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.
二
十
六期星
Sixth Month, Twentieth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, June 20
Saturday, June 20
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天歲
貴祿
Generational Emolument
Heavenly Nobility
貴祿
Generational Emolument
Heavenly Nobility
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中凶
酉己丑
凶中凶
戌午寅
中吉吉
亥未卯
吉吉凶
中吉吉
亥未卯
吉吉凶
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
穿理
井髮
Patterning Hair
Boring Wells
穿理
井髮
Patterning Hair
Boring Wells
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
五
丁
卯
火
女
五
丁
卯
火
女
收
Fifth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Fifth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: dingmao (4/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Ox (10/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
節
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宜
祭
祀
楊兔
忌口
重下
喪兀
祀
楊兔
忌口
重下
喪兀
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Summer Festival
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Summer Festival
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Baleful Astral Influences
Rabbit Mouth
Lower Amputee
Poplar Taboo
Repeat Mourning
Lower Amputee
Poplar Taboo
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
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Section Eight
庫 倉
Gate
Storehouse, Granary
Storehouse, Granary
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