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
八
六期星
Seventh Month, Eighteenth Day
Astral Period Saturday
Saturday, July 18
Saturday, July 18
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合歲
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中吉
酉己丑
中凶凶
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 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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
行動
喪土
Moving Soil
Mourning Visits
行動
喪土
Moving Soil
Mourning Visits
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
三
乙
未
金
女
建
三
乙
未
金
女
建
Third Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yiwei (32/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Woman (10/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish (1/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
上出
樑行
安嫁
牀娶
納開
畜市
鷹
始
摯
三土
喪府
樑行
安嫁
牀娶
納開
畜市
鷹
始
摯
三土
喪府
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Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Opening Markets
Raising Beams
Positioning Beds
Livestock Payments
Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Opening Markets
Raising Beams
Positioning Beds
Livestock Payments
Young Hawks Begin to Stir
(the thirty-third of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Earth Palace
Three Mournings
Three Mournings
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 神
Bifurcation, Spirit
丫 神
Bifurcation, Spirit
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Section Eight
厠 廚
Pestle
Toilet, Kitchen
Toilet, Kitchen
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