Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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9/26...................................................................................................................9/18
9/26...................................................................................................................9/18
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
九
六期星
Ninth Month, Nineteenth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, September 19
Saturday, September 19
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
吉守
期日
Protected Days
Auspicious Temporal-Slice
期日
Protected Days
Auspicious Temporal-Slice
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉凶中
酉己丑
中中凶
戌午寅
中吉凶
戌午寅
中吉凶
中吉凶
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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
置買
業田
Buying Land
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Production
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
七
戊
虛
木
胃
除
Seventh Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
七
戊
虛
木
胃
除
Seventh Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: wuxu (35/60)
Phase (element): Wood
Constellation: Stomach (17/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Discard (2/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
社
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宜
動出
土行
栽理
種髮
作掃
灶舍
三
喪
血水
支痕
土行
栽理
種髮
作掃
灶舍
三
喪
血水
支痕
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Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Patterning Hair
Sweeping Floors
Moving Soil
Planting and Cultivating
Stove Work
Appropriate Activities
Going Out (and about)
Patterning Hair
Sweeping Floors
Moving Soil
Planting and Cultivating
Stove Work
Three Mournings
Baleful Astral Influences
Water Scar
Blood Branc
Blood Branc
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白
White
白
White
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
房
祈 牀
Edifice
Perch, Bed
Perch, Bed
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