Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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2/29..............................................................................................................2/21
2/29..............................................................................................................2/21
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
九
一期星
Second Month, Twenty-Ninth Day
Astral Period One
Monday, February 29
Monday, February 29
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
德歲
合月
合月
Generational Lunarity
Virtuous Linkage
Virtuous Linkage
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶中中
酉己丑
凶吉吉
戌午寅
吉吉凶
吉吉凶
亥未卯
凶吉中
凶吉中
23:00-01:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 In-Between
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Inauspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
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)
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
遠醞
行釀
Fermenting Beverages
遠醞
行釀
Fermenting Beverages
Distant Journeys
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
二
辛
巳
金
危
平
Twenty-Second Day (First Lunar Month)
二
辛
巳
金
危
平
Twenty-Second Day (First Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: xinsi (18/60)
Phase (element): Metal
Constellation: Danger (12/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
Constellation: Danger (12/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
平
道
塗
飾
垣
墻
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草
木
萌
動
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重上
日兀
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重上
日兀
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Appropriate Activities
Leveling Roads
Painting and Adorning Embankments and Walls
Grasses and Trees Sprout Forth
(the sixth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Appropriate Activities
Leveling Roads
Painting and Adorning Embankments and Walls
Grasses and Trees Sprout Forth
(the sixth of seventy-two five-day solar micro-periods on the agricultural calendar)
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Doubled Days
Doubled Days
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
Inauspicious Stars
人 神
Person, Spirit
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Section Eight
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Activities
廚
牀 灶
牀 灶
Kitchen
Bed, Stove
Bed, Stove