Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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9/17.................................................9/13...................Monthly Information
9/17.................................................9/13...................Monthly Information
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
五
二期星
Ninth Month, Fifteenth Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, September 15
Tuesday, September 15
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
六歲
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
合支
Generational Branch
Six Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中中凶
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
中凶吉
戌午寅
中凶吉
亥未卯
中吉凶
中吉凶
23:00-01:00 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 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
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 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
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
出開
財倉
Opening Granaries
Cash Outflow
出開
財倉
Opening Granaries
Cash Outflow
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
三
甲
午
金
室
收
Third Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
三
甲
午
金
室
收
Third Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiawu (31/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Room (13/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Receive (10/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
祭
祀
嫁
娶
理
髮
捕
捉
班債
煞不
天小
罡亡空
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Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Appropriate Activities
Venerating Ancestors
Marriage Alliances
Patterning Hair
Seizing and Apprehending
Baleful Astral Influences
Baleful Astral Influences
Debt Not
Small Loss-Void
Classified Balefulness
Heavenly Dipper
Small Loss-Void
Classified Balefulness
Heavenly Dipper
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 鬼
White, Ghost
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
碓 門
碓 門
Divination
Pestle, Gate
Pestle, Gate
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