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
四
一期星
Eighth Month, Twenty-Fourth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, August 24
Monday, August 24
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
不月
將德
Lunar Virtue
Not General
將德
Lunar Virtue
Not General
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶吉吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
中中凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
中中凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
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 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
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
安開
牀渠
Opening Sluices
Positioning Beds
安開
牀渠
Opening Sluices
Positioning Beds
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
一
壬
申
金
畢
建
Eleventh Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
一
壬
申
金
畢
建
Eleventh Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: renshen (9/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Net (19/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish (1/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
移會
徙友
理出
髮行
開嫁
倉娶
安納
葬采
債
不
土水
府痕
徙友
理出
髮行
開嫁
倉娶
安納
葬采
債
不
土水
府痕
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Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Households
Patterning Hair
Opening Granaries
Positioning Graves
Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Households
Patterning Hair
Opening Granaries
Positioning Graves
Debt Not
Baleful Astral Influences
Water Scar
Soil Palace
Soil Palace
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
人 山
Person, Ghost
人 山
Person, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
厠 灶
Granary
Furnace, Storehouse
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