隔一同落在同一颗行星上，它就成为得力时期中的得力；但若这一年没有一同落在引向它的那个间隔的某颗行星上，就是不得力时期中的不得力。若在中间的年份里找不到得力的间隔，就应当用第一个，直到找到另一个。例如在上述的盘中，第二十八年对火星与太阳；第二十九年没有间隔；第三十年有三、五、六、十与一〔或当作十五〕〔原文疑有讹误〕，以及这些星座；第三十一年又不合任何间隔。这些年份将由在第二十八年得力的火星与太阳掌管，直到第三十二年，这一年火星以四、水星以八一同回归。

We shall also append the differences of the climacterics according to the chronology of the planets and their return to one another. In the first, he will be ill and fearful; in the second, he will be in danger of convulsion through fluids; the 3rd, Saturn's climacteric, precarious; the 5th, of Phosphorus: he will be ill. The 6th, Saturn's second; the 7th, Mars' first, dangerous, overturning with fevers, bloodshed, wounds, falls, ulcerations, or cuttings with iron. The 8th, Mercury's first, uncompounded. The 9th, Jupiter's first, Saturn's third, dangerous: he will be ill or troubled by shivering fevers and by pains of the inward parts or of the belly. The 10th, Venus' second: he will be ill from plethora. The 12th, Saturn's fourth climacteric: unexpectedly, or through fluids. The 13th, the Moon's first: a troublesome fever will come on, or a collapse, and pains of the inward parts or of the chest. The 14th, Mars' second: dangerous, troublesome. The 15th, Saturn's fifth, Venus' third: relaxing. The 16th, Mercury's second climacteric, composite, through cholera or the windpipe and difficulty of recovery. The 18th, Jupiter's second, Saturn's sixth, the Sun's first [corrected: Kroll prints Saturn's third]: very harsh. The 20th, Venus' fourth: for the most part without danger, but illnesses from plethora or from fatigue follow. The 21st, Mars' third, Saturn's seventh: troublesome and dangerous. The 24th, Saturn's eighth, Mercury's third: troublesome through melancholy and fluids. The 25th, Venus' fifth: composite. The 27th, Jupiter's third, Saturn's ninth: middling. The 28th, Mars' fourth climacteric: precarious. The 30th, Saturn's tenth, Venus' sixth: for the most part without danger. The 32nd, Mercury's fourth: harassing. The 33rd, Saturn's eleventh: troublesome. The 35th, Mars' fifth, Venus' seventh: dangerous and easily plotted against. The 36th, Jupiter's fourth, Saturn's twelfth: harsh and dangerous. The 40th, Venus' eighth, Mercury's fifth: not harsh. The 42nd, Mars' sixth, Saturn's 14th: harsh and dangerous. The 45th, Jupiter's fifth, Venus' ninth, Saturn's 15th: this climacteric is called Stilbon, and one must take care lest some affliction arise in the feet at this time, when Mercury is productive in the nativity; for it brings dangers to the joints, illnesses, mishaps in livelihood, and unpleasantnesses. The 48th, Mercury's sixth, Saturn's 16th: very harsh and dangerous. The 49th, Mars' seventh: dangerous or sudden, through fevers or bloodshed and a violent cause. The 50th, Venus' tenth: dangerous. The 51st, Saturn's 17th: it brings illnesses, harms, and misfortunes. The 52nd, the Moon's fourth: not good. The 54th, Saturn's 18th, Jupiter's sixth, the Sun's third: harsh and dangerous. The 55th, Venus' eleventh: not bad. The 56th, Mars' eighth, Mercury's seventh: painful, hard. The 57th, Saturn's 19th: most harsh. The 60th, Saturn's 20th, Venus' twelfth: precarious. The 63rd, Saturn's 21st, Jupiter's seventh, Mars' ninth: the man-slayer, harsh and deadly. The 72nd, Saturn's 24th, Jupiter's eighth, Mercury's ninth: harsh and deadly. The 75th, Saturn's 25th, Venus' 15th: dangerous. The 77th, Mars' eleventh: troublesome and deadly. The 78th, Saturn's 26th, the Moon's sixth: harsh. The 80th, Venus' 16th, Mercury's tenth: of mixed nature. The 81st, Saturn's 27th, Jupiter's ninth: dangerous. The 84th, Saturn's 28th, Mars' twelfth: troublesome and maleficent. The 85th, Venus' 17th: common. The 87th, Saturn's 29th: dangerous. The 90th, Saturn's 30th, Venus' 18th, Jupiter's tenth: harsh. The 95th, Venus' 19th: not good. The 96th, Saturn's 32nd: troublesome. The 98th, Mars' 14th: harsh. The 99th, Saturn's 33rd: middling. The 100th, Venus' 20th: not bad. The 102nd, Saturn's 34th: harsh. The 105th, Saturn's 35th, Venus' 21st, Mars' 15th: troublesome. The 108th, Saturn's 36th: deadly. The 110th, Venus' 22nd: not bad. The 111th, Saturn's 37th: precarious. The 112th, Mars' 16th, Mercury's 14th: troublesome and terrible. The 114th, Saturn's 38th: dangerous. The 115th, Venus' 23rd: common. The 117th, Saturn's 39th, the Moon's ninth, Jupiter's 13th: dangerous. The 119th, Mars' 17th: precarious. The 120th, Saturn's 40th, Venus' 24th: deadly.

