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
三
三期星
Fourth Month, Thirteenth Day
Astral Period Three
Wednesday, May 13
Wednesday, May 13
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
月天
恩喜
恩喜
Heavenly Happiness
Lunar Kindness
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
中中凶
亥未卯
凶凶吉
中中凶
亥未卯
凶凶吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
遠移
回徙
Moving Households
遠移
回徙
Moving Households
Distant Returns
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
五
己
丑
火
五
己
丑
火
軫
成
成
Twenty-Fifth Day (Third Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jichou (26/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Running Board (28/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Completion (9/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
祭
祀
掃
舍
厭歲
對破
歸牛
忌口
祀
掃
舍
厭歲
對破
歸牛
忌口
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
Ox Mouth
Mutual Repression
Return Taboo
Ox Mouth
Mutual Repression
Return Taboo
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 山
Bifurcation, Mountain
丫 山
Bifurcation, Mountain
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占 厠 門
Divination
Toilet, Gate
Toilet, Gate
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