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
二
日期星
Seventh Month, Twelfth Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, July 12
Sunday, July 12
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
德天
合月
Heavenly Lunarity
Virtuous Linkage
合月
Heavenly Lunarity
Virtuous Linkage
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中吉中
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
凶凶吉
中中吉
亥未卯
凶凶吉
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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
行除
喪服
Discarding Clothing
Mourning Visits
行除
喪服
Discarding Clothing
Mourning Visits
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
七
己
丑
火
房
破
七
己
丑
火
房
破
Twenty-Seventh Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jichou (26/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Edifice (4/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Destroy (7/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
破
屋
壞
垣
月歲
破破
重債
喪不
破破
重債
喪不
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Appropriate Activities
Destroying Buildings
Appropriate Activities
Destroying Buildings
Smashing Walls
Baleful Astral Influences
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
Debt Not
Lunar Destruction
Repeat Mourning
Debt Not
Lunar Destruction
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
丫 州
Bifurcation, Landmass
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Section Eight
厠 門
Divination
Toilet, Gate
Toilet, Gate
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