The Moon right now

This is the sky itself: what the Moon is doing at this moment, and the same for everyone reading it. What it means for one particular chart is a different question, and the answer is further down.

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tldr: This week, the Moon crosses 7 of the 28 mansions, the whole week sits inside 立冬 Lì Dōng (Start of Winter), 2 other things the almanac marks.

The Moon This Week, In The Chinese Almanac

Seven days, and seven of the twenty-eight lunar mansions, the Moon crosses one a night. Each mansion carries a weekday and a luminary, so seven consecutive mansions are exactly one turn of the planetary week, which is where the seven-day week comes from in this system.

The Moon crosses 7 of the twenty-eight mansions this week — Star, Extended Net, Wings, Chariot, Horn, Neck and Root. 3 of the seven carry an auspicious mansion. The Day Officers run Close, Establish, Remove, Full, Balance, Settle, Grasp, which is the twelve-day 建除 cycle turning under the week. The whole week sits inside 立冬 Lì Dōng (Start of Winter).

  • Sunday, 三十 · 丙戌
    Mansion 星 Xīng (Star), a bright but scattering mansion, classically avoided for marriage and for burial. Luminary the Sun.

    Day Officer 閉 Bì (Close), a closing day, good for sealing, storing and finishing; not for openings.

  • Monday, 初一 · 丁亥
    Mansion 張 Zhāng (Extended Net), a spreading mansion, favourable for marriage, trade and anything widened. Luminary the Moon.

    Day Officer 建 Jiàn (Establish), a day of beginnings, good for starting ventures, setting out, applying for things.

  • Tuesday, 初二 · 戊子
    Mansion 翼 Yì (Wings), a mansion of departure, read as separation; not for marriage or for moving in. Luminary Mars.

    Day Officer 除 Chú (Remove), a day for clearing away the old, cleaning, healing, ending what's finished.

  • Wednesday, 初三 · 己丑
    Mansion 軫 Zhěn (Chariot), a carrying mansion, good for travel, trade, building and taking things forward. Luminary Mercury.

    Day Officer 滿 Mǎn (Full), a day of fullness, auspicious for prayer, gatherings and abundance.

  • Thursday, 初四 · 庚寅
    Mansion 角 Jiǎo (Horn), a beginning-of-things mansion, classically good for starting out, building and travel. Luminary Jupiter.

    Day Officer 平 Píng (Balance), a level, even day, good for routine, repairs and steady work.

  • Friday, 初五 · 辛卯
    Mansion 亢 Kàng (Neck), a stiff-necked mansion, read as bringing dispute and illness; not for launches. Luminary Venus.

    Day Officer 定 Dìng (Settle), a settling day, good for agreements, planting and putting down roots.

  • Saturday, 初六 · 壬辰
    Mansion 氐 Dī (Root), a mansion of foundations gone wrong, classically tied to loss and quarrels. Luminary Saturn.

    Day Officer 執 Zhí (Grasp), a day for holding firm and building, construction, commitments, follow-through.

The Rest Of The Week, In The Almanac

節氣 (solar terms), 朔 and 望 (new and full moon, which here are also dates), and the days whose earthly branch clashes with or harmonises the year's branch. That last is the almanac's most consulted column and it is the same for everyone: it is the day against the YEAR, not against you.

  • Monday 9, 7:02am , 朔 shuò — new moon
    the new moon, which is also 初一 — the first day of the lunar month. In this calendar the date and the phase are one fact told twice.
  • Tuesday 10 , 子 冲 — a clash day (Rat against the year's Horse)
    六冲 (liù chōng, 'the six clashes') pairs each earthly branch with the one directly opposite it on the twelve-branch wheel. Today's Rat stands opposite the year's Horse. The almanac reads a clash day as unsettled and keeps it flexible: no major commitments, nothing you cannot undo. This is the almanac's most consulted column, and it is the same for everyone — it is the day against the YEAR.

What This Means For You

This is the almanac's sky, the same for everyone. Laid over your own chart it becomes how these days meet your own four pillars, the stems and branches of your birth, and which of them clash or harmonise with your day master.