Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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4/1...................................................................................................................3/25
4/1...................................................................................................................3/25
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
五
三期星
Third Month, Twenty-Fifth Day
Astral Period Three
Tuesday, March 25
Tuesday, March 25
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
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陽歲
德德
Generational Virtue
Yang Virtue
德德
Generational Virtue
Yang Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
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申辰子
吉中凶
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
凶凶中
亥未卯
中吉中
凶凶中
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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
問結
卜綱
Binding Nets
Divinatory Questioning
問結
卜綱
Binding Nets
Divinatory Questioning
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
六
庚
子
土
六
庚
子
土
箕
收
收
Sixth Day (Second Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengzi (37/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Winnowing Basket (7/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
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宜
嫁
娶
理
髮
交
易
捕
捉
班上
煞兀
咸火
池星
娶
理
髮
交
易
捕
捉
班上
煞兀
咸火
池星
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Appropriate Activities
Appropriate Activities
Marriage Alliances
Patterning Hair
Trade and Commerce
Seizing and Capturing
Patterning Hair
Trade and Commerce
Seizing and Capturing
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Fire Star
Classified Balefulness
Widespread Pond
Fire Star
Classified Balefulness
Widespread Pond
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 天
Bifurcation, Heaven
丫 天
Bifurcation, Heaven
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
磨 碓
Divination
Mortar, Pestle
Mortar, Pestle
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