Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦ From right to left: ⇦⇦⇦⇦⇦
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
六
六期星
Fourth Month, Sixteenth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, May 16
Saturday, May 16
————————————————
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
福時
日德
日德
Timely Virtue
Fortunate Days
Fortunate Days
—————————————————
Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中中
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
凶中吉
亥未卯
凶中吉
凶中吉
亥未卯
凶中吉
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
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 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
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 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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.
—————————————————
—————————————————
Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
除開
服渠
Opening Sluices
Discarding Clothing
除開
服渠
Opening Sluices
Discarding Clothing
—————————————————
Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
八
壬
辰
水
八
壬
辰
水
氐
閉
閉
Twenty-Eighth Day (Third Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renchen (29/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Foundation (3/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)
—————————————————
Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
田
獵
結
綱
————
王
瓜
生
————
復火
喪星
復火
喪星
————
Appropriate Activities
Field Venery
Binding Nets
Appropriate Activities
Field Venery
Binding Nets
Cucurbit Flourishes
(the twenty-first of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
(the twenty-first of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Fire Star
Repeat Mourning
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 水
White, Water
白 水
White, Water
————
Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
栖 庫
倉
栖 庫
Granary
Perch, Storehouse
Perch, Storehouse
No comments:
Post a Comment