Happy New Year!
Welcome 4706, goodbye to 戊子and hello to 己丑.*
This past week has felt like the eve of a new year, hasn't it?
Right now it's the newest of a new moon: there's an annular eclipse of the sun that at this moment of writing is nearing its maximum in Indonesia (annular= ring of fire, rather than being completely covered by the moon).
On the 27th, just after sunset, take a look for the extra-thin crescent of the moon.
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* 25 (yang-earth rat) to 26 (yin-earth ox) on the sexagenary cycle.
This past week has felt like the eve of a new year, hasn't it?
Right now it's the newest of a new moon: there's an annular eclipse of the sun that at this moment of writing is nearing its maximum in Indonesia (annular= ring of fire, rather than being completely covered by the moon).
On the 27th, just after sunset, take a look for the extra-thin crescent of the moon.
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* 25 (yang-earth rat) to 26 (yin-earth ox) on the sexagenary cycle.