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748 articlesYin-yang and the five elements, charts, hexagrams, the luopan.
Shared foundationsstart here208 articles
Stems and branchesFoundations119
Earthly branchesFoundations69
- What Are the 12 Zodiac Animals? Meaning and How to Calculate Age by Earthly Branches
- Why Many People Find Their Zodiac Sign Description Fits Them: The Self-Attribution Effect
- Does the Barnum Effect Work on Eastern Horoscopes? A Comparative Experiment with Westerners and Chinese Participants
- Does the Year of the Dragon Increase Births in Vietnam? Zodiac Belief and Its Traces in Birth Data
- Do Children Born in an 'Auspicious' Year Study Better? When Parents' Beliefs Make the Prediction Come True
- How Having a Dragon Year Baby Affects the Mother: Zodiac Belief as a Natural Experiment in Economics
- What Time Is the Hour of the Rat? A Table Converting the 12 Traditional Watch-Hours (十二時辰) to Clock Time
- What is Địa Chi?
The twelve zodiac animalsComponents32
Mùi (Goat)Components6
- Year of the Goat (Mùi): Personality, Five Elements and Destiny
- Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Goat According to Folk Beliefs
- How to Name a Child Born in the Đinh Mùi 2027 Year to Suit the Mùi Zodiac According to Folk Belief
- Having a Child in 2027 Đinh Mùi: Which Parent Ages Are Compatible? How to Read by Can Chi and the Thiên Hà Thủy Nạp Âm
- Year of the Goat meeting Đinh Mùi 2027: Kim Lâu, Tam tai, and ruling stars by birth year
- Giving birth in the year of Đinh Mùi 2027: the 12 lunar months, the Bát Tự months and the boundaries of the Goat year
Relations between earthly branchesComponents25
Six harmsComponents8
- Rooster - Dog Clash: The Six Clash Pair in the 12 Zodiac Animals and How to Resolve It
- Ox - Horse Harm: The Six Harm Pair in the Chinese Zodiac and a Detailed Perspective
- Monkey - Pig Clash: The Six Harms Pair in the Chinese Zodiac and How to Resolve
- Cat and Dragon Clash: The Six Harms Pair in the Chinese Zodiac and How to Resolve It
- Tiger and Snake Harm: Decoding the Six Harms Pair in the Chinese Zodiac
- Rat - Goat Harm: The Six Harms Pair in the 12 Zodiac Animals
- Child's zodiac sign clashing with parents' according to tứ hành xung and lục hại: how should it be understood?
- What is Lục Hại?
Six combinationsComponents7
- The Meaning of the Rat-Ox Six Harmony (Luc Hop) in Eastern Folk Belief
- The Meaning of the Tiger-Pig Six Harmonies in Eastern Folk Belief
- Meaning of Liuhe Mao - Tuat in Eastern Folk Beliefs
- Meaning of the Six Harmony of Dragon and Rooster in Eastern Folk Belief
- The Meaning of the Six Harmony (Luc Hop) of Snake and Monkey in Eastern Folk Belief
- The Meaning of the Six Harmony of Horse - Goat in Eastern Folk Belief
- What Are the Tam Hợp and Lục Hợp of Parents and Children? The Folk Method for Reading a Family's Ages and Where the Books Differ
Six clashesComponents7
- The Meaning of the Four Clashing Signs Ty - Ngo - Mao - Dau in Eastern Folk Belief
- The Meaning of the Four Clashing Signs: Tiger - Monkey - Snake - Pig in Eastern Folk Belief
- Meaning of the Four Clash Group Dragon - Dog - Ox - Goat in Eastern Folk Belief
- Do 'compatible' zodiac signs marry more durably? Swedish population data answer
- What Is the Six Clashes of Earthly Branches? The Six Pairs and the 'Clash Opens the Storehouse' of Thìn Tuất Sửu Mùi
- Child's zodiac sign clashing with parents' according to tứ hành xung and lục hại: how should it be understood?
- What is Tứ Hành Xung?
Three combinations of earthly branchesFoundations7
- Do 'compatible' zodiac signs marry more durably? Swedish population data answer
- Dần - Ngọ - Tuất Triple Harmony (Fire Group): The Triple Harmony Groups in the 12 Zodiac Animals
- Harmony Triangle of Pig - Cat - Goat (Wood Element): Exploring the Zodiac Compatibility Group
- Triple Harmony of Shen - Zi - Chen (Water Group): Meaning, Essence, and Applications in Chinese Astrology
- Triple Harmony of Snake - Rooster - Ox (Metal Group): Meaning, Nature, and Applications in Chinese Astrology
- What Are the Tam Hợp and Lục Hợp of Parents and Children? The Folk Method for Reading a Family's Ages and Where the Books Differ
- What is Tam Hợp?
Lục Thập Hoa Giáp (sixty-pair cycle)Foundations38
- Does the 2026 Bính Ngọ Year Make People Avoid Having Children: Lessons from Japan in 1966
- What Zodiac Animal and Element Goes with Each Birth Year? Lookup Table 1924 to 2043
- What Is Hoàn Giáp and Does the 60th Birthday Longevity Ceremony Count Lunar or Western Age: The Case of Someone Born in the Đinh Mùi Year 1967 Meeting the Đinh Mùi Year 2027 Again
- What is Lục Thập Hoa Giáp?
Nạp ÂmFoundations33
- What Zodiac Animal and Element Goes with Each Birth Year? Lookup Table 1924 to 2043
- What Is Business Compatibility by Age and How to Choose an Age-Compatible Partner?
- What is Nạp Âm?
Nạp âm of the Kim elementFoundations6
- What is Bạch Lạp Kim (White Wax Metal) in the Sixty Jiazi? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Hải Trung Kim (Metal in the Sea) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Kim Bạch Kim (White Gold) Na Yin in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Kiếm Phong Kim (Sword Edge Metal) in the Sexagenary Cycle, and its Five Elements meaning
- What is Sa Trung Kim (Sand Gold) in the Sexagenary Cycle and its Five Elements Meaning
- What is the Nayin 'Thoa Xuyến Kim' (Hairpin Gold) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
Nạp âm of the Mộc elementFoundations6
- What is Bình Địa Mộc (Flatland Wood) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Dương Liễu Mộc (Willow Wood) in the Sixty Jiazi and its Five Elements Meaning
- What is Tang Đố Mộc (Mulberry Wood) in the Sexagenary Cycle and its Five Elements Meaning
- What is Thạch Lựu Mộc (Pomegranate Wood) in the Sexagenary Cycle, and its Five Elements meaning
- What is Tùng Bách Mộc (Pine and Cypress Wood) in the Sexagenary Cycle, and its Five Elements meaning?
- What is Đại Lâm Mộc (Great Forest Wood) in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, and its Five Elements meaning
Nạp âm of the Thủy elementFoundations6
- What is Giản Hạ Thủy in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, and its Five Elements meaning
- What is the Thiên Hà Thủy (Heavenly River Water) Na Yin in the Sexagenary Cycle and its Five Elements meaning?
- What is Trường Lưu Thủy (Flowing Water) in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, and its Five Elements meaning
- What is Tuyền Trung Thủy (Water in the Spring) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Đại Hải Thủy (Great Sea Water) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Đại Khê Thủy (Great Stream Water) in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, its Five Elements meaning
Nạp âm of the Hỏa elementFoundations6
- What is Lư Trung Hỏa (Fire in the Furnace) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Phú Đăng Hỏa (Lamp Fire) Na Yin in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Sơn Hạ Hỏa (Fire Under the Mountain) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Sơn Đầu Hỏa (Fire on the Mountain) in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Heavenly Fire (Thiên Thượng Hỏa) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Tích Lịch Hỏa (Fire of Thunderclap) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
Nạp âm of the Thổ elementFoundations6
- What is Bích Thượng Thổ (Earth on Wall) in the Sexagenary Cycle, and its Five Elements meaning
- What is Lộ Bàng Thổ (Roadside Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Sa Trung Thổ (Sand-in-the-Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Thành Đầu Thổ (City-Head Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle, and its Five Elements meaning
- What is Đại Trạch Thổ (Great Estate Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Ốc Thượng Thổ (Upper House Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle, and its Five Elements Meaning
Tuần Không (Không Vong)Components2
Heavenly stemsFoundations11
Lunisolar calendarFoundations38
- The Vietnamese Lunar Calendar Is Actually a Lunisolar Calendar: Why the Shortened Name 'Lunar Calendar' Causes Misunderstanding
- Does the Full Moon Make People Act Differently: Crime, Birth Counts and Sleep Through the Lens of Data
- When Did Auspicious and Inauspicious Day Divination Begin? Day Selection Books in Tombs Over Two Thousand Years Old
- Is the Lunar Calendar Science or Superstition? Two Layers of One Calendar, the Computable Astronomy and the Day-Selection Layer Added Later
- Converting Lunar Dates to Solar Dates: What the Calculation Is Based On, and Why It Is Not a Fixed Addition and Subtraction Table
- The Lunar Leap Month: Why It Exists, How It Is Calculated, and Why One Lunar Day in a Leap Year Corresponds to Two Solar Days
- Why two calendars give different lunar dates for the same solar day, and where time zones come in
- What Makes the 2027 Lunar Calendar Special and How to Look Up Dates Correctly
- Why Does Vietnamese Tet Sometimes Differ from Chinese New Year by a Day or Even a Whole Month?
- How did the Nguyễn dynasty's Khâm Thiên Giám make calendars and record heavenly signs?
The twenty-four solar termsFoundations28
- The Twenty-Four Solar Terms: Why the Solar Calendar Lives Inside the Lunar Almanac, and Why It Ties to Farming
- Is the Lunar Calendar Science or Superstition? Two Layers of One Calendar, the Computable Astronomy and the Day-Selection Layer Added Later
- What is Tiết khí?
Vũ Thủy (Rain Water)Foundations1
Kinh Trập (Awakening of Insects)Foundations1
Xuân Phân (Vernal Equinox)Foundations1
Thanh Minh (Clear and Bright)Foundations1
Cốc Vũ (Grain Rain)Foundations1
Lập Hạ (Start of Summer)Foundations1
Tiểu Mãn (Grain Buds)Foundations1
Mang Chủng (Grain in Ear)Foundations1
Hạ Chí (Summer Solstice)Foundations1
Tiểu Thử (Minor Heat)Foundations1
Đại Thử (Major Heat)Foundations1
Lập Thu (Start of Autumn)Foundations1
Xử Thử (End of Heat)Foundations1
Bạch Lộ (White Dew)Foundations1
Thu Phân (Autumnal Equinox)Foundations1
Hàn Lộ (Cold Dew)Foundations1
Sương Giáng (Frost Descent)Foundations1
Lập Đông (Start of Winter)Foundations1
Tiểu Tuyết (Minor Snow)Foundations1
Đại Tuyết (Major Snow)Foundations1
Đông Chí (Winter Solstice)Foundations1
Tiểu Hàn (Minor Cold)Foundations1
Đại Hàn (Major Cold)Foundations1
Tuổi mụ (nominal age)Foundations1
Date selection (trạch nhật)Applications22
- Practical Guide: How to Choose Auspicious Dates and Times for Weddings and Groundbreaking in Vietnamese Folk Belief
- How to Read Auspicious Hours (Giờ Hoàng Đạo) in a Day
- When Did Auspicious and Inauspicious Day Divination Begin? Day Selection Books in Tombs Over Two Thousand Years Old
- Is the Lunar Calendar Science or Superstition? Two Layers of One Calendar, the Computable Astronomy and the Day-Selection Layer Added Later
- Choosing departure dates, blessing a new vehicle, hanging safety amulets: how do Vietnamese seek road safety through spirituality?
