Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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8/18.........................................................8/14........Monthly Calendar Information
8/18.........................................................8/14........Monthly Calendar 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
四
五期星
Eighth Month, Fourteenth Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, August 14
Friday, August 14
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
月月
恩德
Lunar Virtue
Lunar Kindness
恩德
Lunar Virtue
Lunar Kindness
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶凶中
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
中吉凶
亥未卯
吉吉吉
中吉凶
亥未卯
吉吉吉
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 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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
放開
水渠
Opening Sluices
Putting-into Water
放開
水渠
Opening Sluices
Putting-into Water
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
一
壬
戌
水
牛
滿
First Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
一
壬
戌
水
牛
滿
First Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renxu (59/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Ox (9/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Fullness (3/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
開出
市行
動嫁
土娶
上納
樑采
安移
葬徙
楊
忌
三水
喪痕
市行
動嫁
土娶
上納
樑采
安移
葬徙
楊
忌
三水
喪痕
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Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Positioning Graves
Poplar Taboo
Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Positioning Graves
Poplar Taboo
Baleful Astral Influences
Water Scar
Three Mournings
Three Mournings
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 水
White, Water
白 水
White, Water
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
倉
栖 庫
Granary
Perch, Storehouse
Perch, Storehouse
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