Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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5/9.....................................................................................................................5/2
5/9.....................................................................................................................5/2
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.
五
日
二期星
Fourth Month, Fifth Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, May 5
Tuesday, May 5
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
五歲
富馬
富馬
Generational Horse
Five Abundances
Five Abundances
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中中
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
凶吉吉
亥未卯
吉吉中
凶吉吉
亥未卯
吉吉中
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
遠合
行醬
Mixing Sauces
遠合
行醬
Mixing Sauces
Distant Journeys
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
七
辛
巳
金
七
辛
巳
金
嘴
除
除
Seventeenth Day (Third Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: xinsi (18/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Beak of the Turtle (20/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Discard (2/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
理
髮
掃
舍
餘日
事值
不四
注絕
四
絕
重上
日兀
餘日
事值
不四
注絕
四
絕
重上
日兀
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Appropriate Activities
Patterning Hair
Appropriate Activities
Patterning Hair
Sweeping Rooms
The day is overseen by the Four Separations;
All other activities are to be avoided.
Four Separations
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Doubled Days
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 人
White, Person
白 人
White, Person
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
牀 灶
Kitchen
Bed, Stove
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