- Does Marrying on a 'Lucky' Day Make a Marriage Last: Dutch Marriage Data and Low-Transaction Days in Singapore
- What Is Trùng Tang, and Why Do Vietnamese Choose the Hour of Coffining and Avoid Certain Burial Days: Funerals Seen from Anthropology
- How early 20th century Vietnamese consulted fortune tellers, picked auspicious days, and practiced mediumship: rereading Phan Kế Bính, Diguet, and Nguyễn Văn Huyên
- Does Friday the 13th Make Stocks Fall, and Do Vietnamese Have Similar "Bad Days"?
- Dunhuang Divination Manuscripts: How Did People in the Past Read Days, Interpret Dreams, Read Physiognomy, and Assess Home Feng Shui?
- Choosing Year-End Dates: Year-End Gathering, Altar Cleaning, Debt Repayment, and New Year Opening
- Checking Today's Good and Bad Days by the Lunar Calendar: Principles, How to Look It Up, and the Limits of Date Selection
- Can I Hold the Opening Ceremony in the Afternoon, and How Did Tradition Choose the Ritual Hour?
- How Did Wang Chong Criticize Day Selection Arts in the Lunheng?
- What is Giờ hoàng đạo?
Avoided days: Nguyệt Kỵ, Dương Công kỵComponents2
Twenty-eight mansions assigned to days (nhị thập bát tú trực nhật)Components2
Auspicious and inauspicious days (hoàng đạo, hắc đạo)Components1
The twelve day officers (Kiến Trừ)Components1
Good and bad day stars: Thiên Đức, Nguyệt Đức and the thần sát of day selectionComponents1
Bát Quái (Eight Trigrams)Foundations12
- The Eight Trigrams (Bát Quái): Meaning of Càn, Khảm, Cấn, Chấn, Tốn, Ly, Khôn, and Đoài
- What is Bát Quái?
Trigram CấnComponents1
Trigram CànComponents1
Trigram ChấnComponents1
Trigram ĐoàiComponents1
Trigram KhônComponents1
Tiên Thiên and Hậu Thiên Bát QuáiFoundations1
Trigram TốnComponents1
Five ElementsFoundations12
- Metal Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Interpromotion & Interconquest
- Fire Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Generative/Destructive Interactions
- Water Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Interpromotion/Intercontrol
- Earth Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Interpromotion & Intercontrol
- Naming a Child by the Five Elements and Parents' Ages: What Is Considered?
- What is Ngũ Hành?
Generation, control and regulationFoundations1
Yin and yangFoundations4
- What Is Yin and Yang? Origins of the Doctrine and How Divination Arts Use It
- The Character Minh 明 in Han Characters and the Yin Yang Philosophy of Sun and Moon
- What Is Nhật Nguyệt: Sino-Vietnamese Meaning, Sun and Moon Symbolism in East Asian Culture, and Different Usages
- What Systems Make Up Eastern Philosophy and How Did They Enter Vietnamese Culture?
Vietnamese astrologyknowledge tree199 articles
Auxiliary starsComponents36
Auxiliary star pairs without an article yetComponents8
Ân Quang, Thiên QuýComponents1
Tam Thai, Bát TọaComponents1
Thai Phụ, Phong CáoComponents1
Thiên Khốc, Thiên HưComponents1
Thiên La, Địa VõngComponents1
Thiên Quan, Thiên PhúcComponents1
Thiên Thọ, Thiên TàiComponents1
Thiên Thương, Thiên SứComponents1
The six auspicious starsComponents7
Thiên KhôiComponents1
Văn KhúcComponents1
The six malefic starsComponents7
Kình DươngComponents1
Linh TinhComponents1
Tứ Đào Hoa and the Đào Hoa starComponents6
Hàm TrìComponents1
Thiên HỉComponents1
Cô Thần, Quả TúComponents1
Hoa CáiComponents1
Kiếp SátComponents1
Long Trì, Phượng CácComponents1
Relief stars (Thiên Giải, Địa Giải, Giải Thần...)Components1
Thiên HìnhComponents1
Thiên MãComponents1
The fourteen main starsComponents26
Main stars sharing a palace (star pairs)Components5
- How to Read Two Major Stars Sharing a Palace in Tử Vi, and Why Are There Exactly 24 Combinations?
- How to Read Tử Vi and Thiên Phủ in the Same Palace at Dần and Thân?
- Vũ Khúc and Tham Lang in the same palace at Sửu and Mùi: what Tử Vi books say about late prosperity
- Liêm Trinh and Tham Lang in the same palace at Tỵ or Hợi: what do old Tử Vi texts say?
- Cự Môn and Thiên Cơ in the same palace at Mão or Dậu: what Tử Vi books say and where they differ
The Tử Phủ Vũ Tướng groupComponents2
The Cự Nhật groupComponents1
The Sát Phá Tham groupComponents1
Thiên ĐồngComponents1
Thiên LươngComponents1
Thiên TướngComponents1
Vũ KhúcComponents1
Tử Vi foundationsFoundations26
The limits of Tử Vi and using it with a clear headFoundations8
- Is Astrology Science or Superstition: The Wrong Question, and the Question Worth Asking Instead
- Why Zi Wei Dou Shu Readings Sometimes Do Not Match Real Life
- Online Tu Vi Today: When Does Adaptation Become Creativity and When Does It Become a Mix of Truth and Falsehood?
- Do Two People Born at the Same Time Share the Same Fate? What the London 'Time Twins' Study Says
- Daily Horoscope: How Is It Read and Should You Trust It?
- What Tử Vi Tron Doi Is and How to Understand It Correctly
- Is Finding a Partner Through Kinh Dịch, Tarot, or Tử Vi Reliable? A View from Origins and Evidence
- How to Read Your Child's Chart Responsibly: Bát Tự and Tử Vi for Young Children Should Be Used to Accompany, Not to Label or Predict the Future
Origins and history of Tử ViFoundations7
- Is Astrology Science or Superstition: The Wrong Question, and the Question Worth Asking Instead
- What Tử Vi schools exist and why do different schools read the same chart differently?
- Where Do Tử Vi, Bát Tự and Thái Ất Come From: What Scientific Historiography Says About Destiny Calculation Systems
- Do Western Astrology and Eastern Tử Vi Share a Common Origin? A Comparative History of the Two Systems
- What Is Classical Tử Vi and How Does It Differ from Modern Tử Vi?
- What are the main contents of 20th-century Vietnamese Tử Vi books, and how do they differ?
Tử Vi schoolsFoundations6
- What Tử Vi schools exist and why do different schools read the same chart differently?
- What Is Tử Vi Chân Cơ and How Does It Differ from Other Methods?
Tứ Hóa school, Phi Tinh, Khâm ThiênFoundations3
- What is Khâm Thiên Tứ Hóa: a Tử Vi school that takes Tứ Hóa as its axis, using the stem of each palace and not only the birth year stem
- Flying Transformations and Self-Transformations in Khâm Thiên Tử Vi: Reading the Direction of Hóa Lộc and Hóa Kỵ Correctly
- How to Read Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi Phi Tinh Correctly? Kỵ Nhập, Kỵ Xung, Lộc Kỵ Đồng Cung and Trùng Điệp Kỵ
Vietnamese Tử Vi: Tân Biên, master Thiên LươngFoundations2
Trung Châu school (Vương Đình Chi)Foundations1
Birth hour, lunar date and leap months when building a chartFoundations5
- Zi Wei Dou Shu: How to Cast a Chart and the Meaning of the 12 Palaces
- Why Zi Wei Dou Shu Readings Sometimes Do Not Match Real Life
- Born in a leap month or the hour of Tý: which month and day should a Tử Vi chart be cast by?
- Born Before or After Tết: Which Age Counts? The Difference Between the Tử Vi Lunar Year and the Bát Tự Lập Xuân Marker
- If You Do Not Know Your Birth Hour, What Can a Chart Still Tell You? Bát Tự Three Pillars, How Much Tử Vi Depends on the Hour, and How Reliable Birth-Hour Estimation Methods Are
Five Element cục (Thủy nhị cục to Hỏa lục cục)Foundations1
Interpretation techniquesTechniques23
Cách cục (chart patterns)Techniques9
- Tử Vi Chart Patterns Through Diagrams: 16 Classic Patterns, How Each Forms and Why It Is Considered Noble
- Tử Vi Tham Lang in the same palace at Mão or Dậu: why is it called đào hoa phạm chủ?
Nhật Nguyệt tịnh minhTechniques1
Phá cách (broken patterns)Techniques1
Luck periods: the layers of timeTechniques8
- Annual Fortune in Tử Vi: Concept, Calculation Basis, and Points Where Schools Disagree
- Good luck, bad luck, and the hot hand: why random streaks look like they follow a rule
Đại hạn (ten-year period)Techniques3
- Annual Fortune in Tử Vi: Concept, Calculation Basis, and Points Where Schools Disagree
- The First Three Lines of a Tử Vi Chart: What Yin Male or Yang Female, Thủy nhị cục or Hỏa lục cục, and Bản mệnh nạp âm Mean and How They Are Calculated
- What Is a Great Limit in Vietnamese Astrology, Which Palace Does It Start From, Which Direction Does It Move, and at What Age Does It Begin?
Lưu niên and annual starsTechniques3
- Annual Fortune in Tử Vi: Concept, Calculation Basis, and Points Where Schools Disagree
- Flying Transformations and Self-Transformations in Khâm Thiên Tử Vi: Reading the Direction of Hóa Lộc and Hóa Kỵ Correctly
- What Are Annual Palaces and Annual Stars in Vietnamese Astrology, and in What Order Do You Read a Specific Year on a Chart?
Tam phương tứ chínhTechniques6
- Tử Vi Chart Patterns Through Diagrams: 16 Classic Patterns, How Each Forms and Why It Is Considered Noble
- Annual Fortune in Tử Vi: Concept, Calculation Basis, and Points Where Schools Disagree
- What Is Tam Phuong Tu Chinh in Tử Vi? Why No Palace on the Chart Is Read Alone
- Which Palaces Influence a Palace on the Tử Vi Chart? Tam phương tứ chính, Opposite Palace and Nhị hợp
Xung chiếu (opposing palace)Techniques2
Applied topicsApplications20
Bad periods and remediesApplications5
- Bad Luck in Vietnamese Astrology: Warning Sign or Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
- Good fortune in Vietnamese astrology: Why complacency in a favorable year is dangerous
- What Are Relief Stars and Fate-Mitigating Stars in Vietnamese Astrology, and Their Real Limits
- Star-Offering Rituals for Averting Misfortune: Why Do Hanoians Attend, and What Do They Believe?
