生日盤與半生日盤

生日盤與半生日盤

The Birthday and Half-Birthday Charts

生日與半生日星盤

You can improve any area of your life by traveling to the right place twice a year, once on your birthday, and again, six months later on your 「half-birthday.」 Every year, the Sun 「returns」 to the degree it occupied when you were born. A horoscope made for that exact time and place is called a Solar Return Chart and it affects you for the next year. Most of the effect, however, comes in the first six months.

你可以通過一年旅行兩次的方法讓你的生活各個方面發生改變。一次是你的生日，另外一次是6個月後，也就是半生日，每年太陽都會回到你出生的位置上，用來準確反映太陽回到這一時刻的星盤稱為太陽返照盤，盤內的行星可以反映下一年你的運勢，然而只是反映前六個月。

Six months later, you have your 「Half-Solar Return Chart」, and that affects the last half of your personal year. The nice thing about these return charts is if you don』t like them, you can change them. Like any horoscope, these return charts must be set up for a place as well as a time. You can』t change the time of your birthday or half-birthday, but you can choose where to be at that moment.

六個月後，你就可以作一個半太陽返照盤了，這個盤內的行星會影響你的下半年的生活，如果你對返照盤星體位置不滿，你是可以改變他們的位置的。地點和時間的都會對返照盤起作用，你的生日與半生日時間你是無法改變的，但是你可以決定那時你所處的地方。

When you travel, the chart wheel turns and the house positions of the planets change. More importantly, the aspects to the Angles of the horoscope change (the Ascendant and Mid-Heaven). The Angles are extremely important. They show the points where we make contact with the external world, how we begin things. They are where the horoscope rubber meets the road. And for return charts, Angles change when we travel.

當你旅行的時候，星盤與宮位就會改變，更重要的是與四角的相位就會改變，返照盤中四角是非常重要的，他們能反映你與外部世界的互動，預示著事情的發生。 原文還有一句形容四角重要的句子They are where the horoscope rubber meets the road.（^_^很形象啊，橡膠遇到道路那不就就開起來跑哈哈），對於返照盤來說當你旅行的時候四角的位置就會發生改變。

One of my favorite moves is to place Jupiter, planet of expansion and 「luck」 in the second house (money) and have it trine (120 degrees, a 「lucky」 angle) the Mid-Heaven (career). After all, if you』re going to improve career, you might as well get paid for it.

我最喜歡通過旅行讓我的木星（擴張、好運）落在第二宮（金錢），而且與中天（職業）成120度角（有利），如果你想讓你的事業得到提升你也可以這樣做。

Oh yes. One very important thing before we start. The Earth』s orbit wobbles around the Sun. Because of this Precession, the Sun takes a little longer each year to return to the place it occupied at your birth (yes, of course, it』s the Earth that』s moving around the Sun, but since we live on the Earth, horoscopes are set up geocentrically). We have to correct for this in order to get an accurate horoscope. So be sure the solar return charts you use are precession corrected. In practice, this means that the Sun』s position will be a little bit more than it was on your birth chart. And the change gets bigger every year. Eventually, because of this precession correction, everyone』s birthday comes out a day later.

當然，還有一件事情很重要，地球圍繞太陽的的軌道有點不穩定，所以太陽每年回到同一位置需要的時間要長一些，我們要修正這個時間。（是的地球是圍繞太陽轉，但是由於我們生活在地球上，所以星圖都是以地心制的）為了更為精確我們必須修正這個時間，所以最好確定你使用的太陽返照盤是經過運動修正的，實際上這個意味著太陽比在你出生圖上的太陽位置要過一點，而且這個差距每年都會變大，最後因為他的改變每個人的生日都會推後。

I have to tell you right at the start that this view is controversial among astrologers. I use the Tropical Zodiac, but precession correction is a technique from sidereal astrology. Isn』t this mixing apples and oranges? What can I say? It works. And since I have six planets in Earth signs, to me, that』s the bottom line. In December 1997, I gave a lecture at an NCGR conference comparing the corrected charts with the non-corrected ones. On several occasions, they gave similar results. However, whenever they gave different answers, the precession corrected return horoscope won hands down.

