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.
六
日
二期星
Tenth Month, Sixth Day
Astral Period Two
Tuesday, October 6
Tuesday, October 6
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
德歲
合月
Generational Lunarity
Virtuous Linkage
合月
Generational Lunarity
Virtuous Linkage
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中吉
酉己丑
凶凶凶
戌午寅
吉中吉
戌午寅
吉中吉
亥未卯
吉吉凶
吉吉凶
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 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
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
穿栽
井種
Planting and Cultivating
Boring Wells
穿栽
井種
Planting and Cultivating
Boring Wells
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
四
乙
卯
水
尾
破
Twenty-Fourth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
四
乙
卯
水
尾
破
Twenty-Fourth Day (Eighth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yimao (42/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Tail (6/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Destroy (7/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
求
醫
治
病
破
屋
壞
垣
四月
廢破
復上
喪兀
四月
廢破
復上
喪兀
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Appropriate Activities
Seeking Medical-help
Treating Illness
Destroying Structures
Smashing Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Seeking Medical-help
Treating Illness
Destroying Structures
Smashing Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Destruction
Upper Amputee
Four Abandonments
Repeat Mourning
Upper Amputee
Four Abandonments
Repeat Mourning
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
白 神
White, Spirit
White, Spirit
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
門
磨 碓
Gate
Mortar, Pestle
Mortar, Pestle
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