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Monday, May 7, 2018

Lunar World Preview 2018 05-07

As the Lunar World Turns
Monday, May 7, 2018
[a] Cat Preview RF
50-50. Again. The twist is that the red-ink is pretty good and the black-ink is very, very bad. Let's call it 70% inauspicious. Let's take a closer look.

Day Personality
(Section Five—Characters Six and Seven)
Today's "constellation personality" is Drawn Bow (). Calendrical interpretations stress that it is a "drawn bow" in the sense of extending and spreading. Business flourishes. Relationships are positives. It's a spreading wonder of goodness.

[b] Drawn Bow RF

The jianchu "personality" is Destroy (破). It doesn't get any worse than this. Period. Everything that could go badly...does. 

Now try to resolve those two personalities (good luck). It will be another big whipsaw day in Lunar World today.


Lucky Stars
(Section Two)
There are two beneficent asterisms today: Precious Rays (寶光) and Lunar Kindness (月恩). They're beckoning-ly good.


Auspicious Times
(Section Three)
[c] Discarding Clothing RF
There are four inauspicious (凶) two-hour periods, two in-between () times, and six auspicious () times. Yes, six.
Things to Avoid
(Section Four)
It's a bad day for Marriage (嫁娶) and Discarding Clothing (除服). Think about these. Get hitched and return the tux in time.

Just Plain Counting
(Section Four—Characters 1-4)
It is the xxx () day of the third lunar month. The cycle of sixty character is #36: jihai (己亥). 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 Wood (木). Ordinarily, the Five Phases weave their way, two-by-two, through the calendar. Yesterday was Wood. Today is Wood, and tomorrow is Earth.
[d] Cat Summer RF

Appropriate Things
(Section Six) 
It's a solid day for only two things: Destroying Rooms (破屋) and Smashing Embankments (壞垣).
xxxday'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 Saturday, May 5 and runs through Sunday, May 20. It is called Beginning of Summer (立夏). We are in the eighteenth of the seventy-two five-day solar micro periods (the 七十二候). It is called Little Frogs Peep (螻蟈鳴). It began on Saturday, May 5, and runs through Wednesday, May 9.

Fear Your Unlucky Stars 
(Bottom of Section Six)
The baleful asterisms (the bottom of section six) are Lunar Destruction (月破), Lower Amputee (下兀), Doubled Days (重日), and Yin General (陰將). 
Miscellaneous Omens and Activities
(Sections Seven and Eight)

Today's miscellaneous omens are Person (人) and Spirit (神). The miscellaneous activities are Divination (占), Bed (牀), and Gate (門). Nobody knows what they mean.

See You Tomorrow
So, spread your drawn bow, watch out for destruction, and I'll see you back here Monday night for a quick preview of Tuesday in Lunar World.

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