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
七
三期星
Sixth Month, Seventeenth Day
Astral Period Three
Wednesday, June 17
Wednesday, June 17
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
德歲
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉凶
酉己丑
中中凶
戌午寅
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉中
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
出開
財倉
Opening Granaries
Capital Outflow
出開
財倉
Opening Granaries
Capital Outflow
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
二
甲
子
金
二
甲
子
金
箕
破
破
Second Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiazi (1/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Winnowing Basket (7/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Destroy (7/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
求
醫
治
病
破
屋
壞
垣
大月
耗破
火大
星亡空
醫
治
病
破
屋
壞
垣
大月
耗破
火大
星亡空
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Appropriate Activities
Seeking Physicians
Treating Illness
Destroying Rooms
Smashing Embankments
Appropriate Activities
Seeking Physicians
Treating Illness
Destroying Rooms
Smashing Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Destruction
Great Loss-Void
Great Squander
Fire Star
Great Loss-Void
Great Squander
Fire Star
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 鬼
White, Ghost
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
碓 門
Divination
Pestle, Gate
Pestle, Gate
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