《價值法則》----金融占星---1/5

《價值法則》

INTRODUCTION.

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In the following pages I have given some valuable hints to those who are able to invest their money and take their dividends. They will be able, with the assistance of my book, to buy cheaply and to clear out before prices recede from the highest. It is not to be supposed that I give away any of my keys which constitute the "Arcana," and which can only be had under agreement of a binding nature, but the reader will be able to take advantage of genuine information contained in the pages of "The Law of Values," at whatsoever time he is in a position to put money in a lock-up investment. Of the actual working value of this system there can be no doubt whatsoever, for illustrations are given showing the application of the principles involved to the actual state of the markets according to official returns. With these figures there can be no cavilling, and when it is further shown that the samefactors are repeatedly followed by the same effects, not in one part of the world only, but in every part whose financial interests are represented on the Stock Exchange, there can be only one conclusion, and that undoubtedly will be in favour of Astrology as the master-key to safe and profitable investment.

This is my second contribution to Astrology as a financial science, and I have been induced to write the book in the belief that the sooner we bring the science down from the clouds, where would-be Esotericists have incontinently hurried it, the sooner it will be gain a proper recognition in a practical world. Later, when it is found by the man in the street to have a body and consistency, and that it can talk his own language, doubtless he will be the readier to admit that it has also a soul and can be studied from an entirely different point of view with equal benefit to the intellectual and spiritual man as it has proved useful to the material and physical man. Thepoint need not be laboured. To those who profess Astrology I would say, feed those who are in the nursery, give them a material grip on the practical side of things, and keep your academics for the forum. What is the binomial theorem to children who can only appreciate what they can see and handle? There is an orderly process of development in thought which should be followed in all our schools, and which passes from science to philosophy, and from philosophy to ethics.

Science is what we know about a thing, philosophy is what we think about that which is known, and ethic is the effect of that thought upon our conduct. Before we can profitably make an Esotericism of Astrology, we have to prove that it is a science. It is claimed for Astrology that it is the science of foreknowledge, and the man who cannot turn it to account when he has proved its scientific integrity is not worth troubling about.

I have written this book for intelligent and practical men of the world, who are, or will some day be, in a position to employ money, and I have given rules and proofs such as will enable anybody to employ their means to the best advantage. These preliminary notes will prepare the reader for the study of the book itself.

SEPHARIAL.

CHAPTER I.

第一章

GENERAL PRINCIPLES.

法則概述

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The apparent cause of all fluctuations in the value of any security or commodity whatsoever, is the balance of supply and demand. The non-apparent and primary cause is the response of terrestrial nature to planetary influence. In this statement I am suggesting the operation of a cosmical law of planetary interaction, a concept that is entirely agreeable to the doctrine of the solidarity of the universe. If crops fail, whether they be wheat, cotton, coffee, or tea crops, the values of such supplies as are in sight are naturally increased, and similarly a depreciation occurs when crops are abundant.

所有證券或者無論什麼樣的商品以及期貨在價格波動上的顯現在外表的原因是供求關係的平衡。而沒有顯現出來的主要原因是自然界對行星影響的反應。在這個綜述里我提出了行星交感的宇宙法則的操作，一種完全適合於宇宙集成學說的觀念。如果農作物減產或無收，不管它是小麥，棉花，咖啡或者茶葉，很明顯這種供給的價格是要增加的，而同樣的當農作物豐收時會發生貶值。

But when we come to enquire as to the failure of crops or their plenitude, we have to look further than the earth in which they were sown or the air by which they were blighted or vitalized, as the case may be. We have, in fact, to refer to planetary interaction and those cosmical laws by which the integrity of the system is maintained.

但是當我們從總量上去考察農作物無收減產或者是豐收的時候，我們不得不去注意比地球更深遠的問題，比如這種行星關係的傳播和散布，對空氣的破壞與激發等可能存在的問題。我們事實上已經涉及到了行星的交感和那些它們整個體系賴以持續的宇宙法則。

The obvious law of action and reaction, which is referred to as responsible for the stability of the universe, but which in fact has been latterly referred to as the unstable equilibrium – a paradoxical phrase – is to be seen at work in the Stock andShare Market as surely as it is in the universe at large.

作用與反作用的顯而易見的法則，將涉及到我們依靠的宇宙的穩定性，但是這在事實上已經和「不穩定平衡」（一個似是而非的說法）相關了，這種不穩定平衡已經在股票和期貨市場出現就象它在巨大的宇宙中一樣。

Let us take it as a working hypothesis that the planets act and react upon one another, producing a variety of perturbations and reactions, not only in the bodies themselves, but in the atmospheres surrounding them, and in that more tenuous and subtle medium which is called spatial ether, which is continuous of the intermolecular ether permeating the earth and all planetary bodies from centre to periphery. Then it will follow that even the brain and nervous system of man are subject to the stimulus of etheric vibration, and thus to planetary action. With this working hypothesis it will be possible to show reason for man』s invariable response to the immediate action of the planets in their various geocentric relations, their conjunctions and oppositions, and their occursions to the various signs of the zodiac.

