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
七
一期星
Eighth Month, Seventeenth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, August 17
Monday, August 17
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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
吉凶凶
戌午寅
中中凶
亥未卯
中凶吉
中中凶
亥未卯
中凶吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
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 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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
開栽
市種
Planting and Cultivating
Opening Markets
開栽
市種
Planting and Cultivating
Opening Markets
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
四
乙
丑
金
危
執
Fourth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
四
乙
丑
金
危
執
Fourth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yichou (2/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Danger (12/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Grasp (6/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
拆
卸
掃
舍
歸歲
忌破
陽火
將星
忌破
陽火
將星
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Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
Fire Star
Return Taboo
Yang General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫
Bifurcation
丫
Bifurcation
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓
厠 磨
厠 磨
Pestle
Toilet, Mortar
Toilet, Mortar
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