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
九
五期星
Fifth Month, Twenty-Ninth Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, May 29
Friday, May 29
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
德歲
合月
Generational Lunarity
Virtuous Days
合月
Generational Lunarity
Virtuous Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中吉
酉己丑
吉凶凶
戌午寅
吉中中
亥未卯
凶中中
吉中中
亥未卯
凶中中
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
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
遠栽
行種
Planting and Cultivating
Distant Journeys
遠栽
行種
Planting and Cultivating
Distant Journeys
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
二
乙
巳
火
二
乙
巳
火
婁
建
建
Twelfth Day (Fourth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yisi (42/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Tower (16/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish (1/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
移祭
徙祀
醫會
病友
上嫁
樑娶
納納
畜采
水
痕
土下
府兀
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Meeting Friends
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Meeting Friends
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Residences
Physician Treatments
Raising Beams
Livestock Payments
Water Scar
Baleful Astral Influences
Lower Amputee
Earth Palace
Earth Palace
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 州
White, Landmass
白 州
White, Landmass
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓牀 磨
Pestle
Bed, Mortar
Bed, Mortar
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