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spells is here used for the 72 seasonal points.


72 spells in Tokyo and in Plano, Texas

This is the original LINK from 2007.

The 72 annual spells in Japan
Susan Delany from Texas has made a list, comparing the 72 seasonal spells to events of Texas.
How to make the 72 Seasonal Spells
Shokan Tadashi Kondo
2007, a PDF-file

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©　Shokan Tadashi Kondo, 2007, a PDF-file



In July 2010, Chibi send me the original of the Texas list, with permission of Susan.

72 spells in Tokyo and in Plano, Texas
By Susan Delphine Delaney, MD


Celestial Longitude - Date Japan / Texas

315 2/4 East wind melts ice / Sunny and mild
320 2/9 Warbler sings / Cedar wax wings strip berries
325 2/14 Fish come up to ice / Clear ice on birdbaths
330 2/19 Earth vein moistens / Plum trees bloom (first fruit blossoms)
335 2/24 First mist / Cottonwood bark turns green

340 3/1 Budding starts Buds swell (maple, Bradford pears)
345 3/6 Bugs end hibernation / Peach blossoms
350 3/11 First peach blossoms (1st blossoms) / Pussywillows
355 3/16 Caterpillars become butterflies / Holly flowers draw bees
000 3/21 First sparrow nests / First sparrow nests
005 3/26 First cherry blossoms / Crabapples bloom (last fruit blossoms)
010 3/31 First thunder / Pink grape leaves (thunder all year!)

015 4/5 Swallows arrive / Hummingbirds migrate through
020 4/10 Geese head north / Peonies (safe to plant seedlings)
025 4/15 First rainbow / Storms
030 4/20 Reed horn shoots / The sound of wind in newborn leaves
035 4/25 Last frost: seedlings out / Plant portulaca (a hot weather annual)
040 4/30 Peonies / Grape berries

045 5/6 First cry of toad / “summer has hit”
050 5/11 Worms come out Hot. / Sunflower shoots under birdfeeder
055 5/16 First bamboo shoots / New bamboo five feet tall
060 5/21 Silkworms eat mulberry leaves / Daylilies bloom (fireflies)
065 5/26 Benibana blooms *

070 6/1 Autumn of barley *
075 6/6 Praying mantis hatches / First morning glory
080 6/11 Decayed grass turns into fireflies / Crepe myrtles bloom
085 6/16 Plums turn yellow / Grackles bathe in puddles
090 6/21 Dry brown grass *
095 6/27 Iris Flowers *

100 7/2 Hangesho grows *
105 7/8 Hot wind High 96
110 7/13 Lotus flowers / Muggy, no wind
115 7/18 Hawks learn to fly / First moonflower
120 7/24 Paulowna Flowers / Morning hints of autumn
125 7/29 Earth wet and humid / Orb weavers build webs

130 8/3 Occasional heavy rains / Heavy dew
135 8/8 Cool breeze / Cool breeze in the morning
140 8/13 Tsukutsukuboshi cicada cries / Cricket song
145 8/18 Fog rises and falls / Crickets come to the door
150 8/24 Cotton flowers *
150 8/29 Heaven and earth calm down / Autumn clematis. Moonflowers.

160 9/3 Rice grains ripen / Autumn’s golden light
165 9/8 Dewy white grass / Dusky purple returns to sunsets
170 9/13 Wagtails twitter / Breezy wetness raises goosebumps
175 9/18 Swallows leave / Crabapple harvest
180 9/23 Thunder silent / Not in Texas!
185 9/28 Bugs get to hibernation / Not in Texas!

190 10/3 Streams dry / Tassels on maidenhair grass
195 10/8 Geese arrive / Mist and rainbow around the moon and sun
200 10/13 Chrysanthemums bloom / Chrysanthemums bloom
205 10/18 Crickets come to door / Crashing thunderstorms
210 10/23 First frost / Milkweed pods burst open
215 10/28 Occasional drizzle / Ginkgo leaves fall, all in one day

220 11/2 Maples red / Maples red
225 11/7 Camellia blooms / Camellia blooms
230 11/12 First frozen ground / High 72, low 44
235 11/17 Narcissus fragrant / Black-eyed Susan pods chatter in the wind
240 11/22 Rainbows hide / Emerald moss on statues
245 11/27 North wind blows leaves / Lavender fog at sunrise and sunset

250 12/2 Wild orange in yellow / Cold rain
255 12/7 Get to winter seclusion / Convection fog over creeks
260 12/12 Bears hibernate *
265 12/17 Salmon gather / First junco (snowbird)
270 12/22 Selfheal grows / Fog and drizzle
275 12/27 Deer antlers fall / First robin

280 1/1 Wheat sprouts under snow / Winter wheat grows
285 1/6 Parsley grows / Parsley grows
290 1/11 Waters and springs move / Branches begin to sway as sap rises
295 1/16 First call of the pheasant / Pansies recover from the cold
300 1/21 Silver leaf flowers / First daffodil
305 1/26 Ponds with thick, hard ice / High 52, low 31, skin of ice on birdbath
310 1/31 Chickens brood / Sparrows courting


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