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.
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廿
三
一期星
Third Month, Twenty-Third Day
Astral Period One
Sunday, March 22
Sunday, March 22
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
金六
堂合
Six Linkages
Golden Hall
堂合
Six Linkages
Golden Hall
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶中
酉己丑
凶中凶
戌午寅
中吉凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
中吉凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
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 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
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
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
四
戊
戌
木
四
戊
戌
木
心
危
危
Fourth Day (Second Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: wuxu (35/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Heart-Mind (5/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
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春
社
宜
社
宜
動訂
土婚
安納
牀采
作交
灶易
長
星
陰月
將煞
土婚
安納
牀采
作交
灶易
長
星
陰月
將煞
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Spring Gathering
(An ancient festival of social communion, dating back more than three millennia)
Appropriate Activities
Spring Gathering
(An ancient festival of social communion, dating back more than three millennia)
Appropriate Activities
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Trade and Commerce
Moving Soil
Positioning Beds
Stove Work
Long Star
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Balefulness
Yin General
Yin General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫
Bifurcation
丫
Bifurcation
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
房
栖 牀
Edifice
Perch, Bed
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