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.
二
十
一期星
Seventh Month, Twentieth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, July 20
Monday, July 20
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
十福
靈德
Fortunate Virtue
Ten Spirits
靈德
Fortunate Virtue
Ten Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中中
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
中吉中
亥未卯
吉吉凶
中吉中
亥未卯
吉吉凶
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
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 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
針理
灸髮
Patterning Hair
Acupuncture and Moxibustion
針理
灸髮
Patterning Hair
Acupuncture and Moxibustion
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
五
丁
酉
火
危
滿
五
丁
酉
火
危
滿
Fifth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: dingyou (34/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Danger (12/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Fullness (3/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
上掃
樑舍
安立
門約
作交
灶易
安動
葬土
月
忌
血灾
忌煞
樑舍
安立
門約
作交
灶易
安動
葬土
月
忌
血灾
忌煞
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Appropriate Activities
Sweeping Rooms
Making Appointments
Trade and Commerce
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Positioning Doors
Stove Work
Positioning Graves
Appropriate Activities
Sweeping Rooms
Making Appointments
Trade and Commerce
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Positioning Doors
Stove Work
Positioning Graves
Lunar Taboo
Baleful Astral Influences
Disastrous Balefulness
Blood Taboo
Blood Taboo
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 山
Bifurcation, Mountain
丫 山
Bifurcation, Mountain
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Section Eight
門
庫 倉
庫 倉
Gate
Storehouse, Granary
Storehouse, Granary
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