Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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3/24.................................................3/20.....................Monthly Information
3/24.................................................3/20.....................Monthly Information
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
二
日期星
Third Month, Twenty-Second Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, March 22
Sunday, March 22
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
除月
靈恩
Lunar Kindness
Discarding Spirits
靈恩
Lunar Kindness
Discarding Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中中
酉己丑
凶中凶
戌午寅
中吉中
亥未卯
吉吉凶
中吉中
亥未卯
吉吉凶
23:00-01:00 In-Between
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 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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
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忌
整理
甲髮
Patterning Hair
Trimming Nails
整理
甲髮
Patterning Hair
Trimming Nails
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
三
丁
卯
火
三
丁
卯
火
房
破
破
Third Day (Second Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: dingyou (34/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Edifice (4/28)
"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
反月
支破
月債
厭不
屋
壞
垣
反月
支破
月債
厭不
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Destroying Rooms
Smashing Embankments
Smashing Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Destruction
Debt Not
Return Branch
Lunar Repression
Debt Not
Return Branch
Lunar Repression
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 州
White, Landmass
白 州
White, Landmass
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
門
庫 倉
Gate
Storehouse, Stove
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