Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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7/27................................................................................................................7/21
7/27................................................................................................................7/21
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.
廿
一
二期星
Seventh Month, Twenty-First Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, July 21
Tuesday, July 21
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
不四
將相
Four Facings
Not General
將相
Four Facings
Not General
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶中
酉己丑
中中凶
戌午寅
中吉凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
中吉凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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
動置
土產
Setting-up Production
Moving Soil
動置
土產
Setting-up Production
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
六
戊
戌
木
室
平
六
戊
戌
木
室
平
Sixth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: wuxu (35/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Room (13/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
嫁
娶
結
網
河月
魁煞
復土
喪符
娶
結
網
河月
魁煞
復土
喪符
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Appropriate Activities
Marriage Alliances
Binding Nets
Appropriate Activities
Marriage Alliances
Binding Nets
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Balefulness
Earth Charm
River Stalwart
Repeat Mourning
Earth Charm
River Stalwart
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 鬼
White, Ghost
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
房
栖 牀
Edifice
Perch, Bed
Perch, Bed
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