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.
廿
一
一期星
Ninth Month, Twenty-First Day
Astral Period One
Monday, September 21
Monday, September 21
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
月歲
德德
Generational Virtue
Lunar Virtue
德德
Generational Virtue
Lunar Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中凶
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
凶凶中
戌午寅
凶凶中
亥未卯
中吉凶
中吉凶
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
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
作結
灶網
Binding Nets
Stove Work
作結
灶網
Binding Nets
Stove Work
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
九
庚
子
土
畢
平
Ninth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
九
庚
子
土
畢
平
Ninth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengzi (37/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Net (19/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
平
治
道
塗
修
飾
垣
牆
致火
死星
死天
神吏
致火
死星
死天
神吏
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Appropriate Activities
Leveling and Smoothing Roadways
Repairing and Adorning Embankments and Walls
Appropriate Activities
Leveling and Smoothing Roadways
Repairing and Adorning Embankments and Walls
Baleful Astral Influences
Fire Star
Heavenly Official
Death Delivery
Death Spirit
Heavenly Official
Death Delivery
Death Spirit
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
人 天
Person, Heaven
Person, Heaven
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
磨 碓
Divination
Mortar, Pestle
Mortar, Pestle
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