- Do Directors Aged 49 to 53 Invest Less? The Tuoi Han Belief and Business Decisions in Vietnamese Firms
Thái Tuế and tam tai by yearApplications5
- Tai Sui in Tu Vi and Feng Shui: Meaning and Why "Offending Tai Sui" Matters Every Year
- Tam Tai and Thái Tuế in the 2027 Đinh Mùi Year: Which Zodiac Signs Are Affected, How the List Is Calculated, and Where Schools of Thought Disagree
- Do Directors Aged 49 to 53 Invest Less? The Tuoi Han Belief and Business Decisions in Vietnamese Firms
- Should You Build a House, Marry, or Have a Child in Your Zodiac Year? How to Calculate Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc, Tam Tai, and Understand Them Correctly
- Year of the Goat meeting Đinh Mùi 2027: Kim Lâu, Tam tai, and ruling stars by birth year
Reading marriage and romanceApplications4
- The Spouse Palace in Zi Wei Dou Shu: Meaning and Interpretation
- Peach Blossom: Why a Star Both Loved and Hated Sparks Debate in Zi Wei Dou Shu
- Reading Love and Marriage on a Tử Vi Chart: Which Palace, In What Order, and How to Read Responsibly?
- Is 40 Too Late to Look for Love? A Tử Vi and Psychological Perspective
Reading childrenApplications3
- The Children's Palace in Zi Wei Dou Shu: Meaning and Interpretation
- Do Children Born in an 'Auspicious' Year Study Better? When Parents' Beliefs Make the Prediction Come True
- How to Read Your Child's Chart Responsibly: Bát Tự and Tử Vi for Young Children Should Be Used to Accompany, Not to Label or Predict the Future
Reading wealthApplications1
- Reading a sample chart in fullApplicationsin progress
The twelve palacesComponents15
Điền TrạchComponents1
Huynh ĐệComponents1
Phụ MẫuComponents1
Phu ThêComponents1
Quan LộcComponents1
Tài BạchComponents1
Tật ÁchComponents1
Thân palaceComponents1
Tử TứcComponents1
Cửu Diệu (folk annual stars)Applications14
- Kế Đô Star in the Nine Luminaries - meaning in folk belief
- La Hầu Star in the Nine Luminaries: Meaning and Folk Perspectives
- Mộc Đức Star in Nine Luminaries: Meaning in Folk Belief
- Thái Âm Star in the Nine Luminaries: Meaning, Worship Rituals, and What to Know
- Thái Bạch Star in Cửu Diệu: Meaning in Folk Belief
- Sun Star (Thái Dương) in the Nine Luminaries: Folk Belief Significance
- Thổ Tú Star in Cửu Diệu: Meaning in Folk Beliefs
- Thủy Diệu Star in Nine Luminaries: Meaning in Folk Belief
- Vân Hớn Star in the Nine Luminaries: Meaning and Remedies in Folk Belief
- Star-Offering Rituals for Averting Misfortune: Why Do Hanoians Attend, and What Do They Believe?
- Which Star Governs Your Fate in 2027 and What Does It Affect? How to Look Up the Cửu Diệu Stars and Tell Them Apart from Tử Vi Fate Stars
- What Are the Eight Hạn in a Year, and Where Do They Come From?
- What Do La Hầu, Kế Đô and the Moon's North and South Nodes Have in Common?
- Star Offering and Misfortune Aversion at the Start of the Year: Where the Custom Comes From and What the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Says
The Thái Tuế cycle on the chartComponents14
- Tai Sui in Tu Vi and Feng Shui: Meaning and Why "Offending Tai Sui" Matters Every Year
- What Is the Thái Tuế Circle in Tử Vi and How Is It Placed? Twelve Stars, Three Tam Hợp, and How to Interpret It
Điếu KháchComponents1
Long ĐứcComponents1
Phúc ĐứcComponents1
Tang MônComponents1
Thiếu ÂmComponents1
Trực PhùComponents1
Tuế PháComponents1
Bác Sĩ cycle (Lộc Tồn cycle)Components13
Bệnh PhùComponents1
Lực SĩComponents1
Thanh LongComponents1
Tướng QuânComponents1
Tràng Sinh cycleComponents13
Đế VượngComponents1
Tràng SinhComponents1
Tứ HóaComponents8
Phi hóaTechniques3
- Flying Transformations and Self-Transformations in Khâm Thiên Tử Vi: Reading the Direction of Hóa Lộc and Hóa Kỵ Correctly
- What is Khâm Thiên Tứ Hóa: a Tử Vi school that takes Tứ Hóa as its axis, using the stem of each palace and not only the birth year stem
- How to Read Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi Phi Tinh Correctly? Kỵ Nhập, Kỵ Xung, Lộc Kỵ Đồng Cung and Trùng Điệp Kỵ
Tứ Hóa variants for stems Canh, Tân, NhâmComponents1
Building the chart: placing palaces and starsTechniques5
- Zi Wei Dou Shu: How to Cast a Chart and the Meaning of the 12 Palaces
- In What Order Do You Read a Tử Vi Chart? Mệnh, Thân, Cục, Stars and Periods
Placing the Mệnh and Thân palacesTechniques2
Placing the 14 main stars: the Tử Vi and Thiên Phủ groupsTechniques1
Miếu, Vượng, Đắc, Bình, HãmComponents4
- Sun and Moon in Vietnamese Astrology: Thái Dương and Thái Âm, How Temple and Fall Positions Decide Meaning and Why Position Matters More Than Star Name
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- What is Đại Hải Thủy (Great Sea Water) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
- What is Kim Bạch Kim (White Gold) Na Yin in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
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- What is Kiếm Phong Kim (Sword Edge Metal) in the Sexagenary Cycle, and its Five Elements meaning
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I Chingknowledge tree140 articles
Structure of the six-line hexagramComponents72
64 hexagramsApplications67
- The Pure Yang Hexagram in the 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching: Origins and Meaning
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Hexagram statements, line statements, image statementsComponents2
Hexagram Địa Hỏa Minh DiComponents1
Hexagram Địa Lôi PhụcComponents1
Hexagram Địa Sơn KhiêmComponents1
Hexagram Địa Thiên TháiComponents1
Hexagram Địa Thủy SưComponents1
Hexagram Địa Trạch LâmComponents1
Hexagram Hỏa Địa TấnComponents1
Hexagram Hỏa Lôi Phệ HạpComponents1
Hexagram Hỏa Phong ĐỉnhComponents1
Hexagram Hỏa Sơn LữComponents1
Hexagram Hỏa Thiên Đại HữuComponents1
Hexagram Hỏa Thủy Vị TếComponents1
Hexagram Hỏa Trạch KhuêComponents1
Hexagram Lôi Địa DựComponents1
Hexagram Lôi Hỏa PhongComponents1
Hexagram Lôi Phong HằngComponents1
Hexagram Lôi Sơn Tiểu QuáComponents1
Hexagram Lôi Thiên Đại TrángComponents1
Hexagram Lôi Thủy GiảiComponents1
Hexagram Lôi Trạch Quy MuộiComponents1
Hexagram Phong Địa QuánComponents1
Hexagram Phong Hỏa Gia NhânComponents1
Hexagram Phong Lôi ÍchComponents1
Hexagram Phong Sơn TiệmComponents1
Hexagram Phong Thiên Tiểu SúcComponents1
Hexagram Phong Thủy HoánComponents1
Hexagram Phong Trạch Trung PhuComponents1
Hexagram Sơn Địa BácComponents1
Hexagram Sơn Hỏa BíComponents1
Hexagram Sơn Lôi DiComponents1
Hexagram Sơn Phong CổComponents1
Hexagram Sơn Thiên Đại SúcComponents1
Hexagram Sơn Thủy MôngComponents1
Hexagram Sơn Trạch TổnComponents1
Hexagram Thiên Địa BĩComponents1
Hexagram Thiên Hỏa Đồng NhânComponents1
Hexagram Thiên Lôi Vô VọngComponents1
Hexagram Thiên Phong CấuComponents1
Hexagram Thiên Sơn ĐộnComponents1
Hexagram Thiên Thủy TụngComponents1
Hexagram Thiên Trạch LýComponents1
Hexagram Thuần CànComponents1
Hexagram Thuần CấnComponents1
Hexagram Thuần ChấnComponents1
Hexagram Thuần ĐoàiComponents1
Hexagram Thuần KhảmComponents1
Hexagram Thuần KhônComponents1
Hexagram Thuần LyComponents1
Hexagram Thủy Địa TỷComponents1
Hexagram Thủy Hỏa Ký TếComponents1
Hexagram Thủy Lôi TruânComponents1
Hexagram Thủy Phong TỉnhComponents1
Hexagram Thủy Sơn Kiển, No. 39Components1
Hexagram Thủy Thiên NhuComponents1
Hexagram Thủy Trạch TiếtComponents1
Hexagram Trạch Lôi TùyComponents1
Hexagram Trạch Phong Đại QuáComponents1
Hexagram Trạch Thiên QuảiComponents1
Hexagram Trạch Thủy KhốnComponents1
Lines (hào)Components5
Moving lines and the changed hexagramTechniques4
- The 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching: Structure and Basic Interpretation
- Which Hexagrams Are Derived From One Hexagram: Changing Hexagram, Nuclear Hexagram, Opposite Hexagram, Reversed Hexagram, and How to Read by the Number of Moving Lines
- Which text do you read when a divination produces many moving lines? Chu Hy's method for judging change from one to six moving lines
- What is Hào?
Line positions: correct place, centrality, correspondence, adjacencyTechniques2
Related hexagrams: hỗ, thác, tổngTechniques1
Lục Hào (Bốc Dịch)Techniques28
Six relationsComponents8
- What Is Liu Yao, and Why It Answers Questions That Mei Hua Divination Cannot
- The Useful Spirit in Liu Yao: Which Line to Read for Which Question, and Why Some Matters Should Not Be Cast
- The Six Relatives and Six Beasts in Liu Yao Hexagrams: How to Assign Them, Their Meanings, and the Cycle of Original Spirit, Enemy Spirit, and Adversary Spirit
Six beasts (six spirits)Components8
- What Is Liu Yao, and Why It Answers Questions That Mei Hua Divination Cannot
- The Six Relatives and Six Beasts in Liu Yao Hexagrams: How to Assign Them, Their Meanings, and the Cycle of Original Spirit, Enemy Spirit, and Adversary Spirit
Câu TrầnComponents2
- What Do Thanh Long, Chu Tước, and Câu Trần Signify When They Land on a Line: Why Do the Six Beasts Only Color a Line Already Assessed for Prosperity or Decline Instead of Deciding Fortune or Misfortune on Their Own?
