As the Lunar World Turns
Thursday, April 19, 2018
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Day Personality
(Section Five—Characters Six and Seven)
Today's "constellation personality" is Dipper (斗), sometimes called Southern Dipper (南斗). Calendrical interpretations stress that it is very good, and that the cows and horses you buy today will bring great rewards. Building projects lead to wonderful fortune.
The jianchu "personality" is Discard (除),and that is good stuff, too, but in a very different way. Instead of bustling bags of good fortune, it is a day for cleansing, purging, and (to use an idiom from today) recycling. As I like to say, "Eschew on that for a while."
Lucky Stars
(Section Two)
There are two beneficent asterisms today: Generational Emolument (歲祿) and Yin Virtue (陰德). By definition, they're good.
Auspicious Times
(Section Three)
There are four inauspicious (凶) two-hour periods, three in-between (中) times, and five auspicious (吉) times. Creeping auspiciousness inflation.
Things to Avoid
(Section Four)
It's a bad day for Mixing Sauces (合醬) and Distant Journeys (遠行). Think about these, and ask yourself these questions: What, precisely, is a "sauce" (and what isn't)? and What, precisely is a distant journey? Think it (them) over.
Just Plain Counting
(Section Four—Characters 1-4)
It is the fourth (初四) day of the third lunar month. The cycle of sixty character is #18: xinsi (辛巳). The days cycle—1, 2, 3, 58, 59, 60, 1, 2, 3...—in perpetuity.
(Section Five—Characters Six and Seven)
Today's "constellation personality" is Dipper (斗), sometimes called Southern Dipper (南斗). Calendrical interpretations stress that it is very good, and that the cows and horses you buy today will bring great rewards. Building projects lead to wonderful fortune.
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| [b] T-Bird RF |
The jianchu "personality" is Discard (除),and that is good stuff, too, but in a very different way. Instead of bustling bags of good fortune, it is a day for cleansing, purging, and (to use an idiom from today) recycling. As I like to say, "Eschew on that for a while."
Lucky Stars
(Section Two)
There are two beneficent asterisms today: Generational Emolument (歲祿) and Yin Virtue (陰德). By definition, they're good.
Auspicious Times
(Section Three)
There are four inauspicious (凶) two-hour periods, three in-between (中) times, and five auspicious (吉) times. Creeping auspiciousness inflation.
Things to Avoid
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| [c] Mixing Sauces RF |
It's a bad day for Mixing Sauces (合醬) and Distant Journeys (遠行). Think about these, and ask yourself these questions: What, precisely, is a "sauce" (and what isn't)? and What, precisely is a distant journey? Think it (them) over.
Just Plain Counting
(Section Four—Characters 1-4)
It is the fourth (初四) day of the third lunar month. The cycle of sixty character is #18: xinsi (辛巳). The days cycle—1, 2, 3, 58, 59, 60, 1, 2, 3...—in perpetuity.
Elemental (and Phased)
(Section Five—Character 5)
Today's slice of the "Five Phases" (sometimes called the "Five Elements") is Metal (金). Ordinarily, the Five Phases weave their way, two-by-two, through the calendar. Yesterday was Metal. Today is Metal, and tomorrow is Wood.
Appropriate Things
(Section Six)
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Thursday's Lunar Calendar
Solar Periods
Solar Periods
(Section Six—Upper and Middle)
We
are in the last day of the fifth of twenty-four fifteen day solar periods (the 二十四節氣), which
began on Thursday, April 4 and runs through April 19. It is called Qingming
(清明). We are in the fifteenth of the seventy-two five-day
solar micro periods (the 七十二候). It is called Rainbows Begin to be Seen
(虹始見), and it began on Sunday, April 15, and runs through Thursday,
April 19.
Fear Your Unlucky Stars
(Bottom of Section Six)
The baleful asterisms (the bottom of section six) are Lower Amputee (下兀), Fire Star (火星), and Doubled Days (重日). They're bad.
Miscellaneous Omens and Activities
(Sections Seven and Eight)
Today's miscellaneous omens are Bifurcation (丫) and Person (人). The miscellaneous activities are Kitchen (廚), Bed (牀), and Stove (灶). Nobody knows what they mean. Seriously...nobody does.
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| [e] Stove Work RF |
Bask in red-ink fun and positivity today, and discard all that you don't need. Start anew, and I will see you back here on Thursday night for a preview of Friday in Lunar World.
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