Day: August 12, 2023

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East: 东方青龙七宿：角、亢、氐、房、心、尾、箕
角 (jiǎo) horn – wood Jiao 木蛟
• Marriage
• Travel
• Wearing new clothes
• Groundbreaking works
• Erecting the foundations of a building
• Installing a door
• Sewing/making new clothes
• Moving into a new home

亢 (kàng) neck – metal dragon 金龍
• Marriage
• Cultivating crops
• Transactions that involve buying and/or selling

氐 (dī) root – earth  badger 土貉 
• Acquiring/buying land
• Cultivating crops

房 (fáng) house – sun rabbit 日兔
• Praying to ancestors/deities
• Marriage
• Erecting the foundations of a building
• Moving into a new home

心 (xīn) heart – moon fox 月狐 
• Praying to ancestors/deities
• Moving into a new home
• Travel

尾 (wěi) tail – fire tiger 火虎 
• Marriage
• Producing or making something useful

箕 (jī) basket – water panther 水豹 
• Construction works
• Opening or unveiling a pool/ pond
• Installing a new door frame
• Re-aligning your home or office’s Main Door
• Building a house
• Acquiring/accumulating wealth

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South: 南方朱雀七宿：井、鬼、柳、星、张、翼、轸
井 (jǐng) well – wood jail (àn) 木犴 
• Praying to ancestors/deities
• Cultivating crops
• Construction works

鬼 (guǐ) ghost – metal goat 金羊
• Only for Burial

柳 (liǔ) willow – earth moose 土獐 
• Neutral for all <except> construction and Burial

星 (xīng) star – sun horse 日馬 
• Marriage
• Cultivating crops

張 (zhāng) extend – moon deer 月鹿
• Marriage
• Launching a new business
• Praying to ancestors/deities
• Burial

翼 (yì) wings – fire snake 火蛇
• Not suitable for activities of any sort or nature

軫 (zhěn) chariot – water earth worm 水蚓  (Auspicious)
• Acquiring/buying land
• Enrolling at a new school
• Construction works
• Marriage
• Sewing/making new clothes

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West: 西方白虎七宿：奎、娄、胃、昴、毕、觜、参
奎 (kuí) legs – wood wolf 木狼
• Travel
• Sewing/making new clothes
• Home repairs

婁 (Lóu) bond – metal dog 金狗  
• Marriage
• Home repairs
• Making/cultivating a garden

胃 (wèi) stomach – earth pheasant (zhì) 土雉
• Marriage
• Burial
• Official business

昴 (mǎo) Pleiades – sun rooster 日雞 
• Marriage
• Activities of any sort or nature

畢 (bì) net – moon raven (wū) 月烏
• Building a house/bridge
• Burial
• Marriage
• Digging a well

觜 (zī) beak – fire monkey 火猴
• Unsuitable for activities of any sort or nature (this is an extremely inauspicious Constellation)

参 (cān) reference – water ape 水猿  
• Travel
• Installing a door
• All sorts of construction works

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North: 北方玄武七宿：斗、牛、女、虚、危、室、壁
斗 (dòu) dipper – wood Xie 木獬 
• Making new clothes / Production
• Construction works
• Installing a new door frame
• Re-aligning your home or office’s Main Door
• Installing a water feature or irrigation works

牛 (niú) ox – metal ox 金牛
• Neutral for all <except> Marriage and Construction works

女 (nǚ) women – earth bat 土蝠
• Neutral for all <except> Burial, lawsuit and Production

虛 (xū) empty – sun rat 日鼠
• Installing a new door frame
• Re-aligning your home or office’s Main Door
• Installing a water feature or irrigation works

危 (wēi) danger – moon swallow 月燕 
• Neutral for all <except> Commencing construction, Burial, Re-aligning Main Door

室 (shì) camp – fire pig 火豬 
• Marriage
• Moving into a new home
• Commencing construction
• Praying to ancestors/deities
• Digging wells

壁 (bì) wall – water armadillo (yú) 水水狳
• Marriage
• Commencing construction
• Burial

立春    lì chūn
雨水    yǔ shuǐ
惊蛰    jīng zhé
春分    chūn fēn
清明    qīng míng
谷雨    gǔ yǔ
立夏    lì xià
小满    xiǎo mǎn
芒种    máng zhǒng
夏至    xià zhì
小暑    xiǎo shǔ
大暑    dà shǔ
立秋    lì qiū
处暑    chù shǔ
白露    bái lù
秋分    qiū fēn
寒露    hán lù
霜降    shuāng jiàng
立冬    lì dōng
小雪    xiǎo xuě
大雪    dà xuě
冬至    dōng zhì
小寒    xiǎo hán
大寒    dà hán

Four Extinct Days （四绝日）is one day before 立春 lì chūn, 立夏 lì xià , 立秋 lì qiū, 立冬 lì dōng. Fall on February 3, May 5, August 8 and November 7. There might be some +/- depending on the season (节气) for each year. These days should not be used for important personal activities or endeavors. Because the Qi (气) phrase is very weak or almost extinct on these days. Extinct means ‘to end’.

Activities that are undertaken on any of the Four Extinct Days will be doomed from the start and can only go down. The Four Extinct Days are not good days to use for any activity that involves growth or advancement such as marriage or important business transactions or contracts.

Four Separation Days （四离日）is one day before 春分 chūn fēn, 夏至 xià zhì, 秋分 qiū fēn , 冬至 dōng zhì. Fall on March 20, June 20, September 22 and December 21. There might be some +/- depending on the season (节气).

These days should not be used for any important personal activities or endeavors. But can be used for commencement of legal separation action or to end a relationship / harassment.