Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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3/10.................................................................................................................3/2
3/10.................................................................................................................3/2
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
二
日
一期星
Third Month, Second Day
Astral Period One
Monday, March 2
Monday, March 2
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
不天
將德
將德
Heavenly Virtue
Not General
Not General
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
中吉中
亥未卯
吉凶凶
中吉中
亥未卯
吉凶凶
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
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
動理
土髮
Patterning Hair
Moving Soil
動理
土髮
Patterning Hair
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
二
丁
丑
水
二
丁
丑
水
危
閉
閉
Twelfth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: dingchou (14/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Danger (12/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
拆
卸
掃
舍
血歲
忌破
土水
符痕
拆
卸
掃
舍
血歲
忌破
土水
符痕
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
Water Scar
Blood Taboo
Earth Charm
Water Scar
Blood Taboo
Earth Charm
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
白
White
(right to left)
白
White
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
磨 庫
磨 庫
Granary
Mortar, Storehouse
Mortar, Storehouse
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