Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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5/29..............................................................................................................5/22
5/29..............................................................................................................5/22
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.
廿
五
一期星
Fifth Month, Twenty-Fifth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, May 25
Monday, May 25
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天天
喜德
Heavenly Virtue
Heavenly Happiness
喜德
Heavenly Virtue
Heavenly Happiness
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中中
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
中吉吉
亥未卯
凶凶吉
中吉吉
亥未卯
凶凶吉
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 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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
造合
酒醬
Mixing Sauces
Making Liquor
造合
酒醬
Mixing Sauces
Making Liquor
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
八
辛
丑
土
八
辛
丑
土
危
成
成
Eighth Day (Fourth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: xinchou (38/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Danger (12/28)
"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
四歲
撃破
歸火
忌星
撃破
歸火
忌星
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
Fire Star
Four Fisticuffs
Return Taboo
Fire Star
Four Fisticuffs
Return Taboo
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
人 山
Person, Mountain
人 山
Person, Mountain
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
厠 灶
厠 灶
Kitchen
Toilet, Stove
Toilet, Stove
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