我们也将附上关口之别，按诸星的年代推算与它们彼此的回归。第一年，他会生病而心怀恐惧；第二年，他会有因体液而抽搐的危险；第三年，土星的关口，不稳；第五年，晨星的：他会生病。第六年，土星的第二个；第七年，火星的第一个，危险，以发烧、流血、创伤、跌落、溃疡或铁器的割伤使人倾覆。第八年，水星的第一个，不复合。第九年，木星的第一个，土星的第三个，危险：他会生病，或受寒战发热以及内脏或腹部疼痛之扰。第十年，金星的第二个：他会因过盈而生病。第十二年，土星的第四个关口：出乎意料，或因体液。第十三年，月亮的第一个：会有一场难缠的热病，或一次虚脱，以及内脏或胸部的疼痛。第十四年，火星的第二个：危险，难缠。第十五年，土星的第五个，金星的第三个：舒缓。第十六年，水星的第二个关口，复合，因霍乱或气管，以及难以复原。第十八年，木星的第二个，土星的第六个，太阳的第一个〔据算改正：Kroll 本作土星的第三个〕：十分严酷。第二十年，金星的第四个：大多无危险，但随之有因过盈或疲劳的疾病。第二十一年，火星的第三个，土星的第七个：难缠而危险。第二十四年，土星的第八个，水星的第三个：因忧郁与体液而难缠。第二十五年，金星的第五个：复合。第二十七年，木星的第三个，土星的第九个：居中。第二十八年，火星的第四个关口：不稳。第三十年，土星的第十个，金星的第六个：大多无危险。第三十二年，水星的第四个：烦扰。第三十三年，土星的第十一个：难缠。第三十五年，火星的第五个，金星的第七个：危险而易遭暗算。第三十六年，木星的第四个，土星的第十二个：严酷而危险。第四十年，金星的第八个，水星的第五个：不严酷。第四十二年，火星的第六个，土星的第十四个：严酷而危险。第四十五年，木星的第五个，金星的第九个，土星的第十五个：这个关口叫作「闪烁者」，必须当心，在本命中水星得力时，这段时期脚上不要生出什么病患；因为它带来关节的危险、疾病、生计上的意外与不快。第四十八年，水星的第六个，土星的第十六个：十分严酷而危险。第四十九年，火星的第七个：危险或突然，因发烧或流血与横暴的原因。第五十年，金星的第十个：危险。第五十一年，土星的第十七个：带来疾病、伤害与不幸。第五十二年，月亮的第四个：不好。第五十四年，土星的第十八个，木星的第六个，太阳的第三个：严酷而危险。第五十五年，金星的第十一个：不坏。第五十六年，火星的第八个，水星的第七个：痛苦，艰难。第五十七年，土星的第十九个：最严酷。第六十年，土星的第二十个，金星的第十二个：不稳。第六十三年，土星的第二十一个，木星的第七个，火星的第九个：杀人者，严酷而致死。第七十二年，土星的第二十四个，木星的第八个，水星的第九个：严酷而致死。第七十五年，土星的第二十五个，金星的第十五个：危险。第七十七年，火星的第十一个：难缠而致死。第七十八年，土星的第二十六个，月亮的第六个：严酷。第八十年，金星的第十六个，水星的第十个：性质混合。第八十一年，土星的第二十七个，木星的第九个：危险。第八十四年，土星的第二十八个，火星的第十二个：难缠而为害。第八十五年，金星的第十七个：寻常。第八十七年，土星的第二十九个：危险。第九十年，土星的第三十个，金星的第十八个，木星的第十个：严酷。第九十五年，金星的第十九个：不好。第九十六年，土星的第三十二个：难缠。第九十八年，火星的第十四个：严酷。第九十九年，土星的第三十三个：居中。第一百年，金星的第二十个：不坏。第一百零二年，土星的第三十四个：严酷。第一百零五年，土星的第三十五个，金星的第二十一个，火星的第十五个：难缠。第一百零八年，土星的第三十六个：致死。第一百一十年，金星的第二十二个：不坏。第一百一十一年，土星的第三十七个：不稳。第一百一十二年，火星的第十六个，水星的第十四个：难缠而可怕。第一百一十四年，土星的第三十八个：危险。第一百一十五年，金星的第二十三个：寻常。第一百一十七年，土星的第三十九个，月亮的第九个，木星的第十三个：危险。第一百一十九年，火星的第十七个：不稳。第一百二十年，土星的第四十个，金星的第二十四个：致死。

