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
七
五期星
Second Month, Twenty-Seventh Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, February 27
Friday, February 27
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天天
醫喜
醫喜
Heavenly Happiness
Heavenly Physician
Heavenly Physician
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶凶中
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉吉
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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
成開
服倉
Opening Granaries
Completing Clothing
成開
服倉
Opening Granaries
Completing Clothing
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
九
甲
戌
火
九
甲
戌
火
牛
成
成
Ninth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiaxu (11/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Ox (9/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Completion (9/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
開祭
市祀
交會
易友
補出
垣行
塞裁
穴衣
火
星
重犬
喪口
開祭
市祀
交會
易友
補出
垣行
塞裁
穴衣
火
星
重犬
喪口
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Cutting-out Clothing
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Patching Embankments
Plugging Caves
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Cutting-out Clothing
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Patching Embankments
Plugging Caves
Fire Star
Baleful Astral Influences
Dog Mouth
Repeat Mourning
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
人 水
Person, Water
(right to left)
人 水
Person, Water
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
門
栖 碓
Gate
Perch, Pestle
Perch, Pestle
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