Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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7/15..................................................................................................................7/7
7/15..................................................................................................................7/7
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.
八
日
三期星
Seventh Month, Eighth Day
Astral Period Three
Wednesday, July 8
Wednesday, July 8
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合歲
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉吉
酉己丑
吉凶凶
戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
中中凶
中中吉
亥未卯
中中凶
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
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
進新
水船
New Boats
Entering Water
進新
水船
New Boats
Entering Water
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
三
乙
酉
水
軫
滿
三
乙
酉
水
軫
滿
Twenty-Third Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yiyou (22/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Running Board (28/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Fullness (3/12)*
*Occasionally a "day personality" repeats, as it does today.
*Occasionally a "day personality" repeats, as it does today.
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
修沐
造浴
動掃
土舍
除開
服市
安納
葬財
水
痕
血雞
忌口
造浴
動掃
土舍
除開
服市
安納
葬財
水
痕
血雞
忌口
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Appropriate Activities
Bubbling and Bathing
Sweeping Rooms
Opening Markets
Tax Payments
Repairing and Constructing
Moving Soil
Discarding Clothing
Positioning Beds
Water Scar
Appropriate Activities
Bubbling and Bathing
Sweeping Rooms
Opening Markets
Tax Payments
Repairing and Constructing
Moving Soil
Discarding Clothing
Positioning Beds
Water Scar
Baleful Astral Influences
Chicken Mouth
Blood Taboo
Blood Taboo
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
人 山
Earth, Mountain
人 山
Earth, Mountain
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Section Eight
門 磨
Pestle
Gate, Mortar
Gate, Mortar
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