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
六
三期星
Ninth Month, Sixteenth Day
Astral Period Three
Wednesday, September 16
Wednesday, September 16
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
六歲
合月
Generational Lunarity
Six Linkages
合月
Generational Lunarity
Six Linkages
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中吉
酉己丑
中凶凶
戌午寅
吉中吉
戌午寅
吉中吉
亥未卯
吉中凶
吉中凶
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 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 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 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
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
裁栽
衣種
Planting and Cultivating
Cutting-out Clothing
裁栽
衣種
Planting and Cultivating
Cutting-out Clothing
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
四
乙
未
金
壁
開
Fourth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
四
乙
未
金
壁
開
Fourth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yiwei (32/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Jade Wall (14/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Open (11/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
移入
徙學
開出
市行
上嫁
樑娶
納納
畜采
長
星
土復
符喪
徙學
開出
市行
上嫁
樑娶
納納
畜采
長
星
土復
符喪
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Appropriate Activities
Entering Study
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Raising Beams
Livestock Payments
Appropriate Activities
Entering Study
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Alliances
Grain Payments
Moving Households
Opening Markets
Raising Beams
Livestock Payments
Long Star
Baleful Astral Influences
Repeat Mourning
Upper Charm
Upper Charm
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 人
Bifurcation, Person
丫 人
Bifurcation, Person
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓
厠 磨
Pestle
Toilet, Mortar
Toilet, Mortar
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