Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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6/15..............................................................................................................6/7
6/15..............................................................................................................6/7
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
六期星
Sixth Month, Thirteenth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, June 13
Saturday, June 13
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
相歲
日德
Generational Virtue
Facing Days
日德
Generational Virtue
Facing Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉凶
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
凶吉凶
亥未卯
中吉中
凶吉凶
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
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
安結
牀網
Binding Nets
安結
牀網
Binding Nets
Positioning Beds
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
六
庚
申
木
六
庚
申
木
氐
滿
滿
Twenty-Sixth Day (Fourth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengshen (57/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Foundation (3/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Fullness (3/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
開祭
市祀
動出
土行
上理
樑髮
安移
葬徙
五
虛
陰大
將亡空
市祀
動出
土行
上理
樑髮
安移
葬徙
五
虛
陰大
將亡空
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Going Out (and about)
Patterning Hair
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Positioning Beds
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Going Out (and about)
Patterning Hair
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Positioning Beds
Five Voids
Baleful Astral Influences
Great Loss-Void
Yin General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 地
Bifurcation, Earth
丫 地
Bifurcation, Earth
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Section Eight
爐 廚
Pestle
Furnace, Kitchen
Furnace, Kitchen
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