Let there be, for the sake of example: the Sun, Jupiter, and Mars in Cancer, the Moon in Libra, Saturn in Sagittarius, Venus and Mercury in Leo, the Ascendant in Gemini. He died in the 54th year; for it was the 18th cycle of Saturn, the sixth of Jupiter, and the third of the Sun: a joint return of these. The Sun and Jupiter were also found in the death-bringing month, that is in Sagittarius; besides, the Sun, Jupiter, and Mars, from the place of death, transmitted the 54th year to Saturn in Sagittarius: so the transmission was harsh. In every nativity, then, it seemed best to make the releasing of the climacterics not only from the Moon but also from all the planets, from which both the death-bringing periods and the harassments of livelihood will be understood. And if the periods of life run together according to the aforesaid choices, the climacteric will follow unfailingly; but if the substance has an interval, while a climacteric period falls together with it, it will be fulfilled in matters of action and the starting points of livelihood, for example: loss of reputation, overthrows, acts of violence, condemnations, shipwrecks, lawsuits, detentions, exiles, fears, losses, penalties, sudden dangers, abuses, robberies, and the other things that become causes in the life of men, injuries, afflictions, and mutilations, burnings, cuttings, illnesses, precarious plots. And if the planets that bring the climacteric, returning together, are found at the nativity to be opposing, or are regarded by malefics and have fallen contrary to sect, they will indicate the period as precarious and troubling; but if they have a familiar configuration, they will dim the onset of the causes and make the climacteric milder. The transmissions or receptions from signs of equal rising will also be judged strong, for example from Aries into Pisces, from Taurus into Aquarius, from Gemini into Capricorn, from Cancer into Sagittarius, from Leo into Scorpio, and from Virgo into Libra; and likewise the reverse.

为举例起见，设：太阳、木星与火星在巨蟹，月亮在天秤，土星在射手，金星与水星在狮子，上升点在双子。他死于第五十四年；因为那是土星的第十八个循环、木星的第六个、太阳的第三个：这三者的共同回归。太阳与木星也被发现在致死的月份，即在射手；此外，太阳、木星与火星从死亡之位把第五十四年交给了在射手的土星：所以这一交付是严酷的。所以在每一个本命中，似乎最好不仅从月亮、也从所有行星作关口的释放，由此致死的时期与生计上的烦扰都会被看出来。若寿命的时期按上述的选法一同走到，关口就会毫无差错地随之而来；但若根基尚有间距，而一个关口时期与之同落，它就会在作为之事与生计的起点上应验，例如：名声的丧失、倾覆、暴行、定罪、船难、诉讼、扣留、流放、恐惧、损失、罚款、突然的危险、凌辱、劫掠，以及其他在人的生活中成为原因的事，伤损、病患与肢体残缺、烧伤、割伤、疾病、不稳的阴谋。若带来关口、一同回归的诸星在本命中被发现彼此对立，或受凶星注视并落在与本方相悖之处，它们就会显示这段时期不稳而令人困扰；但若它们有亲和的格局，就会使诸般原因的来势变得暗淡，使关口更温和。从上升相等的星座而来的交付或接受也会被判为有力，例如从白羊到双鱼，从金牛到水瓶，从双子到摩羯，从巨蟹到射手，从狮子到天蝎，从处女到天秤；反过来也一样。

