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
二
二期星
Ninth Month, Twenty-Second Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, September 22
Tuesday, September 22
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天母
貴倉
Maternal Granary
Heavenly Nobility
貴倉
Maternal Granary
Heavenly Nobility
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中吉吉
酉己丑
凶吉凶
戌午寅
中吉吉
戌午寅
中吉吉
亥未卯
吉凶凶
吉凶凶
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
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
造合
酒醬
Mixing Sauces
Making Liquor
造合
酒醬
Mixing Sauces
Making Liquor
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
十
辛
丑
土
觜
定
Tenth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
十
辛
丑
土
觜
定
Tenth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: xinchou (38/60)
Phase (element): Earth
Constellation: Beak of the Turtle (20/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Decide (5/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
拆
卸
掃
舍
諸日
事值
不四
注離
四
離
重歲
喪破
事值
不四
注離
四
離
重歲
喪破
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Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Rooms
Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Rooms
This day is overseen by the Four Separations;
all other activities are to be avoided.
Four Separations
Baleful Asterisms
Generational Destruction
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
人 林
Person, Copse
Person, Copse
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
廁 磨
Kitchen
Toilet, Mortar
Toilet, Mortar
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