占星學家之間還有一個爭議，我用回歸黃道帶，但是運動修正的方法來自與恆星黃道帶。這不是把兩個不同的東西混在一起麼？說什麼好呢？但是他確實起作用，因為我有6顆行星落在土相星座，所以這就是為什麼。（真是霸道啊，竟然說自己星星位置好）1997年12月，我在一個NCGR會議演講時比較了兩種方法，經過運動修正的與不經過運動修正的，大多情況下得到相似的結果，但是當結果不同時，修正過的通常可以輕易勝出。

A Few Caveats

Three quarters of the Earth』s surface is water. Sometimes, the best place to be on your birthday or half-birthday turns out to be in the middle of the ocean. Or it might be some country that is in the midst of a civil war. What do you do in cases like that? You go to the second or third best place. You will still get some improvement and, six months later, you get another chance to travel and change things again.

Traveling on return charts does not automatically bring you everything you desire. If you want to sit in your room and have someone knock on your door to offer you a really great job, you』re asking for a miracle, not a boost. And you will have a really long wait. If you would like to have a fantastic relationship but, to put it mildly, you don』t take care of your personal hygiene, well potential lovers will come into your life all right. But they will leave after the first whiff.

一些告誡

四分之三的地球表面被水覆蓋，有時你計算出的最好位置正好在大海的中間，或者一些正在發生內亂的國家。這時候你可以到你的第二第三選擇位置去，運勢一樣可以得到不少提升，六個月以後你就有另外改變位置提升運氣的機會了。

就算你改變了位置，好運也不會自動的撞上你，如果你坐在家裡，等著人敲你家的們，然後給你一份好工作，那就可以稱的上是個奇跡了。如果你希望一段好姻緣，但是確連自己衛生狀況都無法保證的話，好姻緣就算來了，也會馬上離開你。

You can seldom improve more than one thing at a time. For instance, it will be either career or relationships. However, you could choose one now, and the other six months later.

一般來說你不能一次提升兩種運勢，所以你必須選擇一個，是事業還是愛情，當然現在你可以先選一個，6個月後再選擇一個。

Sometimes the planets happen to make a lot of stress aspects. No matter where you go, some area of your chart will have problems. In that case, travel to the place that』s the least bad. At least, with your knowledge of your return horoscope, you will know where the problems are and can take preventive steps in advance. Brace yourself and get through it. In six months you have another chance to travel and improve your life.

一些時候，一些行星會有一些不良相位，不管你移動到哪裡，生活中的一些方面都會受到影響，這種情況下你只能盡量降低不好的一面，再通過你對返照盤反映信息的分析，作出必要的預防，幫助你順利渡過難關。

Results depend on your initial situation. If you are a 90 year old high school dropout, a birthday trip cannot make you a nuclear physicist or an Olympic champion. When it comes to income and career, the best improvements seem to come when you are self-employed, are paid on commission, or are looking for a new job. If you work for civil service, on the other hand, your salary and position are set by law and contract. In a case like that, you don』t get the best benefits of birthday travel. Unless, of course, you are moonlighting on the side. The more flexible and open your position, the better the results.

當然一切還的取決與你的自身條件，如果你已經90歲高齡了，你就不要指望通過旅行把你的身體條件提高到奧運會水平，自己經營一個公司的人會比拿固定工資的職員相比，會更受到改變地點的影響，當然你有第二職業除外。

Case Histories

The best way to learn about return charts is to dive right in and do them. In most of the cases, I』ll give you the chart for the city of residence first. Then I』ll explain the reasons for being elsewhere.

最好的學習返照盤的方法就是立刻開始做，大多情況下，我會先給你做現在居住城市的星盤，然後我再給你解釋為什麼

The first example is My own solar return for 1981, the year I first traveled on my birthday. Notice that there is a T-square formed by the Sun and Moon (which co-rule the body) with Pluto, planet of extremes (including death). On top of that, this fell in Angular houses making the configuration stronger. Naturally, since I have the Moon in Cancer (sign of hysterics and hypochondriacs) I panicked. I figured if I could get that T-square in Cadent houses instead, it would be weakened. But that would also weaken the Sun and I didn』t want to risk health. What to do?

