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.
十
日
四期星
Ninth Month, Tenth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, September 10
Thursday, September 10
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
三母
合倉
Maternal Granary
Three Linkages
合倉
Maternal Granary
Three Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
中中吉
戌午寅
中中吉
亥未卯
凶凶凶
凶凶凶
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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
開栽
市種
Planting and Cultivating
Opening Markets
開栽
市種
Planting and Cultivating
Opening Markets
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
八
己
丑
火
斗
定
Twenty-Eighth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
八
己
丑
火
斗
定
Twenty-Eighth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jichou (26/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Dipper (8/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Decide (5/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
祭
祀
掃
舍
死歲
氣破
俱小
將亡空
祀
掃
舍
死歲
氣破
俱小
將亡空
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Disaster
Small Loss-Void
Death Vapor
Small Loss-Void
Death Vapor
Everything General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 林
丫 林
Bifurcation, Copse
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
厠 門
Divination
Toilet, Gate
Toilet, Gate
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