These things, then, having tested them with sober reasoning and anxious troubles, we have set out with much toil for those at least who have sense, just as the ancients too, who were occupied with these matters, used to do, being able to liken themselves to them and to share their experience. But now one of those who adulterate the science, with embellished words and varied procedures of methods, might easily persuade not only those uninitiated in the theory, but also those who boast somewhat or who stand in great repute, because of the incomprehensible nature of their sorcery and daring. For such a man, not judging his failures to be adversities, prospers through his boldness, having no blush as a proof of his ignorance, but, as if wearing a tragic or a comic mask, he walks the stage, possessing the manner of deception rather than of truth. But the one who proceeds from doctrines and theorems, not wishing to throw away his learning of many years, leaning on experience as on a staff, speaks slowly and fearfully and dies inwardly in his mind, reckoning failure to be worthy of exile and death, and success to be the toil-worn heart of virtue. This happens in the case of those who are ignorant or who do not bring the time or the hour with precision; hence those who especially wish to hear with certainty about what is and what will be ought, having judged what sort of men the practitioners are, to strive together with them earnestly and to confess some of their affairs, so that the forecaster, having grasped the exact arrangements of the angles or also some places of power from numbers and from method, may make his declaration about what is. For often, as I said before, not only they themselves but also their parents, by giving false hours, wrong the science; for I myself too found this out from my own begetters. But they do not do this, wishing to hear in an instant about the things they desire and things not tempered together, and to obtain impossible things through some secret villainy; hearing from the ignorant and doing eagerly what is not lawful, being pleased for the moment, they reward the enemies with praise and honours, while they speak ill of the dignified and experienced as being unable either to make declarations so easily or to act with precision, not knowing that the affairs of each nativity are grasped with much toil and inquiry. Afterwards, having failed of what they expected and repenting precariously and painfully, they not only bring blame against those who deceived them, but also proclaim the science to be without existence and consider those who practise it as enemies. And it happens that because of a few who are unworthy of the science, many are dishonoured.

这些事，我们以清醒的推理与焦虑的辛劳检验过，费了许多力气为至少有识见的人列出来，正如古人中致力于这些事的人也常这样做，使人能比照他们、分享他们的经验。但如今，某个败坏这门学问的人，用修饰的言辞与花样繁多的方法程序，不仅能轻易说服未入门于理论的人，也能说服那些略有自负或享有大名的人，因为他们的巫术与胆大不可捉摸。因为这样的人不把自己的失败看作逆境，靠胆大而顺遂，没有脸红来证明他的无知，而像戴着悲剧或喜剧面具一样走在舞台上，具有的是欺骗的作派而不是真理的作派。但从学说与定理出发的人，不愿抛弃他多年的所学，倚靠经验如同倚靠一根手杖，说话迟缓而畏惧，在心里内中死去，把失败看作该受流放与死亡，把成功看作美德那颗饱经辛劳的心。这种情形发生在那些无知的人身上，或不精确地带来时间或时辰的人身上；因此，那些特别想确实听到现在与将来之事的人，应当先判断从业者是怎样的人，再与他们恳切合作，并说出自己的一些事务，好让预言者从数目与方法中把握诸角的精确排列，或也把握一些有力的位置，对现在之事作出宣告。因为常常，如我前面所说，不只他们自己，连他们的父母也给出错误的时辰而亏待了这门学问；因为我自己也从我的生身父母那里发现了这一点。但他们不这样做，想要立刻听到他们所渴望的事与不相调和的事，并借某种暗地的恶行得到不可能的事；他们听信无知的人，热切地做不合法的事，一时高兴，就以称赞与荣耀酬谢仇敌，却诋毁有身份、有经验的人，说他们既不能如此轻易地宣告，也不能精确行事，却不知每一个本命的事务都要经过许多辛劳与探究才能把握。后来，他们落空了所期待的，危险而痛苦地懊悔，不仅归咎于欺骗他们的人，还宣称这门学问并不存在，把从事它的人当作仇敌。于是发生这样的事：因为少数不配这门学问的人，许多人蒙受了羞辱。

The fifth book of the Anthologies of Vettius Valens is completed.

维蒂乌斯·瓦伦斯《选集》第五卷完。