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
六
三期星
Eighth Month, Twenty-Sixth Day
Astral Period Three
Wednesday, August 26
Wednesday, August 26
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
陽母
德倉
Maternal Granary
Yang Virtue
德倉
Maternal Granary
Yang Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中凶中
酉己丑
中吉凶
戌午寅
中凶凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
中凶凶
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 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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
行開
喪倉
Opening Granaries
Mourning Visits
行開
喪倉
Opening Granaries
Mourning Visits
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
三
甲
戌
火
參
滿
Thirteenth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
三
甲
戌
火
參
滿
Thirteenth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiaxu (11/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Mix (Orion) (21/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Fullness (3/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
交會
易友
補裁
塞衣
栽理
種髮
納開
三
易友
補裁
塞衣
栽理
種髮
納開
三
喪
火上
星兀
火上
星兀
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Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Cutting-out Clothing
Patterning Hair
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Patching and Plugging
Planting and Cultivating
Livestock Payments
Three Mournings
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Cutting-out Clothing
Patterning Hair
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Patching and Plugging
Planting and Cultivating
Livestock Payments
Three Mournings
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Fire Star
Fire Star
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 水
White, Water
白 水
White, Water
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
門
栖 碓
栖 碓
Gate
Perch, Pestle
Perch, Pestle
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