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.
廿
二
六期星
Eighth Month, Twenty-Second Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, August 22
Saturday, August 22
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
生歲
氣德
Generational Virtue
Engendered Vapor
氣德
Generational Virtue
Engendered Vapor
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中凶
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
凶吉凶
亥未卯
中吉中
凶吉凶
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
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 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 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
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 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
苫結
蓋網
Binding Nets
Thatched Coverings
苫結
蓋網
Binding Nets
Thatched Coverings
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
九
庚
午
土
胃
開
Ninth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
九
庚
午
土
胃
開
Ninth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengwu (7/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Stomach (17/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (11/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
納祭
采祀
開入
市學
動會
土友
開訂
渠婚
班
煞
重馬
喪口
采祀
開入
市學
動會
土友
開訂
渠婚
班
煞
重馬
喪口
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Entering Study
Meeting Friends
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Opening Markets
Moving Soil
Opening Sluices
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Entering Study
Meeting Friends
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Opening Markets
Moving Soil
Opening Sluices
Classified Balefulness
Baleful Astral Influences
Horse Mouth
Repeat Mourning
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
人 火
Person, Fire
人 火
Person, Fire
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
磨 碓
磨 碓
Divination
Mortar, Pestle
Mortar, Pestle
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