Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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6/20......................................................6/16.......................Monthly Information
6/20......................................................6/16.......................Monthly Information
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
五月
二期星
Sixth Month, Sixteenth Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, June 16
Tuesday, June 16
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
三歲
合支
Generational Branch
Three Linkage
合支
Generational Branch
Three Linkage
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中吉凶
酉己丑
中凶凶
戌午寅
吉吉吉
亥未卯
吉凶吉
吉吉吉
亥未卯
吉凶吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
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
嫁詞
娶訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Marriage Alliances
嫁詞
娶訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Marriage Alliances
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
除
一
癸
亥
水
一
癸
亥
水
尾
執
執
First Day Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guihai (60/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Tail (6/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Grasp (6/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
沐
浴
捕
捉
結
網
————
反
舌
無
聲
————
重水
日痕
浴
捕
捉
結
網
————
反
舌
無
聲
————
重水
日痕
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Appropriate Activities
Bubbling and Bathing
Seizing and Capturing
Binding Nets
Appropriate Activities
Bubbling and Bathing
Seizing and Capturing
Binding Nets
Mockingbird Loses Voice
(the twenty-seventh of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Water Scar
Doubled Days
Doubled Days
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 山
White, Mountain
白 山
White, Mountain
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占
牀 房
Divination
Bed, Edifice
Bed, Edifice
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