讓我們把它作為一個可操作性的假設：一個行星在另一個行星上的作用與反作用產生了多種多樣的擾動和反應，不僅僅在人的身體上，還在圍繞著他們的周圍大氣里，以及在那些更細小和微妙的被稱為「空間以太」的媒介里，這種媒介連續的存在於分子間，不僅滲透到地球每個角落而且也充滿了行星天體的中心和邊緣。緊跟著來推論，甚至人類的大腦和神經系統也要受到空間以太物質波動的刺激並受到影響，而這波動來自行星的作用。有了這個可操作的假設就有可能來解釋人類始終對以地球為中心的不同行星之間不同關係的直接作用有反應的原因，行星之間相合相衝，出現在黃道12宮的不同標記里。

Before we can rightly estimate the effects of these interplanetary relations, however, it will be necessary to make some research, first of all to determine what countries or interests are related to the several signs of thezodiac, and next to ascertain the influence of the various planets in these signs.We are fortunately in possession of a fair amount of traditional knowledge on both these points, sufficient to enable us to bring the matter to an empirical test.

然而在我們能夠正確評測這些太陽系內行星間關係的影響之前，有必要做些實際的研究和調查工作，首先要確定那些國家或者利益集團與12黃道上單獨的宮位符號有關聯，其次是探知不同行星在這些符號上有什麼影響和作用。我們幸運的擁有相當數量的這兩方面的傳統知識，足以使我們能夠用事實來檢驗以往的傳統經驗知識。

Proceeding along these lines, we find that the twelve signs of the zodiac are related to various territories already defined and well-known to the ancients. Claudius Ptolemy, who was one of the earliest, if not, indeed, the first of geographers in Europe, delivered certain descriptive charts delineating the countries known to him and indicating the zodiacal sign to which each territory responded. The sign-rulership of various old countries has been traditionally handed down to us, and other parts of more recent development have been empirically referred to their respective signs. Thus we know that the following countries are ruled by the signsagainst which they are set: --

順著這個線路，我們發現黃道上的12個標記和不同的國家和版圖之間的關聯關係早在遠古時期就已經定義並熟識了。克勞迪亞斯.托勒密，早期的，歐洲第一個地理學家，發表了一張描繪有他所知道的確切領土版圖的地圖並且在能產生影響的領土上標出了與之有關的黃道符號。這些不同的古老國家的有統治者地位的符號是作為傳統知識傳承下來留給我們的，其他一些新近發展的部分地區要參考傳統經驗知識來找到他們各自的符號。因此我們知道下面的國家被事先規定好的黃道符號所控制。

Aries:England, Denmark, Judea, Peru, Germany.

白羊座：英國，丹麥，以色列和約旦等中東地區，秘魯，德國

Taurus:Ireland, Persia, Italy, Chili.

金牛座：愛爾蘭，波斯（伊朗地區），義大利，智利

Gemini:Wales, United States of America, Egypt.

雙子座：威爾士，美國，埃及

Cancer:China, Holland, Africa.

巨蟹座：中國，荷蘭，非洲

Leo:France, Australia.

獅子座：法國，澳大利亞

Virgo:Turkey, Uruguay.

處女座：土耳其，烏拉圭

Libra:Argentine Republic, Japan, Austria.

天秤座：阿根廷，日本，奧地利

Scorpio:Morocco, Brazil.

天蠍座：摩洛哥，巴西

Sagittarius:Spain.

人馬座：西班牙

Capricorn:India, New Zealand, Mexico.

摩羯座：印度，紐西蘭，墨西哥

Aquarius:Russia.

寶瓶座：俄羅斯

Pisces:Portugal.

雙魚座：葡萄牙

There are, of course, many other countries under each of these signs, some of which are under scrutiny and test, others of no great political or commercial importance being omitted. The above will, however, serve for the purpose of the present exposition of the Law of Values.

這裡當然有很多其他國家也在上述這些符號下面，其中一些還處在審查和測試過程中，還有一些沒有重大的經濟政治影響和重要性的被省略掉了。上面展示的這些可以用來展示當前價值定律的效果已經足夠了。

When, therefore, certain planets transit these signs, or form important configurations therein, or when the eclipses fall in them, the countries related to those signs undergo political changes which affect the stability of the markets they control. In a subsequent chapter this will be fully explained and dealt with in a practical manner.

因此，當確定的行星經過這些符號，或者在那裡形成重要的形態構造，或者當日月蝕發生在那裡，與這些符號有關的國家將遭受政治或行政上的變化，影響她們控制的市場的穩定性。在後面的章節里關於這一點將做充分的闡述並且安排具體實踐的方式加以說明。