Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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7/20.........................................................7/16...............................Monthly Information
7/20.........................................................7/16...............................Monthly Information
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
七
五期星
Seventh Month, Seventeenth Day
Astral Period Friday
Friday, July 17
Friday, July 17
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天天
赦德
Heavenly Virtue
Heavenly Amnesty
赦德
Heavenly Virtue
Heavenly Amnesty
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中凶
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉中
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
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
出開
財倉
Opening Granaries
Capital Outflow
出開
財倉
Opening Granaries
Capital Outflow
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
二
甲
午
金
牛
閉
二
甲
午
金
牛
閉
Second Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiawu (31/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Ox (9/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Closed (12/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
醞祭
釀祀
補祈
塞福
破裁
土衣
安合
葬帳
債
不
血上
支兀
釀祀
補祈
塞福
破裁
土衣
安合
葬帳
債
不
血上
支兀
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Cutting-out Clothing
Making Banners
Fermenting Beverages
Patching and Plugging
Ramming Earth
Positioning Beds
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Cutting-out Clothing
Making Banners
Fermenting Beverages
Patching and Plugging
Ramming Earth
Positioning Beds
Debt Not
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Blood Branch
Blood Branch
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 鬼
White, Ghost
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
碓 門
Divination
Pestle, Gate
Pestle, Gate
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