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
五
三期星
Seventh Month, Fifteenth Day
Astral Period Wednesday
Wednesday, July 15
Wednesday, July 15
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天時
馬德
Timely Virtue
Heavenly Hose
馬德
Timely Virtue
Heavenly Hose
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中中
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
凶中吉
亥未卯
吉中吉
凶中吉
亥未卯
吉中吉
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 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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
放開
水渠
Opening Sluices
Putting-into Water
放開
水渠
Opening Sluices
Putting-into Water
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
三
十
壬
辰
水
箕
收
十
壬
辰
水
箕
收
Thirtieth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renchen (29/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Winnowing Basket (7/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
捕
捉
納
財
栽
種
納
畜
水暗
痕金
五伏
虛斷
捉
納
財
栽
種
納
畜
水暗
痕金
五伏
虛斷
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Appropriate Activities
Seizing and Capturing
Tax Payments
Planting and Cultivating
Livestock Payments
Appropriate Activities
Seizing and Capturing
Tax Payments
Planting and Cultivating
Livestock Payments
Baleful Astral Influences
Dark Metal
Prostrate Cut-off
Water Scar
Five Voids
Prostrate Cut-off
Water Scar
Five Voids
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 天
White, Heaven
白 天
White, Heaven
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Section Eight
栖 庫
Granary
Perch, Storehouse
Perch, Storehouse
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