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
八
四期星
Sixth Month, Eighteenth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, June 18
Thursday, June 18
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合歲
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中凶
酉己丑
吉凶凶
戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
中凶吉
中中吉
亥未卯
中凶吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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
時栽
插種
Planting and Cultivating
Timely Injections
時栽
插種
Planting and Cultivating
Timely Injections
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
三
乙
丑
斗
三
乙
丑
斗
危
Third Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Third Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yichou(2/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Dipper (8/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
拆
卸
掃
舍
債歲
不破
月上
煞兀
卸
掃
舍
債歲
不破
月上
煞兀
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Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Rooms
Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
Upper Amputee
Debt Not
Lunar Balefulness
Upper Amputee
Debt Not
Lunar Balefulness
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 人
White, Person
白 人
White, Person
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Section Eight
廚 磨
Pestle
Kitchen, Mortar
Kitchen, Mortar
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