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.
九
日
四期星
Seventh Month, Ninth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, July 9
Thursday, July 9
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
青要
龍安
Urgent Calm
Blue-Green Dragon
龍安
Urgent Calm
Blue-Green Dragon
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
吉中吉
亥未卯
吉中吉
吉中吉
亥未卯
吉中吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
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
動作
土灶
Stove Work
Moving Soil
動作
土灶
Stove Work
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
四
丙
戌
土
角
平
四
丙
戌
土
角
平
Twenty-Fourth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingxu (23/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Horn (1/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
祭
祀
田
獵
結
網
取
魚
河月
魁煞
陰土
將符
祀
田
獵
結
網
取
魚
河月
魁煞
陰土
將符
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Field Venery
Binding Nets
Garnering Fish
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Field Venery
Binding Nets
Garnering Fish
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Balefulness
Soil Charm
River Stalwart
Yin General
Soil Charm
River Stalwart
Yin General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 鬼
White, Ghost
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
栖 灶
Kitchen
Perch, Stove
Perch, Stove
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