- What is Cau Tran in Liu Yao? How to place it by day stem and judge according to Zeng Shan Bu Yi
Chu TướcComponents2
- What Do Thanh Long, Chu Tước, and Câu Trần Signify When They Land on a Line: Why Do the Six Beasts Only Color a Line Already Assessed for Prosperity or Decline Instead of Deciding Fortune or Misfortune on Their Own?
- What is Chu Tước in Liu Yao and how is it interpreted according to the Zeng Shan Bu Yi?
Nhật Thần, Nguyệt Kiến and line strengthTechniques5
- What Is Liu Yao, and Why It Answers Questions That Mei Hua Divination Cannot
- Why the Same Hexagram Cast This Month Differs Next Month: Month Leader, Day Spirit, and the Three States of Void in the Decade, Month Breaker, and Hidden Movement in Liu Yao
Tuần Không in Lục HàoTechniques2
- Why the Same Hexagram Cast This Month Differs Next Month: Month Leader, Day Spirit, and the Three States of Void in the Decade, Month Breaker, and Hidden Movement in Liu Yao
- Tuần không in Lục Hào: how to find the two void branches and what it means when a line falls into it, according to Tăng san bốc dịch
Moving and changed lines in Lục HàoTechniques4
- How to Read a Moving Line Transforming into a Changed Line in Liu Yao: Hoi Dau Sinh, Hoi Dau Khac, Hoa Tien Than, Hoa Thoai Than, Hoa Khong, Hoa Pha, Hoa Mo, Hoa Tuyet, Phuc Ngam and Phan Ngam
- In what order do you read a moving line and a changed hexagram in Lục Hào?
Hóa Không, Hóa Phá, Hóa Mộ, Hóa TuyệtTechniques2
Hồi Đầu Sinh, Hồi Đầu KhắcTechniques2
Tiến Thần, Thoái ThầnTechniques2
- How to Read a Moving Line Transforming into a Changed Line in Liu Yao: Hoi Dau Sinh, Hoi Dau Khac, Hoa Tien Than, Hoa Thoai Than, Hoa Khong, Hoa Pha, Hoa Mo, Hoa Tuyet, Phuc Ngam and Phan Ngam
- What Are Advancing and Retreating Spirits in Liu Yao? How to Identify and Interpret Them According to Zeng Shan Buo Yi
Dụng Thần (Lục Hào)Techniques3
Nguyên Thần, Kỵ Thần, Cừu ThầnTechniques3
- The Useful Spirit in Liu Yao: Which Line to Read for Which Question, and Why Some Matters Should Not Be Cast
- The Six Relatives and Six Beasts in Liu Yao Hexagrams: How to Assign Them, Their Meanings, and the Cycle of Original Spirit, Enemy Spirit, and Adversary Spirit
- How Do Nguyên Thần, Kỵ Thần, and Cừu Thần Differ in Their Sheng-Ke Relations in Liu Yao?
Eight palaces and the Thế lineComponents2
- The Self Line and the Response Line in Six-Line Divination: Who Is You, Who Is the Other, and Why Their Positions Shape the Whole Reading
- Where to Start When Setting Up a Liu Yao Hexagram: How the 64 Hexagrams Divide Into Eight Palaces, From the Pure Hexagram to the Fifth Generation, Wandering Soul and Returning Soul, What Element Each Palace Carries, and How Na Jia Assigns Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
Nạp GiápComponents2
- What Is Liu Yao, and Why It Answers Questions That Mei Hua Divination Cannot
- Where to Start When Setting Up a Liu Yao Hexagram: How the 64 Hexagrams Divide Into Eight Palaces, From the Pure Hexagram to the Fifth Generation, Wandering Soul and Returning Soul, What Element Each Palace Carries, and How Na Jia Assigns Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
Bốc Dịch classicsFoundations1
Phục Thần and Phi ThầnTechniques1
Ứng Kỳ (timing of outcomes)Applications1
Origins: Phục Hy, Văn Vương, Chu Công, Khổng TửFoundations7
- What is the I Ching: origins and the philosophy of Yin-Yang and the Eight Trigrams
- Who Wrote the I Ching: The Fu Xi and King Wen Tradition and What Excavated Manuscripts Show
- How the I Ching Became a Classic: How Song Scholars Read the Changes, and the Routes the I Ching Took to Vietnam and the West
- Han dynasty Yijing studies: how do Jing Fang's image-number methods differ from Wang Bi's meaning-principle approach?
- What is Kinh Dịch?
Thiệu Khang Tiết (Thiệu Ung)Foundations1
Applying the Kinh Dịch (I Ching) in daily lifeApplications5
- Applying the I Ching in Family Life
- Applying the I Ching in Business: From Philosophy to Strategic Action
- Applying the I Ching to Health: From the Well Hexagram to the Balance of Yin and Yang
- Applying the I Ching in Your Career: A Compass for the Modern Gentleman
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Casting methods: yarrow stalks, coins, numbersTechniques4
- What Is Liu Yao, and Why It Answers Questions That Mei Hua Divination Cannot
- Methods of Casting an I Ching Hexagram: Yarrow Stalks, Three Coins, Number-Based and Time-Based Casting, and Why Each Method Gives Different Moving-Line Probabilities
- Why Drawing Your Own Hexagram or Picking Your Own Numbers Feels More Trustworthy: The Illusion of Control
- How Does Online I Ching Coin Tossing Work and How Do You Read the Result? A Guide from Casting to Interpretation
Mai Hoa Dịch SốTechniques4
- What Is Liu Yao, and Why It Answers Questions That Mei Hua Divination Cannot
- What Is Mai Hoa Dịch Số, and Did Thiệu Ung Really Write It?
Casting by year, month, day and hourTechniques1
Hà Lạc Lý SốApplications1
Hoàng Cực Kinh ThếApplications1
Khổng Minh Thần ToánApplications1
Guaqi (quái khí): hexagrams assigned to daysComponents1
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- Sun and Moon in the I Ching: What the Li and Kan Trigrams Mean
- What Are Hà Đồ and Lạc Thư: Number Arrangement, Links to the Tiên Thiên and Hậu Thiên Bagua, and the Nine Stars
- The Heavenly Stem Geng: Yin Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
- The Xun Trigram in the Eight Trigrams: Symbolism and Meaning
- The Single Kan Trigram in Bagua: Symbolism and Meaning
- Early Heaven vs Later Heaven Bagua: Understanding the Two Trigram Arrangements
- Heavenly Stem Gui: Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
- The Gen Trigram in the Bagua: Symbolism and Meaning
- The Kun Trigram in Bagua: Symbolism and Meaning
- The Eight Trigrams (Bát Quái): Meaning of Càn, Khảm, Cấn, Chấn, Tốn, Ly, Khôn, and Đoài
- Heavenly Stem Yi: Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
- Heavenly Stem Xin: Yin Yang Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
- The Li Trigram in the Eight Trigrams: Symbolism and Meaning
- The Dui Trigram in Bagua: Symbolism and Meaning
- Heavenly Stem Giap: Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
- Heavenly Stem Wu (Mau): Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
- Heavenly Stem Ji: Yin Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
- The Zhen Trigram in the Bagua: Symbolism and Meaning
- The Heavenly Stem Ren: Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
- The Qian Trigram in the Eight Trigrams: Symbolism and Meaning
- Heavenly Stem Ding (Đinh): Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
- Heavenly Stem Bing: Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
Feng shuiknowledge tree119 articles
Feng shui foundationsFoundations76
Feng shui schoolsFoundations49
- What schools of feng shui exist and where did they split from: from Guo Pu's Zangshu to Jiangxi terrain forms, Fujian li qi, then San He, San Yuan, Bát Trạch, and Huyền Không
- What Feng Shui Is in the Eyes of Anthropologists and Historians: From the Compass to Lineage Power
Lý khíFoundations36
Tam Nguyên schoolFoundations20
- The Luo Pan Compass: Directional Tool in Feng Shui
- What schools of feng shui exist and where did they split from: from Guo Pu's Zangshu to Jiangxi terrain forms, Fujian li qi, then San He, San Yuan, Bát Trạch, and Huyền Không
Huyền Không flying starsFoundations17
- Vượng Sơn Vượng Hướng in Huyền Không Phi Tinh: Why It Is the Best Configuration and Why No Primary Facing in Period 9 Achieves It
- What Is Thượng Sơn Hạ Thủy in Huyền Không Phi Tinh? Why It Is Considered an Inauspicious Configuration and How Classical Texts Discuss Remedies
- What is Huyền Không Phi Tinh?
Huyền Không nine starsComponents12
Annual flying stars, Ngũ Hoàng, Tam Sát, Thái Tuế by yearTechniques3
Star Bát Bạch (8 White)Components1
Star Cửu Tử (9 Purple)Components1
Star Lục Bạch (6 White)Components1
Star Ngũ Hoàng (5 Yellow)Components1
Star Nhất Bạch (1 White)Components1
Star Nhị Hắc (2 Black)Components1
Star Tam Bích (3 Jade)Components1
Star Thất Xích (7 Red)Components1
Star Tứ Lục (4 Green)Components1
Star charts: period chart, mountain stars, facing starsComponents7
- What Is Thượng Sơn Hạ Thủy in Huyền Không Phi Tinh? Why It Is Considered an Inauspicious Configuration and How Classical Texts Discuss Remedies
- Building a Xuan Kong Flying Star chart step by step: placing the period star in the center, flying it along the Luo Shu, taking the mountain star and facing star, and deciding forward or reverse flight by the San Yuan Long
- What is Huyền Không Phi Tinh?
Phản Ngâm, Phục NgâmTechniques2
Hợp Thập, Liên Châu Tam Ban, Thất Tinh Đả KiếpTechniques1
Kiêm Hướng, Không Vong and Thế QuáiTechniques1
Song Tinh Đáo Hướng, Song Tinh Đáo TọaTechniques1
Tam nguyên cửu vận and Period 9Foundations4
- Vượng Sơn Vượng Hướng in Huyền Không Phi Tinh: Why It Is the Best Configuration and Why No Primary Facing in Period 9 Achieves It
- The Nine Purple Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings and How to Resolve Them
- What Is Tam Nguyên Cửu Vận? Why 180 Years Divide Into Three Nguyên and Nine Vận, and How Vận 9 (2024 to 2043) Differs From Vận 8
Bát TrạchFoundations15
- What Is Bát Trạch (Eight Mansions)? East and West Life Groups and Choosing Auspicious Directions
- What is Bát Trạch?