第一個例子就是1981年我自己的返照盤，那年是我第一次通過生日旅行改變運勢。那年我注意到我得返照盤上太陽月亮（身體）冥王星（極端的、死亡）形成一個準確的t三角，冥王為頂點，而且落在Angular宮，讓這個構形力量更強大。我的本命盤上月亮落在巨蟹（發瘋、憂鬱症）我非常恐慌，我想如果讓t三角落在Cadent宮會好一些，但是這會使太陽力量減弱，我也不想拿健康冒險，我該怎麼辦？

Then I remembered that elevating a planet would make it stronger. If the Sun were in the 9th house, it would be both Cadent and elevated. To do that, I would have to move the planets counterclockwise. That meant traveling at least 40 degrees west. Going to L.A. would do the trick. I went, stayed there for 36 hours (it was so smoggy, I didn』t leave the hotel) and came back. A day later, my phone started ringing off the hook with new clients. That was the year my income more than doubled and I became a full time astrologer.

我想起elevating（振奮提升？）一顆行星能讓它更強，如果太陽在第九宮，它就是既elevated又Cadent。為了做到這一點我必須反轉星盤，這意味這至少向西移動40度，最後我去了L.A.洛杉磯呆了36個小時，由於霧很大我甚至沒有出旅店就回來了，一天以後就有客戶找我算命了，那一年我收入翻番，而且做起了全職的占星師。

The funny thing was, I wasn』t even trying to increase my income. I just wanted to put those stress aspects in weaker houses. I took another look at the return horoscope. As you can see from the My 1981 solar return for L.A., Mars (action) is right on the Mid-Heaven (career). Jupiter and Saturn make trine aspects to Mars (aspects between planets don』t change with one』s location) and now, they trine the Mid-Heaven as well. When Jupiter and Saturn get together and hit something important in your horoscope, it increases the possibility of major life events.

讓人好笑的是我並沒有想過提高我的收入，我只是想讓那些不良相位的行星落入弱一點的宮位。回過頭去看看1981年洛杉磯的返照盤火星（行動）正好落在中天（職業）。木星土星都與火星呈120度（行星間的相位並不會因為地點改變而改變）現在他們都與中天成120度角了，當土木在一起的時候對你生活中的重要時間影響力是非常大的。

Mercury rules the house of money (Gemini is on the house cusp) and it sits in the sign Aquarius, where it happens to be very strong (「exalted」 is the term). Mercury also makes wide trines to Jupiter and Saturn. So money and career are both strengthened.

水星是第二宮的宮主星，它正好落在水平座（耀升），它也與土木成120度，所以錢與事業都得到增強。

Notice too, that Neptune, one of the rulers of astrology, is sitting in close conjunction to the financial axis, the line that runs from the 2nd house cusp to the 8th house cusp. The Moon and Pluto are also making favorable aspects. Almost no attention is given to aspects to house cusps (other than aspects to the Ascendant and Mid-Heaven). This is unfortunate because they do work.

天王星，占星學上具有統治力的行星，正好落於財經軸（第二宮第八宮連線上）月亮與冥王星也形成友好的相位，我開始沒有注意宮頭的相位不過他們確實起了作用。

The next example is the chart of a client who』s company was downsizing. They were going to get rid of her entire department. She wanted to travel to increase 「luck」 in her career area so that she could get a new job. I outdid myself with this one. In Client One, New York horoscope, Mars made a trine to the Mid-Heaven, but that wouldn』t do. Mars would just give her extra energy to use in her career.

下一個例子是我的一個客戶，她的公司正在縮小規模，她的部門可能完全被取消，她希望通過旅行改變事業上的運氣，讓她能找到一個新工作，這次比我的例子更成功，在她的紐約星宮圖上火星與中天呈120度角，但是這個沒用，這只能在事業上給她提供更多的力量。

When you absolutely, positively have to expand something beyond all bounds, turn to Jupiter (assuming that it is not afflicted). You can see the results in Client One (Newfoundland). Jupiter makes a trine to her Mid-Heaven from the 2nd house (money). She called me a few weeks after her birthday to tell me that they had fired everyone in her department. Except her. She even got her old supervisor』s office.

