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
六
二期星
Fifth Month, Twenty-Sixth Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, May 26
Tuesday, May 26
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
十母
靈倉
Maternal Granary
Ten Spirits
靈倉
Maternal Granary
Ten Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中中
酉己丑
中中凶
戌午寅
吉中吉
亥未卯
凶吉吉
吉中吉
亥未卯
凶吉吉
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 In-Between
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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 In-Between
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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
祭開
祀渠
Opening Sluices
Venerating Ancestors
祭開
祀渠
Opening Sluices
Venerating Ancestors
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
九
壬
寅
金
九
壬
寅
金
室
收
收
Ninth Day (Fourth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renyin (39/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Pyre (13/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
捕
捉
結
綱
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靡
草
死
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土長
符星
土長
符星
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Appropriate Activities
Seizing and Capturing
Binding Nets
Waving Grasses Wither
(the twenty-third of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Seizing and Capturing
Binding Nets
Waving Grasses Wither
(the twenty-third of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Long Star
Earth Charm
Earth Charm
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
人 鬼
Person, Ghost
人 鬼
Person, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
爐 庫
Granary
Furnace, Storehouse
Furnace, Storehouse
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