Đông Tứ Trạch, Tây Tứ Trạch and the eight housesComponents11
- What Is Bát Trạch (Eight Mansions)? East and West Life Groups and Choosing Auspicious Directions
- Kan House (East Group) in Bazhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Compatible Directions
- Li House (East Group) in Ba Zhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Compatible Directions
- Zhen House (East Group) in Bazhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Compatible Directions
- Xun House (East Group) in Ba Zhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Favorable Directions
- Qian House (Western Four Houses) in Ba Zhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Favorable Directions
- Gen House (West Group) in Ba Zhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Compatible Directions
- Kun House (West Group) in Ba Zhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Compatible Directions
- Dui House (West Group) in Bazhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Favorable Directions
- What is Đông Tứ Trạch?
- What is Tây Tứ Trạch?
Eight Du Niên: Sinh Khí, Thiên Y, Diên Niên, Phục Vị, Họa Hại, Lục Sát, Ngũ Quỷ, Tuyệt MệnhComponents3
- What Is Bát Trạch (Eight Mansions)? East and West Life Groups and Choosing Auspicious Directions
- The Eight Du Nien: How Sinh Khí, Thien Y, Diên Niên, Phục Vị, Họa Hại, Lục Sát, Ngũ Quỷ, and Tuyệt Mệnh Are Calculated and How to Place the Door, Master Room, and Kitchen According to Dương Trạch Tam Yếu
- What is Bát Trạch?
Tam Hợp schoolFoundations3
- The Luo Pan Compass: Directional Tool in Feng Shui
- What schools of feng shui exist and where did they split from: from Guo Pu's Zangshu to Jiangxi terrain forms, Fujian li qi, then San He, San Yuan, Bát Trạch, and Huyền Không
- The Trang Sinh Water Method of the Tam Hợp School: Receiving Water at the Trang Sinh Palace, Discharging Water at the Tuyet Palace, and the Eight Great Hoàng Tuyền
Lý khí water methods: tràng sinh water, Hoàng TuyềnTechniques1
Loan đầu (form school)Foundations13
- Long and Long Mach in Ngũ Quyết Phong Thủy Loan Đầu: From Legend to Geographic Principle
- Acupoints and Point Selection in Ngũ Quyết Loan Đầu Feng Shui: Principles, Methods, and Key Point Types
- Sha - Surrounding Land Forms in the Five Decisions of Landform Feng Shui: An In-depth Analysis
- Water and Water Methods in the Five Essentials of Landform Feng Shui: Principles and Applications
- House Direction and Orientation in Ngũ Quyết Loan Đầu Feng Shui: Principles, Classification, and Practical Applications
- What Are Form and Force in Feng Shui According to the Book of Burial? A Thousand Feet Is Force, a Hundred Feet Is Form
Five essentials: Long, Huyệt, Sa, Thủy, HướngComponents12
HuyệtComponents4
Minh đườngComponents4
- Acupoints and Point Selection in Ngũ Quyết Loan Đầu Feng Shui: Principles, Methods, and Key Point Types
- House Direction and Orientation in Ngũ Quyết Loan Đầu Feng Shui: Principles, Classification, and Practical Applications
- The Four Symbols Thanh Long, Bạch Hổ, Chu Tước, Huyền Vũ in a land formation and where the minh duong sits among the four
- What is minh đường in feng shui? Small, middle and large minh đường, inner and outer
Locating the HuyệtTechniques1
Long and long mạch (dragon veins)Components4
Sa (án sơn, triều sơn, hộ sa)Components3
Four Spirits: Thanh Long, Bạch Hổ, Chu Tước, Huyền VũComponents3
- Sha - Surrounding Land Forms in the Five Decisions of Landform Feng Shui: An In-depth Analysis
- House Direction and Orientation in Ngũ Quyết Loan Đầu Feng Shui: Principles, Classification, and Practical Applications
- The Four Symbols Thanh Long, Bạch Hổ, Chu Tước, Huyền Vũ in a land formation and where the minh duong sits among the four
Water and Loan đầu water methodsComponents3
- Water and Water Methods in the Five Essentials of Landform Feng Shui: Principles and Applications
- What Is Thủy Khẩu and How to Understand 'Heaven Gate Open, Earth Door Closed' in Feng Shui
Thủy khẩu (water exit)Components3
- Water and Water Methods in the Five Essentials of Landform Feng Shui: Principles and Applications
- The Trang Sinh Water Method of the Tam Hợp School: Receiving Water at the Trang Sinh Palace, Discharging Water at the Tuyet Palace, and the Eight Great Hoàng Tuyền
- What Is Thủy Khẩu and How to Understand 'Heaven Gate Open, Earth Door Closed' in Feng Shui
Orientation in Loan ĐầuComponents1
Yin-yang and the Five Elements in feng shuiFoundations16
Applying the Five Elements by mệnhApplications15
- Applying Five Elements: Choosing the Right House Direction for Your Destiny
- Five Elements in Practice: Choosing Lucky Colors for Your Destiny
- Five Elements Application: Choosing a Career That Matches Your Destiny
- Five Elements Application: Choosing an Auspicious House Number
- Five Elements Application: Choosing a Car That Matches Your Destiny
- Five Elements Application: The Five Elements in Marital Relationships
- Five Elements Application: Choosing a Wedding Date Compatible with Your Destiny
- Metal Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Interpromotion & Interconquest
- Wood Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and the Cycle of Generation and Control
- Water Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Interpromotion/Intercontrol
- Fire Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Generative/Destructive Interactions
- Earth Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Interpromotion & Intercontrol
- Naming a Child by the Five Elements and Parents' Ages: What Is Considered?
- Which Colors Suit Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth Elements, and Which to Avoid According to the Five Elements?
- Auspicious Plants by Destiny: Which Plants Should Each Element Grow According to the Five Elements?
History of feng shuiFoundations10
- What schools of feng shui exist and where did they split from: from Guo Pu's Zangshu to Jiangxi terrain forms, Fujian li qi, then San He, San Yuan, Bát Trạch, and Huyền Không
- What Feng Shui Is in the Eyes of Anthropologists and Historians: From the Compass to Lineage Power
Táng Thư and Quách PhácFoundations4
- What schools of feng shui exist and where did they split from: from Guo Pu's Zangshu to Jiangxi terrain forms, Fujian li qi, then San He, San Yuan, Bát Trạch, and Huyền Không
- What the Táng Thư Says About Qi, Wind, Water, and the Origin of the Term Feng Shui
- What Are Form and Force in Feng Shui According to the Book of Burial? A Thousand Feet Is Force, a Hundred Feet Is Form
- What Are the Five Types of Mountains Unsuitable for Burial According to the Zangshu? Tong, Duan, Shi, Guo, Du and the Reasons the Book Gives
Dương Quân Tùng (Dương Cứu Bần)Foundations3
- What schools of feng shui exist and where did they split from: from Guo Pu's Zangshu to Jiangxi terrain forms, Fujian li qi, then San He, San Yuan, Bát Trạch, and Huyền Không
- Who Was Yang Junsong, Why Is He Called Yang Jiupin, and Where Does He Stand in the Loan Dau and Jiangxi Schools?
- Hám Long Kinh and Nghi Long Kinh: how the two classics attributed to Dương Quân Tùng read dragon veins
Thẩm Trúc Nhưng and Thẩm Thị Huyền Không HọcFoundations2
Tưởng Đại HồngFoundations2
Khí, sinh khí and "tàng phong đắc thủy"Foundations5
- What Is Feng Shui? Foundational Principles and How to Apply It
- What schools of feng shui exist and where did they split from: from Guo Pu's Zangshu to Jiangxi terrain forms, Fujian li qi, then San He, San Yuan, Bát Trạch, and Huyền Không
- What Is Qi in Feng Shui: Sheng Qi, Si Qi, and the Zangshu Line 'Qi Rides the Wind and Scatters, Is Bounded by Water and Stops'
- What the Táng Thư Says About Qi, Wind, Water, and the Origin of the Term Feng Shui
- What is Phong Thủy?
Bát Quái and the eight directions in feng shuiFoundations3
Lạc Thư and the nine palaces in feng shuiFoundations2
Applied topicsApplications69
Dương Trạch (dwellings)Applications38
- Home Feng Shui: Basic Arrangement Principles
- Do 'lucky' house numbers and floor numbers raise property prices? Evidence from real estate market research
Arranging each area of the homeApplications15
Fish ponds and aquariumsApplications1
KitchenApplications1
StaircaseApplications1
Main doorApplications1
Mirrors in the homeApplications1
Living roomApplications1
BedroomApplications1
Yard and gardenApplications1
Tài vị (wealth position)Applications1
ToiletApplications1
Choosing the house orientationApplications10
- Feng Shui for North-Facing Houses: Which Elements Match, What to Note
- Feng Shui for Northeast-Facing Houses: Which Elements Match and What to Note
- Feng Shui for East-Facing Houses: Which Elements Match, What to Note
- Feng Shui for Southeast-Facing Houses: Compatible Elements and Key Considerations
- Feng Shui for South-Facing Houses: Which Elements Match, What to Note
- Feng Shui for Northwest-Facing House: Which Element Matches, What to Note
- Feng Shui for West-Facing Houses: Which Element Matches, What to Note
- Feng Shui for Southwest-Facing Houses: Compatible Elements and Key Considerations
- Applying Five Elements: Choosing the Right House Direction for Your Destiny
- Why Hanoi Apartment Buyers Consult Feng Shui: Research on Spiritual Security When Buying a Home
Checking age for building a house: Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc, Tam TaiApplications7
- Checking ages for building a house in the 2027 Đinh Mùi year: which ages hit Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc, Tam Tai, and why the three are not the same
- Folk Taboos for Groundbreaking, House Construction, and Housewarming
- Should You Build a House, Marry, or Have a Child in Your Zodiac Year? How to Calculate Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc, Tam Tai, and Understand Them Correctly
- What is Kim Lâu?
- What is Hoang Ốc?
- What is Tam Tai?
- What is Vietnamese lunar age?
Harmful forms around the houseApplications3
Phản Cung sátApplications1
Thiên Trảm sátApplications1
Xuyên Tâm sátApplications1
Three essentials of Dương Trạch: door, master room, stoveTechniques3
- Feng Shui for the Main Door: Principles for Auspicious Arrangement
- Kitchen Feng Shui: principles for an auspicious layout
- The Eight Du Nien: How Sinh Khí, Thien Y, Diên Niên, Phục Vị, Họa Hại, Lục Sát, Ngũ Quỷ, and Tuyệt Mệnh Are Calculated and How to Place the Door, Master Room, and Kitchen According to Dương Trạch Tam Yếu
Feng shui stonesApplications17
- How to Properly Cleanse and Recharge Feng Shui Crystals
- Gemstones for Aries: Meaning and How to Choose
- Aquarius Birthstone: Meaning and How to Choose
- Feng Shui Crystals for Scorpio: Meaning and How to Choose
- Gemstones for Cancer Zodiac Sign: Meaning and How to Choose
- Feng Shui Crystals for Taurus - Meaning and How to Choose
- Capricorn Zodiac Healing Crystals: Meanings and How to Choose
- Feng Shui Crystals for Sagittarius: Meaning and How to Choose
- Gemstones for Pisces: Meaning and How to Choose
- Gemstones for Gemini: Meaning and How to Choose
- Gemstones for Leo Zodiac Sign: Meaning and How to Choose
- Feng Shui Crystals for Libra - Meaning and How to Choose
- Gemstones for Virgo: Meanings and How to Choose
- What Are Feng Shui Stones? How to Choose Stones for Your Destiny and Zodiac
- Feng Shui / Birthstones by Zodiac Sign: A Basic Guide
- Quartz in Feng Shui: Meanings of Clear, Rose, Amethyst, and Citrine Quartz
- Does carrying a lucky charm make us perform better: a famous experiment and its failed replications
Feng shui in Vietnamese architecture and citiesApplications8
Terrain of the capitals: Hoa Lư, Thăng Long, HuếApplications5
- What Is the Thăng Long Tứ Tran: The Four Temples Guarding the Four Directions of the Capital, Who They Worship, and Why Each Deity Was Placed in That Direction
- Hoàn Kiếm Lake in the Spiritual Layout of Thăng Long: Where the Legend of the Returned Sword Stands Among the Four Guardian Temples
- Why did Đinh Bộ Lĩnh make Hoa Lư the capital in 968, and what can the mountains and rivers there still tell us today?