當你肯定要擺脫一切限制發展一些事情的時候，就得用到木星了（確定它沒有受到其他行星的折磨）她的紐新蘭星盤第二宮的木星與中天呈120度角，生日後的幾個星期她告訴我除了她，她部門所有的人都被解雇了，她的職位級別也沒有改變。

Another client came to me in tears because she was close to loosing a building she owned. She spent thousands for renovation and it was still half vacant. The bank was talking foreclosure. The next solar return set for New York was not good Client Two, New York. Gemini was the sign on the Mid-Heaven (career) and Sagittarius was on the Nadir (the bottom of the chart). The Nadir rules the home, but I find that it rules real estate matters in general. The planets that rule these signs (Mercury and Jupiter) were making a square (90 degrees, a stress aspect). Not good for a real estate business. It was time to turn the wheel.

一個客戶哭著來找我因為她就要失去她自己的房子了 ，她花費了很多錢改善房子的條件，但是還有大部分是閒置的；銀行也在催促她還貸款。她紐約的返照盤不好，中天（職業）落在雙子座，天底（家庭）落在射手座，天底掌管家庭的事情，但是我發現它還關係到產業的方面，掌管這些事物的行星水星和木星形成刑相位，不適宜這方面的事情。我們需要轉動星盤。

Jupiter was making trines to both Uranus and Neptune. If we could put 13 degrees of Taurus on the Mid-Heaven, there would be a grand trine and it would strongly improve career. That would be about 19 degrees difference from the New York Mid-Heaven. The Client Two (Des Moines, Iowa) horoscope shows the results. Not only is Jupiter trine the Mid-Heaven. It is also in the 2nd house (money) and Jupiter is the planet of 「luck.」 And it sits right on the financial axis.

木星和天王，冥王成120相位，如果我們能使土星轉動13度，構成一個大三角相位，這樣就能對職業構成有力的影響，大約是紐約的返照盤偏移19度，愛河華洲的得梅因星盤正好如此，不光是木星中天形成120相位，也由於吉星木星落在二宮金錢宮正好位於經濟軸上。

She called me 3 months later to say she couldn』t talk to me because she was too busy showing apartments (only a Sagittarius or a Gemini would do that!). Within 5 months, all of the apartments were rented. In the meantime, her bank sold the mortgage to another bank. The new mortgage holders lowered her interest by a point and they forgave over $2,000 in late fees that the first bank had charged her.

三個月後她打電話告訴我她幾乎沒有時間與我多聊，因為她每天都忙於帶人看房（僅僅是射手或雙子就能這樣！）五個月之內，所有得房間都出租出去了，在這段時間，那家催她還錢得銀行被另外一家銀行收購，新的銀行降低了她的貸款利率，還減免了她2000$。

Here』s another example of improving business and finances. The solar return in our next example did have Jupiter in the 2nd house (money). But, as you can see in the Client Three, New York chart, it was way at the end of the house. Besides that, there were no aspects to the Mid-Heaven, meaning little action in career. I sent him to Saint John』s Newfoundland as well. As you can see from the Client 3, Newfoundland horoscope, Jupiter makes an almost exact aspect to the Mid-Heaven. The closer the aspect is to exact, the greater the effect. When he came back for an update, he told me that there was a potential client whose business he had been trying to get for over two years but they couldn』t work anything out. While he was in Newfoundland on his birthday, she called to tell him that he got the deal. Oh yes. He also told me that his phone was 「ringing off the hook」 with new business for the next three months

這裡還有一個例子是改善企業財務狀況的。這個例子的返照木星也落在金錢宮，但是你可以看到客戶3紐約的盤，它落在宮尾，而且沒有與中天的相位，所以對職業的影響力是有限的。我建議他去紐新蘭，我們可以看到，在紐新蘭的返照盤上，木星和中天構成精確相位。相位越精確，所產生的作用就越大。當他回來以後，他告訴我他有個潛在的客戶在那邊，但是兩年都沒有談成，當他到紐新蘭的那段時間裡，他們在那裡達成了協議，當然後來他還告訴在那3個月以後他還做成了很多新生意。

