The 4thhouse is traditionally associated with roots, home, and family background.There is a certain amount of controversy about whether this house representsthe experience of father or mother. I do not wish to deal here with thiscontroversy; it is covered sufficiently elsewhere, and the interpretation whichfollows reflects my own view, that the 4th house is the domain ofthe father, both personal and, perhaps more importantly, archetypal. Father,when viewed through the lens of myth, embodies the realm of the spirit, theinvisible progenitor who rules in heaven and continues to look after hischildren even when they are unaware of it. This spiritual father is a repeatingmotif in the legends and myths of every culture; he mates with mortal women andbreeds a race of heroes who enact the divine will on Earth. His invisibility,and the conferring of a sense of destiny onhis offspring, combine to make the domain of the 4th house one ofmystery, where something hidden must be sought. Thearchetypal father provides the eternal spark of divine life which animates thatbody from within. In a particular individual’s life, this experience of aspiritual rather than a corporeal source might be linked more with the mother,if exceptional circumstances occur in infancy. But ordinarily we experience anintimate bodily relationship with the mother because of being born from herbody, while the father’s physical distance confers a quality of unknowabilityon him. It is this unknowability which is reflected in the archetypal image ofthe hidden progenitor who embodies the ultimate meaning of one’s life journey.
第四宫在传统意义上与根源、家庭和家族背景有关。但对于第四宫是代表父亲的经历还是母亲的经历存在一些争议。在这里我不想讨论这个问题，因为别处已经有了充分的探讨。接下来要说的是我自己的观点，第四宫代表了父亲——个人的或更重要的原型的领域。从神话的角度来看，父亲是精神的领域，他是一位统治天堂的隐形祖先，即使孩子们不知道他的存在，他也会继续照顾。这个精神上的父亲是每种文化的神话和传说中都反复出现的主题。他与世间的女人结合，孕育了一群英雄，他们在世上执行神的旨意。他的隐形与赋予他的后代的使命感，使第四宫成为神秘的领域之一，我们必须在那里寻找出隐藏的东西。这个父亲的原型提供了美妙生活的永恒花火，从内在激活了我们的身体。在个体特定的生命中，这种精神的而非物质资源的体验也许更多来源于母亲，除非在婴儿时期出现了异常情况。但通常我们体验到的与母亲亲密的身体关系是因为我们从她的身体中出生，而与父亲的身体距离赋予了他一种未知的特质。正是这种未知反映了隐藏的祖先的原型形象，体现了生命之旅的最终意义。The sense of a“me-in-here” provided by the IC and 4th house lends an inner unityto all thoughts, feelings, perceptions and actions. In the same way that we arebiologically self-maintaining and self-regulating, the IC and 4thhouse serve to maintain the individual characteristics of the self in a stableform.
IC（天底）和第四宫提供的“我在这里”的意识给所有的思想、感觉、感知和行动带来了内在的统一。就像在生物学上的自我维护和自我调节一样，IC和第四宫以稳定的形式维持自我的个体特征。When Neptune is placedin the 4th house, the place of redemption is the realm of thespiritual source, embodied in the personal father. Because we project thefigure of the redeemer, who both suffers and heals, into whatever house Neptunetenants, this victim-savior will permeate the experience of the father andcolour the individual’s emotional attitude toward him. Reality seems toconspire with this projection, as it usually does with parental significatorsin the birth chart; for often in one’s childhood the father is physicallyabsent through separation, divorce, or death, or has suffered inordinately, oris emotionally or physically ill. Thus he may provide an excellent hook onwhich to hang the projection, and the closer Neptune is to the IC, the moreobvious this hook seems to be. Often the father will himself be strongly Neptunian,with a birth chart emphasis in Pisces or the 12th house, or Neptunedominant through conjuncting an angle or aspecting the Sun or Moon. Theelusive, inaccessible qualities of Neptune, perceived in the parent, seem tomirror back to the individual the lost magic of the Paradise Garden—even ifthese feelings are unconscious.
当海王星在第四宫，救赎之地亦是精神之域，体现在了个体的父亲身上。因为我们会将同时在受苦和救治的救赎者形象投射到海王星所在的任何宫位，这个受害者兼拯救者将渗透在父亲的经历中并且影响到个体对父亲的情感态度。现实似乎契合了这一论断，就像出生图中代表父母的符号相契合一样。通常在个体的童年时期，父亲因为分居、离婚、死亡或者遭受了异常的痛苦而导致现实层面的缺席或是情感、身体上的病态。因此他可能提供了与投射非常紧密的关联，并且当海王星越接近IC，这个关联性就越明显。通常这位父亲就是非常强大的海王星人，也许他的出生星图上有突出的双鱼座或者第十二宫，或者海王星与太阳或月亮形成一定的角度或相位而被凸显。从父母身上察觉到的这些难以解释的海王星的特质，就如镜子一般将天堂里消失的魔法反射回个体身上——即使这感觉是无意识的。Idealisation plays alarge part in these feelings. Compassion for the victim, and yearning for thehealing touch of the redeemer, are often powerful components in the emotionalbond with the father, who may well have possessed unusual imaginative gifts—evenif they were not acknowledged or expressed. There is often a great sadnessaround the experience of the father, because he seeded unavailable oruncommunicative. If one does not acknowledge these complex feelings, there maybe a conscious attitude of anger or disinterest. But the quest for a lostspiritual home in the form of a father-surrogate—often a guru or spiritualteacher—can become a major motivation in the individual’s life, without andrecognition of the role the personal father plays in the longing. This does notmean that the pursuit of a more transcendent reality is merely sublimated love forthe father. But if the beloved spiritual father is sought in surrogate forms,the Neptunian disillusionment will generally ensue. A woman with Neptune in the4th may seek the father-redeemer in the form of married or otherwiseunavailable men, wondering why such a pattern occurs in her life, and failingto recognize her deeper feelings for a father whom, on a conscious level, sheprofesses to dislike or despise. A man with Neptune in the 4th maytry to compensate, through a show of strength and rationality, for what heexperienced as a weak and disappointing father. Then he may wonder why he feelslost and depressed despite his external achievements, failing to recognize his longingfor a father whom he believes let him down. Neptune’s idealization is filledwith poignant yearning. When any person with Neptune in the 4thdismisses the father as unimportant, unlovable, or uninteresting, there aregenerally much deeper issues at work beneath.