- What did the 1010 Edict on the Relocation of the Capital say about the land of Đại La, and how should the phrase 'coiling dragon, crouching tiger' be understood?
- What Terrain Was the Hue Imperial City Built On: the Perfume River, Ngự Bình Mountain, Hen Islet, Dã Viên Islet, and Why Does the Citadel Face Southeast?
Hoa Lư capital: limestone ring and the Hoàng Long riverApplications1
Huế Citadel: Perfume River, Ngự Bình Mountain, Hến and Dã Viên isletsApplications1
Thăng Long and the Edict on the Transfer of the CapitalApplications1
Choosing the site and orientation of village đìnhApplications2
Traditional houses and feng shuiApplications1
Âm trạch: graves and reburialApplications2
Shops and businessesApplications1
CarsApplications1
Components and toolsComponents28
The 24 sơn (mountains)Components26
- The Yi Mountain in the 24 Mountains of Feng Shui: Meaning and In-Depth Interpretation
- Bing Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Qian Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Gen Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui - Meaning and Interpretation
- Geng Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Dan Mountain in the 24 Feng Shui Directions: Meaning and Interpretation
- Dậu Direction in the 24 Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and In-Depth Interpretation
- Dinh Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Giap Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Hợi Mountain Direction in Feng Shui's 24 Mountains: Meaning and In-Depth Interpretation
- Khon Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Mao Mountain in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and In-Depth Interpretation
- Wei Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and In-depth Interpretation
- The Wu (Ngọ) Direction in the 24 Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Nham Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui - Meaning and Interpretation
- Gui Mountain in the 24 Feng Shui Directions: Meaning and Interpretation
- Chou Mountain in the 24 Mountains Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Tan Mountain Direction in the 24 Feng Shui Mountains: Meaning and Interpretation
- Shen Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Chen Direction in the 24 Feng Shui Directions: Meaning and Interpretation
- Xun Mountain in the 24 Mountains Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Tuất Direction in the 24 Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and In-Depth Interpretation
- Ty Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
- Si Mountain in the 24 Mountains of Feng Shui: Meaning and In-depth Interpretation
- What is 24 Sơn Hướng?
Tam nguyên long (Địa, Thiên, Nhân nguyên long)Components1
La kinh (compass)Components1
La kinh rings (Thiên Trì, chính châm, trung châm, phùng châm, 72 long, 120 phân kim)Components1
Lỗ Ban rulerComponents1
Vastu Shastra versus feng shuiFoundations1
- TechniquesTechniquesin progress
BaZiknowledge tree57 articles
Four PillarsComponents18
- What Is Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny)? Reading Fate Through Eight Characters
- Do Two People Born at the Same Time Share the Same Fate? What the London 'Time Twins' Study Says
- What is Bát Tự?
Building the Four PillarsTechniques5
- What is the Month Pillar in BaZi (Four Pillars)?
- What is the Hour Pillar in BaZi (Four Pillars)?
- Building the Four Pillars of BaZi from birth date and time: the year pillar changes at Lập Xuân, the month pillar changes at the solar term, the day pillar follows the 60-cycle, and the hour stem is derived from the day stem
- Which month is good for having a child? Why does Bát Tự change months by solar terms while Tử Vi uses lunar months?
- Born Before or After Tết: Which Age Counts? The Difference Between the Tử Vi Lunar Year and the Bát Tự Lập Xuân Marker
Hour pillarComponents3
- What is the Hour Pillar in BaZi (Four Pillars)?
- What Time Is the Hour of the Rat? A Table Converting the 12 Traditional Watch-Hours (十二時辰) to Clock Time
- If You Do Not Know Your Birth Hour, What Can a Chart Still Tell You? Bát Tự Three Pillars, How Much Tử Vi Depends on the Hour, and How Reliable Birth-Hour Estimation Methods Are
Day pillarComponents3
Day MasterComponents3
Day Master strength (strong self, weak self)Techniques1
Hidden stemsComponents2
Month pillarComponents2
Nguyệt Lệnh (month command)Techniques2
Thai Nguyên and Mệnh CungComponents1
Year pillarComponents1
Ten GodsComponents12
Chính TàiComponents1
Thiên Ấn (Kiêu Thần)Components1
Thực ThầnComponents1
Thương QuanComponents1
Dụng thần, Hỉ thần, Kỵ thầnTechniques11
- What is the 'Useful God' (Yong Shen) in BaZi (Four Pillars)?
- What Is Bát Tự Quang Minh and How Is It Applied in Fate Reading?
- What is Dụng Thần?
- What is Hỉ Thần?
Bệnh DượcTechniques1
Phù ỨcTechniques1
Thông QuanTechniques1
Bát Tự structures (cách cục)Techniques9
- How Are Ba Tu Chart Structures Determined by the Month Command and Stem Revelation? The Main Structures and Conditions for Formation or Destruction
- What Is Bát Tự Quang Minh and How Is It Applied in Fate Reading?
Dương NhậnTechniques3
- What Are Shen Sha in BaZi: How to Look Up Tian Yi Gui Ren, Wen Chang, Yi Ma, Tao Hua, Hua Gai, Yang Ren, Kong Wang, and How Much They Matter Compared to the Ten Gods and Useful God
- Duong Nhan in Bát Tự: How to Look It Up by Day Master, Its Relation to Loc, Phi Nhận, and the Points Schools Disagree On
- What is Dương Nhận?
Regular structures (eight structures)Techniques1
Hóa khí cách (transformation structures)Techniques1
Kiến Lộc structureTechniques1
Thần sát in Bát TựComponents9
- What Are Shen Sha in BaZi: How to Look Up Tian Yi Gui Ren, Wen Chang, Yi Ma, Tao Hua, Hua Gai, Yang Ren, Kong Wang, and How Much They Matter Compared to the Ten Gods and Useful God
- What Are Tướng Quân Tiễn, Diêm Vương Quan and Dạ Đề Quan, and Which Books Record Them?
Đào Hoa (Hàm Trì) in Bát TựComponents3
- Peach Blossom: Why a Star Both Loved and Hated Sparks Debate in Zi Wei Dou Shu
- What Are Shen Sha in BaZi: How to Look Up Tian Yi Gui Ren, Wen Chang, Yi Ma, Tao Hua, Hua Gai, Yang Ren, Kong Wang, and How Much They Matter Compared to the Ten Gods and Useful God
- Đào Hoa (Hàm Trì) in Bát Tự: How to Find It by the Year or Day Branch Triad, and Đào Hoa Inside and Outside the Wall
Dịch MãComponents2
- What Are Shen Sha in BaZi: How to Look Up Tian Yi Gui Ren, Wen Chang, Yi Ma, Tao Hua, Hua Gai, Yang Ren, Kong Wang, and How Much They Matter Compared to the Ten Gods and Useful God
- Looking Up Dịch Mã by Tam Hợp: The 12-Branch Table for Finding the Dịch Mã Branch, and Why Mã Always Falls on Dần, Thân, Tỵ, Hợi
Thiên Ất Quý NhânComponents2
- What Are Shen Sha in BaZi: How to Look Up Tian Yi Gui Ren, Wen Chang, Yi Ma, Tao Hua, Hua Gai, Yang Ren, Kong Wang, and How Much They Matter Compared to the Ten Gods and Useful God
- Thiên Ất Quý Nhân in Bát Tự: How to Look It Up by Day Stem, the Verse 'Giáp Mậu Canh ngưu dương', and Where Schools Disagree
Văn Xương (Bát Tự)Components2
- What Are Shen Sha in BaZi: How to Look Up Tian Yi Gui Ren, Wen Chang, Yi Ma, Tao Hua, Hua Gai, Yang Ren, Kong Wang, and How Much They Matter Compared to the Ten Gods and Useful God
- Văn Xương Quý Nhân in Bát Tự by Day Stem: Table of Ten Stems to Branches, and How It Differs from Lưu Niên Văn Tinh and Học Đường
Origins of Tử Bình: from Lý Hư Trung to Từ Tử BìnhFoundations4
Luck cyclesTechniques4
Lưu Niên and Tuế VậnTechniques3
- How Ba Tu Major Cycles Are Set: Why They Run Forward or Backward by Gender and the Yin Yang of the Year Stem, How the Starting Age Is Counted from Days to the Nearest Solar Term (Three Days to One Year), and How to Read a Ten Year Major Cycle Together with the Annual Cycle Against the Useful God
- How to Read Annual Pillar and Tai Sui in BaZi: What Is Sui Yun Jing Lin
- How the Đinh Mùi 2027 Year Enters a Bát Tự Chart: Can Đinh and Chi Mùi Meeting the Ten Day Masters
Đại Vận (major luck)Techniques1
Luck starting age and forward or reverse directionTechniques1
Stem and branch relations in the Four PillarsTechniques3
Punishments, clashes, combinations and harms between pillarsTechniques1
Five stem combinations and combined transformationTechniques1
Tử Bình classicsFoundations2
- How Do the Five Source Texts of Tử Bình Differ? A Comparison of Uyên Hải Tử Bình, Tam Mệnh Thông Hội, Trích Thiên Tủy, Cùng Thông Bảo Giám and Tử Bình Chân Thuyên
- Why Do Childbirth Year Compatibility Checkers Give Different Results? Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches and Nạp Âm in the Tam Mệnh Thông Hội
Six relations and palace positionsApplications2
Bát Tự schoolsTechniques1
Saju (Korea)Applications1
- Manh school (Blind school)Techniquesin progress
Other articles in this topic6
- Giving birth in the year of Đinh Mùi 2027: the 12 lunar months, the Bát Tự months and the boundaries of the Goat year
- What Is Hà Lạc Numerology and How Are Hexagrams Cast from Can Chi?
- Five Elements Generating, Controlling, Checking and Transforming: Why Does Excessive Generation Harm, and What Are Counter-Generation and Counter-Control?
