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
十
日
二期星
Third Month, Tenth Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, March 10
Tuesday, March 10
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合歲
日德
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉吉
酉己丑
凶凶凶
戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
中中凶
中中吉
亥未卯
中中凶
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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
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忌
除栽
服種
Planting and Cultivating
除栽
服種
Planting and Cultivating
Discarding Clothing
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
二
十
乙
酉
水
十
乙
酉
水
觜
破
破
Twentieth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yiyou (22/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Beak of the Turtle (20/28)
"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
灾月
煞破
重五
喪虛
屋
壞
垣
灾月
煞破
重五
喪虛
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Destroying Rooms
Smashing Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Destruction
Five Voids
Disastrous Balefulness
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
人 州
Person, Landmass
(right to left)
人 州
Person, Landmass
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓
門 磨
門 磨
Pestle
Gate, Mortar
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