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
七
一期星
Seventh Month, Twenty-Seventh Day
Astral Period One
Monday, July 27
Monday, July 27
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
時月天
德德德
Heavenly Virtue
Lunar Virtue
Timely Virtue
德德德
Heavenly Virtue
Lunar Virtue
Timely Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中吉吉
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
凶凶吉
亥未卯
吉吉中
凶凶吉
亥未卯
吉吉中
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
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 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
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 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
進新開
水船倉
Opening Granaries
New Boats
Entering Water
進新開
水船倉
Opening Granaries
New Boats
Entering Water
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
二
甲
辰
火
畢
收
Twelfth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
二
甲
辰
火
畢
收
Twelfth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiachen (41/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Net (19/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
動嫁祭
土娶祀
上納祈
樑采福
栽移會
種徙友
安修出
葬造行
痕水
陽白五
將虎虛
土娶祀
上納祈
樑采福
栽移會
種徙友
安修出
葬造行
痕水
陽白五
將虎虛
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Households
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Planting and Cultivating
Positioning Graves
Water Scar
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Households
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Planting and Cultivating
Positioning Graves
Water Scar
Baleful Astral Influences
Five Voids
White Tiger
Yang General
White Tiger
Yang General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 天
White, Heaven
白 天
White, Heaven
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
門栖 碓
Gate
Perch, Pestle
Perch, Pestle
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