Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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9/3..................................................................................................................8/26
9/3..................................................................................................................8/26
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.
卅
一
一期星
Eighth Month, Thirty-First Day
Astral Period One
Monday, August 31
Monday, August 31
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
時歲
神祿
Generational Emolument
Timely Spirits
神祿
Generational Emolument
Timely Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中吉
酉己丑
凶中凶
戌午寅
中吉凶
亥未卯
凶吉吉
中吉凶
亥未卯
凶吉吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
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 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
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
動穿
土井
Boring Wells
Moving Soil
動穿
土井
Boring Wells
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
八
己
卯
土
張
危
Eighteenth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
八
己
卯
土
張
危
Eighteenth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jimao (16/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Drawn Bow (26/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Danger (8/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
理祭
髮祀
開會
市友
成訂
服婚
安納
葬采
土
符
俱五
將虛
髮祀
開會
市友
成訂
服婚
安納
葬采
土
符
俱五
將虛
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Meeting Friends
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Patterning Hair
Opening Markets
Completing Clothing
Positioning Graves
Earth Charm
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Meeting Friends
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Patterning Hair
Opening Markets
Completing Clothing
Positioning Graves
Earth Charm
Baleful Astral Influences
Five Voids
Everything General
Everything General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 林
白 林
White, Copse
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
門 大
Divination
Gate, Large
Gate, Large
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