Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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3/19.................................................................................................................3/11
3/19.................................................................................................................3/11
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.
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十
四
六期星
Third Month, Fourteenth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, March 14
Saturday, March 14
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合月
日德
Lunar Virtue
日德
Lunar Virtue
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中吉
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
凶凶吉
中中吉
亥未卯
凶凶吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
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
伐補
木垣
Patching Embankments
伐補
木垣
Patching Embankments
Felling Timber
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
四
己
丑
火
四
己
丑
火
柳
開
開
Twenty-Fourth Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jichou (26/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Willow (24/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Open (11/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
醫
病
拆
卸
寡月
宿破
五無
虛祿
寡月
宿破
五無
虛祿
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Physician Visits
Unhitching and Unloading
Unhitching and Unloading
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
Without Emolument
Widowed Hostel
Five Voids
Without Emolument
Widowed Hostel
Five Voids
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 林
White, Copse
白 林
White, Copse
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
厠 門
Divination
Toilet, Gate
Toilet, Gate
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