Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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7/6..................................................................................................................6/29
7/6..................................................................................................................6/29
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
日
四期星
Seventh Month, Second Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, July 2
Thursday, July 2
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
進歲
神祿
Generational Emolument
Entering Spirits
神祿
Generational Emolument
Entering Spirits
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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
凶吉吉
中吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉吉
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 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 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 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 Inauspicious
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
開穿
渠井
Boring Wells
Opening Sluices
開穿
渠井
Boring Wells
Opening Sluices
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
六
己
卯
土
井
收
六
己
卯
土
井
收
Seventeenth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jimao (16/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Well (22/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
納
財
捕
捉
田
獵
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半
夏
生
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班兔
煞口
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班兔
煞口
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Appropriate Activities
Cash Payments
Seizing and Apprehending
Field Venery
Crowdipper Flourishes
(the thirtieth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Appropriate Activities
Cash Payments
Seizing and Apprehending
Field Venery
Crowdipper Flourishes
(the thirtieth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Hare Mouth
Classified Balefulness
Classified Balefulness
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
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Section Eight
門 大
Divination
Gate, Big
Gate, Big
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