Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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5/17.....................................................................................................................5/10
5/17.....................................................................................................................5/10
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.
十
一
一期星
Fourth Month, Eleventh Day
Astral Period One
Monday, May 11
Monday, May 11
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
三歲
合支
合支
Generational Branch
Three Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中中
酉己丑
吉凶凶
戌午寅
吉吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉凶
吉吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉凶
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
嫁理
婚髮
Patterning Hair
嫁理
婚髮
Patterning Hair
Marriage Alliances
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
三
丁
亥
土
三
丁
亥
土
張
破
破
Twenty-Third Day (Third Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: dinghai (24/60)
Phase (element): Soil
Constellation: Drawn Bow (26/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Destroy (7/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
破
屋
壊
垣
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蚯
蚓
出
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重月
日破
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重月
日破
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Appropriate Activities
Destroying Rooms
Appropriate Activities
Destroying Rooms
Smashing Embankments
Worms Come Forth
(the twentieth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
(the twentieth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Destruction
Doubled Days
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 神
White, Spirit
白 神
White, Spirit
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
牀 庫
Granary
Bed, Storehouse
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