- Tam Hinh in Bát Tự: Dần Tỵ Thân, Sửu Tuất Mùi, Tý Mão, and the Self-Punishment of Thìn Ngọ Dậu Hợi
- How Tam Hoi differs from Tam Hop: three months of one season versus the Trường Sinh, Đế Vượng, Mo stages of one element
- The Twelve Stages of Growth in Bát Tự: A Life-Cycle Model of Rise and Decline
Physiognomy49 articles
- What Do Moles on the Neck, Shoulders, Back, and Belly Mean in Classical Physiognomy Books?
- How do old texts describe the Wood-type face and build in physiognomy?
- How Is the Three Sections (Tam Đình) of the Face Divided and What Meaning Do Physiognomy Books Assign to It?
- Which positions on the face do the Five Peaks comprise? Nam Nhạc at the forehead, Bắc Nhạc at the chin and the other three peaks according to Thần tướng thiết quan đao
- Physiognomy: Understanding and Downloading Physiognomy Books
- Do AI Face-Reading Apps Actually Predict Personality? What Machine Learning on 31,367 Photos Says
- Eyebrow Shapes in Face Reading: Quan Công, La Hán, Tiger Brow, Sword Brow, Willow Leaf and Sparse Eyebrows
- What Science Says About Face Reading: From 19th-Century Criminal Physiognomy to Modern Research
- Where Does Physiognomy Come From: The History of Eastern Face Reading and Its Place in Vietnamese Culture
- Reading the Five Features Together: Why Traditional Physiognomy Does Not Judge a Single Feature in Isolation
- Career Line in Palmistry: Meaning and How to Read It
- What Is Face Reading? Main Features in Physiognomy
Glossary49 articles
- What Is Phong Tục in English? Vocabulary for Vietnamese Customs
- The Character Minh 明 in Han Characters and the Yin Yang Philosophy of Sun and Moon
- What is Bệnh Dược?
- What is Điều Hậu?
- What is Dương Nhận?
- What is Hỉ Thần?
- What is Kiến Lộc?
- What is Nguyệt Lệnh?
- What is Phù Ức?
- What is Thông Quan?
- What is Tòng Cách?
- What Is Nhật Nguyệt: Sino-Vietnamese Meaning, Sun and Moon Symbolism in East Asian Culture, and Different Usages
The twelve zodiac animals48 articles
- What Are the Tam Hợp and Lục Hợp of Parents and Children? The Folk Method for Reading a Family's Ages and Where the Books Differ
- Which parents' birth years are compatible with a 2030 Canh Tuất child by can chi and Thoa Xuyến Kim nạp âm?
- Child's zodiac sign clashing with parents' according to tứ hành xung and lục hại: how should it be understood?
- How to Name a Child Born in the Đinh Mùi 2027 Year to Suit the Mùi Zodiac According to Folk Belief
- What Are the 12 Zodiac Animals? Meaning and How to Calculate Age by Earthly Branches
- Triple Harmony of Shen - Zi - Chen (Water Group): Meaning, Essence, and Applications in Chinese Astrology
- Year of the Goat (Mùi): Personality, Five Elements and Destiny
- Year of the Ox (Sửu): Personality, Compatibility, and Birth Years
- Meaning of the Four Clash Group Dragon - Dog - Ox - Goat in Eastern Folk Belief
- Year of the Dog (Tuất): Personality, Five Elements and Destiny
- Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Monkey According to Folk Beliefs
- Year of the Cat (Mão): Personality, Compatibility, and Birth Years
Lunar calendar32 articles
- What to Offer at the Rằm of the Twelfth Lunar Month and How It Differs from an Ordinary Rằm
- How did the Nguyễn dynasty's Khâm Thiên Giám make calendars and record heavenly signs?
- Can You Celebrate the Full Moon of the First Lunar Month on the 13th or 14th, and Where Does the Early Offering Custom Come From?
- Born Before or After Tết: Which Age Counts? The Difference Between the Tử Vi Lunar Year and the Bát Tự Lập Xuân Marker
- What Is Bạch Lộ (White Dew), When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
- What Is Đại Hàn, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Observed?
- What Is Đại Thử (Major Heat), When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
- What Is Đại Tuyết, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Observed?
- When Does Hạ Chí Begin and What Customs Does It Have?
- What Is Hàn Lộ Solar Term, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Does It Have?
- What Is Kinh Trập, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Associated With It?
- What Is Lập Đông, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
Tam Thứcknowledge tree18 articles
Kỳ Môn Độn GiápFoundations7
Auspicious and inauspicious Kỳ Môn patternsTechniques3
Lục nghi kích hình, Tam kỳ nhập mộ, Môn báchTechniques2
Phản ngâm, Phục ngâmTechniques1
Thập can khắc ứngTechniques1
Tam nguyên and the 18 cụcComponents3
- What Is Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp? The Structure of a Kỳ Môn Chart: Earth Plate, Heaven Plate, Human Plate (Eight Gates), and Spirit Plate (Eight Spirits)
- How to Determine Yang Dun or Yin Dun, the Ju Number, and Zhi Fu and Zhi Shi in Qi Men Dun Jia
- Tam nguyên and the 18 Ju of Qimen: How to Derive the Ju Number from Solar Terms According to the Source Texts
Trực Phù, Trực SửComponents3
- What Is Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp? The Structure of a Kỳ Môn Chart: Earth Plate, Heaven Plate, Human Plate (Eight Gates), and Spirit Plate (Eight Spirits)
- Cửu Tinh and Bát Thần in Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp: the nine stars, the eight spirits, and where schools use different names
- How to Determine Yang Dun or Yin Dun, the Ju Number, and Zhi Fu and Zhi Shi in Qi Men Dun Jia
Four plates: Địa, Thiên, Nhân, ThầnComponents1
Định cục: phù đầu, siêu thần tiếp khí, trí nhuậnTechniques1
Tam Kỳ Lục NghiComponents1
Year, month, day and hour Kỳ MônApplications1
Kỳ Môn for choosing times and directionsApplications1
Vượng tướng hưu tù of stars and gatesTechniques1
- Choosing the dụng thần by questionTechniquesin progress
Đại Lục NhâmFoundations7
Tam Truyền and the nine methods of deriving themTechniques3
Lục Nhâm Thiên bàn and Địa bànComponents1
Tiểu Lục Nhâm (finger counting)Applications1
Thái Ất Thần SốFoundations3
Deities on the Thái Ất boardComponents1
Host and Guest, đại tướng, tham tướngComponents1
Tích niên and placing Thái Ất in its palaceTechniques1
Reckoning: hòa, không hòa, trường toán, đoản toánTechniques1
- The Yểm, Kích, Bách, Tù, Cách, Quan patternsTechniquesin progress
Tam Thức in Vietnam (Thái Ất thần kinh, Trạng Trình)Foundations1
Psychology10 articles
- How Having a Dragon Year Baby Affects the Mother: Zodiac Belief as a Natural Experiment in Economics
- How Much Is a Pretty License Plate Worth: Plate Auctions and the Value of Belief in Numbers
- Do Children Born in an 'Auspicious' Year Study Better? When Parents' Beliefs Make the Prediction Come True
- Does Marrying on a 'Lucky' Day Make a Marriage Last: Dutch Marriage Data and Low-Transaction Days in Singapore
- Why Prices So Often End in 8: How Sellers Use Lucky Numbers in Pricing
- Do Directors Aged 49 to 53 Invest Less? The Tuoi Han Belief and Business Decisions in Vietnamese Firms
- Does the 2026 Bính Ngọ Year Make People Avoid Having Children: Lessons from Japan in 1966
- Does the Year of the Dragon Increase Births in Vietnam? Zodiac Belief and Its Traces in Birth Data
- Do Investors Who Favor the Number 8 Earn More? Evidence from Stock Exchanges
- Do 'lucky' house numbers and floor numbers raise property prices? Evidence from real estate market research
Numerology10 articles
- The Meaning of Number 4 in Eastern Numerology
- Eastern Numerology: How to Calculate and the Meaning of Numbers
- Meaning of Number 5 in Eastern Numerology
- Meaning of Number 6 in Eastern Numerology
- The Meaning of Number 7 in Eastern Numerology
- Meaning of Number 3 in Eastern Numerology
- Meaning of Number 1 in Eastern Numerology
- The Meaning of Number 9 in Eastern Numerology
- Meaning of Number 8 in Eastern Numerology
- Meaning of Number 2 in Eastern Numerology
Philosophy of science9 articles
- What Systems Make Up Eastern Philosophy and How Did They Enter Vietnamese Culture?
- Shang Oracle Bone Divination: What the Ancients Asked by Burning Turtle Shells and Ox Bones, and Why It Is the Earliest Layer of Divination with Writing
- Do Western Astrology and Eastern Tử Vi Share a Common Origin? A Comparative History of the Two Systems
- Dunhuang Divination Manuscripts: How Did People in the Past Read Days, Interpret Dreams, Read Physiognomy, and Assess Home Feng Shui?
- Who Wrote the I Ching: The Fu Xi and King Wen Tradition and What Excavated Manuscripts Show
- Is the Lunar Calendar Science or Superstition? Two Layers of One Calendar, the Computable Astronomy and the Day-Selection Layer Added Later
- What Feng Shui Is in the Eyes of Anthropologists and Historians: From the Compass to Lineage Power
- Where Do Tử Vi, Bát Tự and Thái Ất Come From: What Scientific Historiography Says About Destiny Calculation Systems
- When Did Auspicious and Inauspicious Day Divination Begin? Day Selection Books in Tombs Over Two Thousand Years Old
Folk traditional practices5 articles
- Seven Common Misconceptions When Reading Your Own Palm, and Where Folk Books Contradict Each Other
- Cold reading: The technique that makes a vague statement sound like it hits your private life
- Reading the Whole Hand Instead of Individual Lines: How the Five Major Lines Relate When Read Together
- Why young people seek fortune tellers: pressure, uncertainty and the psychology of the Barnum effect
- What Palm Reading Is: How Palm Lines Are Read and Why They Cannot Predict the Future
Other topics3 articles
- Sun Moon Lamp Light Buddha in the Lotus Sutra: What the Name Means and Why the Introductory Chapter Lists Twenty Thousand Beings Sharing One Title
- What Are Feng Shui Stones? How to Choose Stones for Your Destiny and Zodiac
- Vastu Shastra: India's Traditional Architectural Science: Origins, Principles, and Comparison with Feng Shui
Vietnam
682 articlesFestivals, beliefs, customs and the peoples of Vietnam.
Folk belief89 articles
- Star Offering and Misfortune Aversion at the Start of the Year: Where the Custom Comes From and What the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Says
- Chùa Ông Cù Lao Phố Festival and the Quan Công Worship of the Hoa People in Đồng Nai
- Kỳ yên Hạ điền Festival at Bình Thủy Communal House (Cần Thơ): What Is Kỳ yên, and Why Do Southern Communal Houses Hold Two Rites at the Start of the Year and the End of the Crop?
