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.
十
一
六期星
Seventh Month, Eleventh Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, July 11
Saturday, July 11
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
德歲
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
日支
Generational Branch
Virtuous Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
中凶凶
亥未卯
中中吉
中凶凶
亥未卯
中中吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 In-Between
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 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 In-Between
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
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
六
戊
子
火
氐
執
六
戊
子
火
氐
執
Twenty-Sixth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: wuzi (25/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Foundation (3/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Grasp (6/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
沐祭
浴祀
捕出
捉行
結裁
網衣
取理
魚髮
歸
浴祀
捕出
捉行
結裁
網衣
取理
魚髮
歸
忌
復咸
喪池
復咸
喪池
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Going Out (and about)
Cutting-out Clothing
Patterning Hair
Bubbling and Bathing
Seizing and Capturing
Binding Nets
Garnering Fish
Return Taboo
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Going Out (and about)
Cutting-out Clothing
Patterning Hair
Bubbling and Bathing
Seizing and Capturing
Binding Nets
Garnering Fish
Return Taboo
Baleful Astral Influences
Widespread Pond
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 水
Bifurcation, Water
丫 水
Bifurcation, Water
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Section Eight
碓 門
Edifice
Pestle, Gate
Pestle, Gate
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