Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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10/17..........................................10/13..........................Monthly Information
10/17..........................................10/13..........................Monthly Information
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
七
六期星
Tenth Month, Seventeenth Day
Astral Period Six
Saturday, October 17
Saturday, October 17
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
月天
德德
Heavenly Virtue
Lunar Virtue
德德
Heavenly Virtue
Lunar Virtue
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶凶吉
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
中吉中
中吉中
亥未卯
中中吉
中中吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
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
祭作
祀灶
Stove Work
祭作
祀灶
Stove Work
Venerating Ancestors
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
五
丙
寅
火
胃
定
Fifth Day Day (Ninth Lunar Month)
丙
寅
火
胃
定
Fifth Day Day (Ninth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingyin (3/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Stomach (17/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Decide (5/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
會
友
動
土
隊
服
安
葬
死上
氣兀
月月
厭忌
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Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Moving Soil
Team Uniforms
Positioning Beds
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Lunar Taboo
Death Vapor
Lunar Repression
Lunar Taboo
Death Vapor
Lunar Repression
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
丫 火
Bifurcation, Fire
Bifurcation, Fire
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
廚
爐 灶
爐 灶
Kitchen
Furnace, Stove
Furnace, Stove
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