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
三
二期星
Sixth Month, Twenty-Third Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, June 23
Tuesday, June 23
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
陽歲
德德
Generational Virtue
Yang Virtue
德德
Generational Virtue
Yang Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中凶
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
凶吉吉
亥未卯
中吉中
凶吉吉
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 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
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 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
動結
土網
Binding Nets
Moving Soil
動結
土網
Binding Nets
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
八
庚
午
土
室
八
庚
午
土
室
建
Eighth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Eighth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengwu (7/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Room (13/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish (1/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
修
飾
垣
牆
土月
符厭
俱月
將刑
飾
垣
牆
土月
符厭
俱月
將刑
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Appropriate Activities
Repairing and Adorning Embankments and Walls
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Repairing and Adorning Embankments and Walls
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Repression
Lunar Punishment
Earth Charm
Everything General
Lunar Punishment
Earth Charm
Everything General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
人 天
Person, Heaven
人 天
Person, Heaven
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Section Eight
磨 碓
Divination
Mortar, Pestle
Mortar, Pestle
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