Connection也是一个常见的英语单字,按英国剑桥大学辞典,这个字的意思为The state of being related to someone or something else(与某人或某事产生关联的状态),或The act of joining or being joined to something else, or the part or process that makes this possible(参与或被某事参与的行为与过程)。
Then, look also at the connection of the Moon and her flowing away: for if he is emancipated in the hour when the Moon is flowing away from the fortunes and connecting with the infortunes, then the state of bondage in which that slave is, is better for the slave then the emancipation he would come to. And if it was the contrary of what I mentioned, then it is the contrary of that: I mean, if you found the Moon flowing away from the infortunes and connecting with the fortunes, then it is good for that slave, for he will be rescued from the evil and trouble, and he will meet with the good and delight.
另外,在另一本《选择与开始》(Choices and Inceptions),古代名家金迪(Al-Kindi)提到了月亮与各行星连结时适合的择时主题,例如月亮若与木星连结时,可做以下活动:
Should the Moon and Jupiter stand in a connection in any respect, it is favorable for all business and requirements, above all for meetings with nobles, judges, scholars, astrologers, and striving for necessities available through them, delegating the affairs of the sultan and of what is necessary for these. This placement is favorable for travel, for transfers, taking and giving, selling and buying, loaning, unwavering desire, bloodletting, the drinking of remedies and medicines for illnesses, desiring that a command be fulfilled, sailing by ship, learning the religious sciences, and entering the land that is aimed for.