Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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8/2...............................................................................................................7/26
8/2...............................................................................................................7/26
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
七
三期星
Seventh Month, Twenty-Seventh Day
Astral Period Three
Wednesday, July 27
Wednesday, July 27
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
十月
靈空
靈空
Lunar Vacancy
Ten Spirits
Ten Spirits
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中凶凶
酉己丑
中中凶
Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
中凶凶
酉己丑
中中凶
戌午寅
凶吉凶
亥未卯
中吉中
凶吉凶
亥未卯
中吉中
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 Inauspicious
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 In-Between
17:00-19:00 In-Between
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
動結
土網
Binding Nets
Moving Soil
動結
土網
Binding Nets
Moving Soil
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
四
庚
戌
金
井
平
Twenty-Fourth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
四
庚
戌
金
井
平
Twenty-Fourth Day (Sixth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: gengxu (47/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Gathering (21/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level: (4/12)
Constellation: Gathering (21/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level: (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
中
伏
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宜
平
道
飾
垣
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塗
潤
溽
暑
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土月
符煞
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Middle Prostration
(A designation for the hottest days of summer)
Appropriate Activities
Leveling Roadways
Adorning Embankments
Middle Prostration
(A designation for the hottest days of summer)
Appropriate Activities
Leveling Roadways
Adorning Embankments
Earth is Steaming Wet
(the thirty-fifth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Balefulness
Earth Charm
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Earth Charm
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 鬼
White, Ghost
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Section Eight
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Activities
碓
栖 磨
栖 磨
Pestle
Perch, Mortar
Perch, Mortar
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