Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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9/12..................................................................................................................9/4
9/12..................................................................................................................9/4
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.
七
日
一期星
Ninth Month, Seventh Day
Astral Period One
Saturday, September 7
Saturday, September 7
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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
吉凶吉
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
吉中凶
戌午寅
吉中凶
亥未卯
吉中吉
吉中吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
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 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
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
行作
喪灶
Stove Work
Mourning Visits
行作
喪灶
Stove Work
Mourning Visits
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
五
丙
戌
土
心
滿
Twenty-Fifth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
五
丙
戌
土
心
滿
Twenty-Fifth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingxu (23/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Heart-Mind (5/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Fullness (3/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
補會
塞友
栽裁
種衣
繳合
養帳
納開
畜市
厭
對
三上
喪兀
塞友
栽裁
種衣
繳合
養帳
納開
畜市
厭
對
三上
喪兀
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Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Cutting-out Clothing
Making Banners
Opening Markets
Patching and Plugging
Planting and Cultivating
Livestock Transfers
Livestock Payments
Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Cutting-out Clothing
Making Banners
Opening Markets
Patching and Plugging
Planting and Cultivating
Livestock Transfers
Livestock Payments
Mutual Repression
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Three Mournings
Three Mournings
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 水
白 水
White, Water
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
栖 灶
栖 灶
Kitchen
Perch, Stove
Perch, Stove
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