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.
四
日
六期星
Seventh Month, Fourth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, July 4
Saturday, July 4
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合月
日德
Lunar Virtue
Linked Days
日德
Lunar Virtue
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中凶
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
吉吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉中
吉吉吉
亥未卯
凶吉中
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 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 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 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
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
遠合
行醬
Mixing Sauces
Distant Journeys
遠合
行醬
Mixing Sauces
Distant Journeys
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
九
辛
巳
金
柳
閉
九
辛
巳
金
柳
閉
Nineteenth Day Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: xinsi (18/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Willow (24/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
塞裁
穴衣
安築
門堤
作修
灶倉
納補
畜垣
重
日
血債
支不
穴衣
安築
門堤
作修
灶倉
納補
畜垣
重
日
血債
支不
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Appropriate Activities
Cutting-out Clothing
Constructing Dikes
Repairing Granaries
Patching Embankments
Plugging Caves
Positioning Gates
Stove Work
Livestock Payments
Doubled Days
Appropriate Activities
Cutting-out Clothing
Constructing Dikes
Repairing Granaries
Patching Embankments
Plugging Caves
Positioning Gates
Stove Work
Livestock Payments
Doubled Days
Baleful Astral Influences
Debt Not
Blood Branch
Blood Branch
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白
White
白
White
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Section Eight
牀 灶
Kitchen
Bed, Stove
Bed, Stove
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