Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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8/26.................................................................................................................8/19
8/26.................................................................................................................8/19
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
四期星
Eighth Month, Twentieth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, August 20
Thursday, August 20
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天天合天
醫喜日德
Heavenly Virtue
Linked Days
Heavenly Happiness
Heavenly Physician
醫喜日德
Heavenly Virtue
Linked Days
Heavenly Happiness
Heavenly Physician
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中中
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
凶中凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
凶中凶
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 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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
進新置買
水船業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
New Boats
Entering Water
進新置買
水船業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
New Boats
Entering Water
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
七
戊
辰
木
奎
成
Seventh Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
七
戊
辰
木
奎
成
Seventh Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: wuchen (5/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Astride (15/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Completion (9/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
上開訂祭
樑市婚祀
修修納入
倉造采學
安動裁會
葬土衣友
痕水
血地月上
忌火厭兀
樑市婚祀
修修納入
倉造采學
安動裁會
葬土衣友
痕水
血地月上
忌火厭兀
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Double Seventh Festival
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Entering Study
Double Seventh Festival
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Entering Study
Meeting Friends
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Cutting-out Clothing
Opening Markets
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Repairing Granaries
Positioning Graves
Water Scar
Baleful Astral Influences
Water Scar
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Lunar Repression
Earth Fire
Blood Taboo
Lunar Repression
Earth Fire
Blood Taboo
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 地
White, Earth
白 地
White, Earth
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
栖 牀 房
Perch, Bed, Edifice
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