《Tetrabiblos》The Quality Of EmploymentClaudius Ptolemy（Ashmand 英譯 1822）
[247] The angle of the mid-heaven. Now the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus are esteemed as givers of offspring; but the Sun, Mars, and Saturn are considered as denying children altogether, or as allowing but few: while Mercury, being in quality common to both parties, lends co-operation to that with which he may be configurated, and gives offspring, when oriental, but withholds, when occidental.
段落 tetra-4-thequality-84public-domain (Ashmand 1822)
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