Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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10/5...................................................................................................................9/27
10/5...................................................................................................................9/27
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.
五
日
一期星
Tenth Month, Fifth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, October 5
Monday, October 5
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
解青
神龍
Blue-Green Dragon
Unleashing Spirits
神龍
Blue-Green Dragon
Unleashing Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶吉中
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
吉凶吉
戌午寅
吉凶吉
亥未卯
中吉凶
中吉凶
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Auspicious
05:00-07:00 Inauspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
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
祭開
祀倉
Opening Granaries
Venerating Ancestors
祭開
祀倉
Opening Granaries
Venerating Ancestors
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
三
甲
寅
水
心
執
Twenty-Third Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
三
甲
寅
水
心
執
Twenty-Third Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: jiayin (41/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Heart-Mind (5/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Grasp (6/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
成沐
服浴
化理
靈髮
破捕
土捉
安田
葬獵
歸
忌
月水
忌痕
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Appropriate Activities
Bubbling and Bathing
Patterning Hair
Seizing and Capturing
Field Venery
Completing Clothing
Transforming Spirits
Pounding Earth
Positioning Beds
Return Taboo
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Bubbling and Bathing
Patterning Hair
Seizing and Capturing
Field Venery
Completing Clothing
Transforming Spirits
Pounding Earth
Positioning Beds
Return Taboo
Baleful Astral Influences
Water Scar
Lunar Taboo
Lunar Taboo
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
人 地
Person, Earth
Person, Earth
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
爐 門
Divination
Furnace, Gate
Furnace, Gate
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