Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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6/28....................................................................................................................6/21
6/28....................................................................................................................6/21
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.
廿
一
日期星
Sixth Month, Twenty-First Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, June 21
Sunday, June 21
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
生時
氣德
Temporal Virtue
Engendered Vapor
氣德
Temporal Virtue
Engendered Vapor
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中凶
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
凶中凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
凶中凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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
置買
產田
Buying Land
Setting-up Production
置買
產田
Buying Land
Setting-up Production
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
六
戊
辰
木
虛
六
戊
辰
木
虛
開
Sixth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Sixth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: wuchen (5/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Void (11/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Open (11/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
祭
祀
掃
舍
諸日
事值
不四
宜離
四
離
五密
虛日
祀
掃
舍
諸日
事值
不四
宜離
四
離
五密
虛日
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
The day follows the Four Separations;
All other activities are to be avoided.
All other activities are to be avoided.
Baleful Astral Influences
Mysterious Days
Five Voids
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫
Bifurcation
丫
Bifurcation
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Section Eight
栖 牀
Edifice
Perch, Bed
Perch, Bed
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