Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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3/1.................................................................................................................2/22
3/1.................................................................................................................2/22
As time goes on, I will link all of the sections to lengthy background essays. This will take a while. In the meantime, take a look, read the introduction, and think about all of the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar.
(top to bottom; right to left
廿
五
三期星
Second Month, Twenty-Fifth Day
Astral Period Three
Wednesday, February 25
Wednesday, February 25
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合天
日德
日德
Heavenly Virtue
Linked Days
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶吉吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
中中凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
中中凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
The hours above are for Hong Kong. It is up to you if you want to recalibrate or to assume that the cyclicality of the calendar "covers" the rest of the world. This is a greater interpretive challenge than you might think.
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Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
安開
牀渠
Opening Sluices
Positioning Beds
安開
牀渠
Opening Sluices
Positioning Beds
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
七
壬
申
金
七
壬
申
金
箕
破
破
Seventh Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renshen (9/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Winnowing Basket (7/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Destroy (7/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
破
屋
壞
垣
月上
破兀
長水
星痕
破
屋
壞
垣
月上
破兀
長水
星痕
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Destroying Rooms
Smashing Embankments
Smashing Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Water Scar
Lunar Destruction
Long Star
Water Scar
Lunar Destruction
Long Star
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
白 鬼
White, Ghost
(right to left)
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
爐 庫
爐 庫
Granary
Furnace, Storehouse
Furnace, Storehouse
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