理想化在这些感觉中扮演了重要角色。对受害者的同情和渴望救赎者的治愈之抚，通常是与父亲在情感联结上的强有力的部分，而父亲可能拥有不同寻常的想象力——即使他不承认或者不表达。通常父亲的经历会伴随巨大的伤痛，因为他不愿意交谈或寡言少语。如果一个人意识不到这些复杂的感受，就会有意识地生气或者冷漠。但是寻求一个失落的代父形式的精神家园——通常是一个大师或者精神导师——能成为个体生活的主要动力，但没有认识到父亲在自己的渴望中扮演的角色。这并不意味着对超然的现实的追求仅仅是升华了对父亲的爱。但如果发现了深爱的灵性之父的替代形式，那么海王星的幻灭将随之而来。一个第四宫有海王星的女性也许会寻找替代婚姻或者其他无法得到的男性的救赎之父，她会想知道为何这样的模式会出现在她的生活之中，并且没有认识到自己在意识层面上对父亲厌恶或鄙视的深度情感。第四宫有海王星的男性也许会通过展现他的力量和理性去弥补作为一个软弱和失望的父亲所经历的一切。他会想为何他取得了外部的成就依旧会感到失落和沮丧，而没有认识到他对一个让他失望的父亲的渴望。海王星的理想化充满了辛酸的向往。任何一个有海王星第四宫的人认为父亲不重要、不被喜欢或者很无趣而将父亲摒弃时，通常要面对更深层次的隐藏功课。A sense ofrootlessness may plague those with Neptune in the 4th No physical abodeis home; no village, city or country is the place where one truly belongs. Thisstate of divine discontent may produce a wanderer who travels everywhere butsettles nowhere. Dreams of finding, or creating, a perfect environment maybecome a major life goal. It is useful to consider the 4th houseNeptune in the chart of Rajneesh (see chapter 7) in this context. Yet althoughthe Neptunian longing for a realm which does not exist on earth may be painful,it can also allow the individual to avoid those rigid and clannishidentifications with neighbourhood and nation which breed so much prejudice andintolerance. Most importantly, it can open the doors to a sense of connectionwith all life, regardless of the obligations of family, nation, or race. Thesadness of Neptune’s homelessness can, to a great extent, be mitigated by alunar experience of closeness with others, especially those not bound by blood.Idealisation of the father may be expressed as idealization of family life,which often turns out to be disappointing. The greater one’s expectations ofthe family as source of redemption, the more painful the disillusionment onemay have to face. One may need to find a family of another kind, born offriendship and emotional affinity, where one can experience the reality ofordinary human support and affection. Although the real home may be over the hillsand far away, the home of everyday companionship may, for Neptune in the 4th,be fulfilling enough to render this world a satisfying place.
没有根源的感觉也许会困扰海王星在第四宫的人。现实中的住所都不是家，没有任何一个村庄、城市或者国家是他们真正的归属地。这个超然的不知足的状态也许会产生一个到处旅游却不在任何地方停驻的流浪者。去寻找或创造一个完美环境的梦想也许会成为一生的追求。在此思考一下Rajneesh出生星图上第四宫的海王星会很有用。也许尽管海王星渴求一个并不存在于地球上的场所是痛苦的，但它可以让个体去回避那些因许多偏见和狭隘而产生的对邻居或邻国的僵化的、排他的思想。最重要的是，它打开了一扇连接生活感知的大门，不用去考虑家庭、国家或者种族的责任。海王星无家可归的悲伤在很大程度上，能从月亮与他人的亲密体验中得到减缓，特别是那些没有血缘关系的人。对父亲的理想化也许可以阐述为对家庭生活的理想化，而结果往往是失望的。个体越是把对家庭的期望作为救赎的来源，在面对失望的那天就越痛苦。也许需要寻找到另种类型的家庭——拥有友情与亲情——在那里可以体验到寻常的支持和喜爱。尽管真实的家庭可能会距此很遥远，但对于海王星在第四宫来说，每日家中的情谊足够让这个世界成为一个令人满意的地方。（完结）
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