As the Lunar World Turns
Sunday, June 17, 2018
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Day Personality
Constellation Personality (Section Five—Character Six)
Today's "constellation personality" is Void (虛). It is the eleventh of twenty-eight "lunar mansions" (宿) or "constellations." Traditional calendars state that it originally signified a tomb or grave. Today's interpretations bode ill: domestic quarrels, bad luck surrounding construction projects, tigers snatching up infants...you know, the usual stuff.
Jianchu Personality (Section Five—Character Seven)
The jianchu "personality"
is Open (開). It is the eleventh of twelve characters in the jianchu cycle. It's as good as it looks and sounds. It's a good day for going on short journeys, attending to correspondence, practicing music and painting, and (of course) studying. Be open!
Lucky Stars
(Section Two)
There are two beneficent asterisms today: Timely Virtue (時德) and Engendered Vapor (生氣). Good stuff. We don't see these every day.
Auspicious Times
(Section Three)
Get this. There are three inauspicious (凶) two-hour periods, three in-between (中) times, and six auspicious (吉) times. Are you kidding me?
Things to Avoid
(Section Four)
It's
a bad day for Binding Nets (結網) and Felling Timber (伐木). If you're an enterprising outdoors-person, this is not your day.
Just Plain Counting
(Section Four—Characters 1-4)
It is the fourth (初四) day of the fourth lunar month. The cycle of sixty character is #17: gengchen (庚辰). The days cycle—1, 2, 3, 58, 59, 60, 1, 2, 3...—in perpetuity.
Constellation Personality (Section Five—Character Six)
Today's "constellation personality" is Void (虛). It is the eleventh of twenty-eight "lunar mansions" (宿) or "constellations." Traditional calendars state that it originally signified a tomb or grave. Today's interpretations bode ill: domestic quarrels, bad luck surrounding construction projects, tigers snatching up infants...you know, the usual stuff.
Jianchu Personality (Section Five—Character Seven)
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Lucky Stars
(Section Two)
There are two beneficent asterisms today: Timely Virtue (時德) and Engendered Vapor (生氣). Good stuff. We don't see these every day.
Auspicious Times
(Section Three)
Get this. There are three inauspicious (凶) two-hour periods, three in-between (中) times, and six auspicious (吉) times. Are you kidding me?
Things to Avoid
(Section Four)
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Just Plain Counting
(Section Four—Characters 1-4)
It is the fourth (初四) day of the fourth lunar month. The cycle of sixty character is #17: gengchen (庚辰). 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 Earth. Today is Metal, and tomorrow is Metal.
Appropriate Things
(Section Six)
It's a solid day for only two big things today: Venerating Ancestors (祭祀) and Sweeping Rooms (掃舎). If you are new to the calendar, you might think that every day is a good day for venerating the ol' predecessors. Nope. Most are, but not all of 'em (just to keep you on your sacrificial toes).
(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 Earth. Today is Metal, and tomorrow is Metal.
Appropriate Things
(Section Six)
It's a solid day for only two big things today: Venerating Ancestors (祭祀) and Sweeping Rooms (掃舎). If you are new to the calendar, you might think that every day is a good day for venerating the ol' predecessors. Nope. Most are, but not all of 'em (just to keep you on your sacrificial toes).
Sunday's Lunar Calendar
We
are in the ninth of the twenty-four fifteen day solar periods (the
二十四節氣), which
began on Wednesday, June 6 and runs through Wednesday, June 20. It is called
Grain in Ear (芒種). We are in the twenty-seventh of the seventy-two
five-day
solar micro periods (the 七十二候). It is called Mockingbird Loses Voice
(反舌無聲). It began on Monday, June 16 and runs through Friday, June 20.
Solar Periods
(Section Six—Upper and Middle)
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Fear Your Unlucky Stars
(Bottom of Section Six)
The baleful asterisms (the bottom of section six) are Generational Destruction (歲破), Mysterious Days (密日), Five Voids (五虛), and Everything General (俱將).
Miscellaneous Omens and Activities
(Sections Seven and Eight)
Today's miscellaneous omen (just one) is Bifurcation (丫). The miscellaneous activities are Pestle (碓), Perch (栖), and Mortar (磨). Nobody knows what they mean, although two of them are used together in regular life, right?
See You Tomorrow
(Bottom of Section Six)
The baleful asterisms (the bottom of section six) are Generational Destruction (歲破), Mysterious Days (密日), Five Voids (五虛), and Everything General (俱將).
Miscellaneous Omens and Activities
(Sections Seven and Eight)
Today's miscellaneous omen (just one) is Bifurcation (丫). The miscellaneous activities are Pestle (碓), Perch (栖), and Mortar (磨). Nobody knows what they mean, although two of them are used together in regular life, right?
See You Tomorrow
O.k., be open, people, and watch out for those voids. I'll see you back here on Sunday night for a preview of Monday in Lunar World.
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