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| [a] Cat Preview RF |
As the Lunar World Turns
Thursday, April 26, 2018
We keep on, keepin' on, people. It's another 50-50 day (but this one rolls slightly toward auspiciousness). Let's take a closer look.
Day Personality
(Section Five—Characters Six and Seven)
Today's "constellation personality" is Astride (奎). Calendrical interpretations stress that it is generally unlucky. Construction projects lead to ill will and family discord. Lawsuits will be lost. Keep your nose to the grindstone, at least for this "half" of the day-forecast.
The jianchu "personality" is Completion (成), and that is gooey, chocolatey, goodness (sort of like Nutella for the calendar). Calendrical interpretations stress that is is fortunate for all sorts of activities, and it plays the happy foil to the constellation Astride.
Lucky Stars
(Section Two)
There are four beneficent asterisms today: Generational Virtue (歲德), Maternal Granary (母倉), Heavenly Happiness (天喜), and Heavenly Physician (天醫).
Auspicious Times
(Section Three)
There are four inauspicious (凶) two-hour periods, three in-between (中) times, and five auspicious (吉) times. We still haven't seen the kind of used-to-be-normal "4-4-4" days in some time.
Things to Avoid
(Section Four)
It's
a bad day for Buying Land (買田), Setting-Up Industry (置業), Exorcising Spirits (除靈),
and Completing Clothing (成服). Think about these. They range from big transactions to getting rid of pesky spirits and completing those trousers you need.
Just Plain Counting
(Section Four—Characters 1-4)
It is the eleventh (十一) day of the third lunar month. The cycle of sixty character is #25: wuzi (戊子). 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 Astride (奎). Calendrical interpretations stress that it is generally unlucky. Construction projects lead to ill will and family discord. Lawsuits will be lost. Keep your nose to the grindstone, at least for this "half" of the day-forecast.
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| [b] Kitty Physician RF |
The jianchu "personality" is Completion (成), and that is gooey, chocolatey, goodness (sort of like Nutella for the calendar). Calendrical interpretations stress that is is fortunate for all sorts of activities, and it plays the happy foil to the constellation Astride.
(Section Two)
There are four beneficent asterisms today: Generational Virtue (歲德), Maternal Granary (母倉), Heavenly Happiness (天喜), and Heavenly Physician (天醫).
Auspicious Times
(Section Three)
There are four inauspicious (凶) two-hour periods, three in-between (中) times, and five auspicious (吉) times. We still haven't seen the kind of used-to-be-normal "4-4-4" days in some time.
Things to Avoid
(Section Four)
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| [c] Buying Land RF |
Just Plain Counting
(Section Four—Characters 1-4)
It is the eleventh (十一) day of the third lunar month. The cycle of sixty character is #25: wuzi (戊子). 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 Fire (火). Ordinarily, the Five Phases weave their way, two-by-two, through the calendar. Yesterday was Soil. Today is Fire, and tomorrow is Fire.
Appropriate Things
(Section Six)
It's a solid day for sixteen different things, including Studying (入學), Repairing and Constructing (作造), and Fermenting Beverages (醞釀). Click the link for the rest.
(Section Five—Character 5)
Today's slice of the "Five Phases" (sometimes called the "Five Elements") is Fire (火). Ordinarily, the Five Phases weave their way, two-by-two, through the calendar. Yesterday was Soil. Today is Fire, and tomorrow is Fire.
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| [d] Return Taboo RF |
Appropriate Things
(Section Six)
It's a solid day for sixteen different things, including Studying (入學), Repairing and Constructing (作造), and Fermenting Beverages (醞釀). Click the link for the rest.
Thursday's Lunar Calendar
Solar Periods
(Section Six—Upper and Middle)
We
are in the sixth of the twenty-four fifteen day solar periods (the
二十四節氣), which
began on Friday, April 20 and runs through Friday, May 4. It is called
Corn Rain (穀雨). We are in the seventeenth of the seventy-two five-day
solar micro periods (the 七十二候). It is called Pigeons Flap Their Wings
(鳴鳩拂其羽). It began on Wednesday, April 25, and runs through Sunday, April
29.
Fear Your Unlucky Stars
(Bottom of Section Six)
The baleful asterisms (the bottom of section six) are Classified Balefulness (班煞), Return Mourning (復喪), Repeated Days (復日), Everything General (俱將), and Return Taboo (歸忌).
Miscellaneous Omens and Activities
(Sections Seven and Eight)
Today's miscellaneous omens are White (白) and Earth (地). The miscellaneous activities are Pestle (碓), Bed (牀), and Edifice (房). Nobody knows what they mean.
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| [e] Pigeons Flap Their Wings RF |
So, above all, complete things. You'll be happy that you did. As the American Nobel laureate Saul Bellow once wrote, every completed book makes the next book better. Let's generalize that to ever completed thing makes the next thing better. Focus on that, and I'll see you back here tomorrow night for a preview of Friday in Lunar World.
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