I repeat, any area of your life can be strengthened, not just money and career. Another client asked me if there were someplace she could go on her coming half-birthday to improve her love life because 「it』s dead.」 Her half-solar for New York Client Four, (New York) had the sign of Sagittarius on the cusp (beginning) of the 5th house (romance) but Jupiter was in the previous house. That』s known as 12th house position and the matter in question tends to be weakened. Not only that, but her Mid-Heaven (career) was afflicted with five square aspects from those planets in her 6th house.

重複一點，不光金錢和職業，生活的各個方面都可以得到加。一個客戶問我能不能在他半生日的時候能去一個地方了改善一下她死水一樣的愛情生活。他的返照盤5宮宮頭（愛情宮）在射手座，但是木星在前一個宮。不光如此中天還受到第六宮的5個刑相位的折磨。

Squares to the Mid-Heaven can be dealt with by traveling 30 degrees in either direction. 30 degrees east of New York would have put her in Brazil. But then, Pluto would have moved to the bottom of the chart, opposing her Mid-Heaven. It』s generally not a good thing to have the planet of death affecting your career and home. 30 degrees west put her in Denver.

如果任意方向轉動30度就可以使刑相位消失，如果東移30度，就在巴西，但是冥王就落天底沖中天。冥王去影響事業和家庭實在不是件好事情啊！所以西移30度到了丹佛。

As you can see, Client Four (Denver) put Jupiter, planet of 「good luck」, expansion, and increase, in her 5th house (romance). On top of that, Jupiter made a trine aspect (120 degrees, a 「lucky」 influence) to her Ascendant. This too improves relationships. There were now 3 sextiles to her Mid-Heaven instead of 5 squares and that should have helped her career. But I forgot that the Mid-Heaven also rules your 「public image」 and Jupiter increases and expands whatever it touches.

我們可以看到，第四個客戶的丹佛返照盤上吉星木星（擴張、好運）落5宮（愛情）三合上升，而且，6宮的刑相位代之以3個6合相位，對事業產生好的推進。但是我忘記了中天也主宰著公眾形象，木星會對它能接觸到的星體產生作用。

「I have a boyfriend now, but these people are still calling me and writing me and bothering me」 she complained. Since I』m a Capricorn Sun Sign, I told her to make a list of their names and sell it to other women. She was not amused. A few weeks later, that episode of 「Rolanda」 was rebroadcast, and my client got even more calls and letters. For years afterwards, every time she came for an update, she would ask where she had to be to improve money and career. Romance was not mentioned. And that is why I say...

...Be careful what you wish for because you can get it!

「我有男朋友了，但是一些人還在不停的打電話寫信給我」她回來以後向我抱怨，由於我是個摩羯座的人，所以我告訴她，把那些男士的名字列一個名單，然後賣給另外一個不開心的女士，以後的日子裡，當她想改善自己運勢的時候，她會問我最合適的提升金錢與職務的地方。

One more word of caution. Always check Everything. Transits, progressions, solar arcs. And check them to midpoints as well. I had a client who didn』t want a complete reading, just her solar return chart. All she was interested in was where to be on her next birthday so she could get a better job. I forgot where I sent her. About two months after she got back, she was suddenly fired. Something was hitting in her transits. A few weeks later, she did get a better job, but the shock could have been avoided had she let me check everything. Be thorough and avoid nasty surprises.

提醒一下，經常檢查下你的行運 推運 太陽弧盤，最好再檢查他們的中點，我有個一個客戶不想做一個完整的檢查，因為她只關心她生日那天最好在哪裡，能讓她得到一份工作。我也忘了她去了哪裡，她回來後兩個月突然被解雇了，她受到了行運的影響，雖然2個星期後她又得到了一份更好的工作，如果讓我做一份完整的檢查，這樣讓人不爽的情況應該士可以避免的。