- What Do La Hầu, Kế Đô and the Moon's North and South Nodes Have in Common?
- What Is Duyên Phận and How Does It Differ from Nhân Duyên in Buddhism?
- How do Vietnamese and ethnic minority soul-calling and spirit-calling rituals work?
- The lễ mát nhà (house-cooling rite) and bùa trấn trạch (house-guarding talisman): what did people of the past do when a house was not at peace?
- Thần Hổ, Sơn thần, Mộc tinh: the deities Vietnamese people once worshipped at outdoor incense trees
- Who Is the Tiền Chủ, and Why Do Many Houses Have a Shrine at the Cây Hương in the Yard?
- Offering to wandering souls: should the tray face outward or inward, and where should it be placed?
- Year-end land offering and tạ đất rite: should it be held indoors or outdoors? How many bowls of chè, what offerings, and how to prepare them
- Should the Rằm of the Seventh Month Be Observed on the 14th or the 15th, and What Time Should the Cô Hồn Offering Be Made?
Prayer texts: Lễ cầu mưa, tạ mưa, cầu tạnh (rain-praying, rain-thanking, and rain-stopping ceremonies), Cúng vía Ngọc Hoàng mùng 9 tháng Giêng (offering to the Jade Emperor on the 9th day of the first lunar month), Cúng rằm tháng Bảy (seventh-month full moon: ancestors and wandering souls), Cúng cô hồn (offering to wandering spirits), Tế âm linh (offering to wandering souls), Offering on the 2nd and 16th of every month, Lễ cầu tài, cầu lộc (ceremony to pray for wealth and fortune), Lễ cầu duyên (ceremony to pray for a good match), Prayer for health, prayer for the elimination of illness, Then ritual of the Tày, Nùng, Thái peoples, Forest God and Water God offering ritual of the Hà Nhì people, Water-wharf offering ceremony of the Ê-đê people, Lễ Xên bản (village offering ceremony), Xên mường (mường offering ceremony) of the Thái people, Lễ cúng Ông Tà (ceremony to worship Ông Tà) (Đom Lơng Néak Tà) of the Khmer people, Lễ giải hạn đầu năm (year-beginning rite to ward off misfortune) of the Tày and Nùng peoples, Lễ cúng hồn trâu (buffalo soul offering rite) of the Tày and Nùng people, Dâng sao giải hạn (offering to the ruling star to ward off misfortune), Cúng giải hạn Tam Tai (offering to resolve Tam Tai misfortune), Lễ cầu an đầu năm (New Year prayer for peace and safety), Cúng sao hội mùng 8 tháng Giêng (star worship gathering on the 8th day of the first lunar month), Lễ cắt tiền duyên (rite to cut the karmic marriage bond), Lễ trả nợ Tào quan (rite of repaying the debt to Tào quan), Lễ cúng tổ nghề (offering to the craft patron), Lễ cúng xe (vehicle offering ceremony), Daily chanting and bowing of Hòa Hảo Buddhist followers, Lễ vía Quan Thánh Đế Quân (festival of Quan Thánh Đế Quân), Tế lễ (communal rituals) of the villages of Thừa Thiên Huế, Tế Văn Thánh (offering rite to the Văn Thánh), Võ Thánh (offering rite to the Võ Thánh) of the village, Lễ rước sắc, mừng sắc phong (procession of the royal edict and celebration of the conferment), The village's cầu an (prayer for peace and safety) ceremony to ward off epidemics, Lễ cúng xóm (village communal offering), Daily offering to Thần Tài (God of Wealth) and Thổ Địa (Earth God), Cúng vía Thần Tài (God of Wealth day, 10th of the first lunar month), Offering to Thổ Công and the household deities, Offering to Tiền chủ (former owner) and Hậu chủ (later owner), Offering at the cây hương (incense pillar) and the outdoor altar, Lễ Thành hoàng làng (village tutelary deity ceremony) at the đình (communal house) and miếu (shrine), hầu đồng (spirit mediumship ritual), Lễ Tam tòa Thánh Mẫu (ceremony of the Three Holy Mothers), at the Mẫu altar, Lễ ban Công đồng Tứ phủ (offering at the Công đồng altar of the Four Palaces), Lễ trình đồng mở phủ (rite of presenting the new medium and opening the palaces), Lễ tôn nhang bản mệnh (rite of enshrining the personal incense bowl), Going to offer at đền, miếu, phủ, Cúng động thổ (groundbreaking), Cúng nhập trạch (moving into a new home), Lễ tân gia (housewarming ceremony), Lễ khai trương (opening ceremony), Lễ đổ móng, đổ mái, cất nóc (foundation-pouring, roof-pouring, and roof-raising ceremonies), Lễ cúng sửa nhà, sửa bếp (ritual for repairing the house or kitchen), Lễ tạ đất (thanksgiving rite to the land), Groundbreaking ceremony for a construction project
Traditional festivals84 articles
- Chợ Viềng on the Night of the 7th of Tết: Buying Luck, and How Chợ Viềng Chùa Differs from Chợ Viềng Phủ
- What Happens at the Bái Đính Pagoda Festival Opening on the Sixth Day of Tết? The Rituals and the Difference Between the New Pagoda and the Ancient Bái Đính Pagoda
- Who Is Worshipped at the Cờn Temple Festival and How Is the Palanquin Procession Held? The Four Holy Ladies and the Fishing Prayer
- What Is the Rước Cộ Bà Chợ Được and Who Is Bà Chợ Được? The Festival on the 10th and 11th of the First Lunar Month in Đà Nẵng
- What's on in Vietnam in November 2026? Festivals, lunar dates and where to go
- The Lễ Hạ Điền and Lễ Thượng Điền Rites of Vietnamese Villages: When Are They Held and What Do They Pray For?
- What Is Thất Tịch and Why Eat Red Bean Chè?
- Buddha's Birthday on the 8th or the 15th of the Fourth Lunar Month: Why There Are Two Dates and How the Sangha Organizes It
- Spring festivals and folk games at Tet: ném còn and stick pushing in Lai Châu, earth firecrackers in Hải Dương
- How Do Lion, Unicorn and Dragon Dances Differ Between Tet and Grand Openings?
- Bunpimay New Year of the Lao in Vietnam: April Water Pouring and Its Rituals
- The Kin Pang Then Festival of the White Thai: An Early-Spring Rite of Then Practitioners
Prayer texts: Lễ đền Bà Chúa Kho (offering at Bà Chúa Kho temple); đền thờ Đức Thánh Trần (temple of Đức Thánh Trần); đền Trình chùa Hương (đền Trình at chùa Hương), Year-end thanksgiving ceremony at đền, chùa, đình, phủ, Lễ Cầu ngư, cúng cá Ông (fishing prayer ceremony, offering to the Whale), Cúng hạ thủy tàu thuyền (offering at the launching of a boat), Lễ Lồng tồng (Lồng tồng festival, going down to the fields) of the Tày and Nùng peoples, Lễ hạ điền, thượng điền (rice-planting and harvest thanksgiving ceremonies), Lễ mừng lúa mới (new rice celebration) of the ethnic groups of Tây Nguyên, Lễ cúng cơm mới của làng, bản (new-rice offering ceremony of the village, bản), Cúng rằm tháng Tư (full moon of the fourth lunar month offering), lễ Phật đản (Buddha's Birthday ceremony), Cúng rằm tháng Tám (full moon of the eighth lunar month offering), Tết Trung thu (Mid-Autumn Festival)
Tet and seasonal rites83 articles
- What Is Hoàn Giáp and Does the 60th Birthday Longevity Ceremony Count Lunar or Western Age: The Case of Someone Born in the Đinh Mùi Year 1967 Meeting the Đinh Mùi Year 2027 Again
- Tết Trùng Thập on the 10th day of the Tenth Lunar Month: What It Is, Its Origin, and How to Conduct the Ceremony
- Đào Nhật Tân and Hanoi's Tet Flower Market: What Makes Them Special? Peach Varieties, Growing Craft, and the Tet Peach Tradition
- New Year's Eve worship in southern vs northern Vietnam: the outdoor Heaven altar and the indoor tray
- How Does the Nhập Trạch Ritual for an Apartment or Rented Home Differ from a Landed House? Offerings and Sequence
- Does the year-end offering include burning votive paper, and should it be indoors or outdoors?
- Seeing Off the Ancestors After Tet in Three Regions: How Do Hóa Vàng, Tiễn Ông Bà, and Cúng Tất Differ?
- What to Offer on the Altar at Tết Đoan Ngọ and Whom to Worship, According to Customs in the Three Regions?
- From the 1st to the 7th day of Tet, what does each day mean in Vietnam? Customs and significance
- Tết trồng cây (Tree Planting Festival): When Did President Ho Chi Minh Launch It and Where Did It Come From?
- What do the customs of buying salt and carrying water at the start of the year mean?
- What Northern Vietnamese Tet Celebrations Include: Offering Trays, Peach Blossoms and Three Days of Family Reunion
Prayer texts: Cúng ông Công ông Táo (Kitchen Gods' send-off, 23rd of the 12th lunar month), Rước ông Táo (ceremony to welcome back the Kitchen Gods), Cúng tất niên (year-end offering), Cúng giao thừa ngoài trời (New Year's Eve offering, outdoors), Cúng giao thừa trong nhà (New Year's Eve offering, indoors), Offering on the first day of Tết, Offering on the 2nd and 3rd days of Tết, Lễ hóa vàng (rite of burning votive paper), Bao sái bàn thờ (cleaning and rearranging the altar), Tạ mộ cuối năm (year-end grave visit and invitation of the ancestors for Tết), Cúng rằm tháng Chạp (full moon of the twelfth lunar month offering), Offering to report absence from home during Tết, Year-end nêu pole raising ceremony, Xuất hành đầu năm (first outing of the new year), Cúng khai xuân, mở hàng đầu năm (spring-opening offering and first-day-of-year shop-opening offering), Cúng tiết Lập xuân (offering on the Lập xuân solar term), Cúng rằm tháng Giêng (offering on the full moon of the first lunar month), Cúng tiết Thanh minh, tảo mộ (Thanh minh observance and grave tending), Offering ritual for Tết Đoan ngọ, Tết Trùng cửu and Tết Trùng thập, Cúng rằm tháng Mười (full moon of the tenth lunar month offering), Tết Hạ nguyên (Lower Primordial Festival), lễ cơm mới (new rice ceremony), Tết Chôl Chnăm Thmây of the Khmer people, Sen Đôn Ta ceremony of the Khmer people, Ok Om Bok moon offering ceremony of the Khmer people, Lễ Katê of the Chăm people, Lễ tảo mộ (grave-visiting rite) and ancestor offering on Ramưwan of the Chăm Bà Ni people
Vietnam's ethnic communities56 articles
- Vietnam's Community of 54 Ethnic Groups: Official List, Distribution and Shared Cultural Traits
- Ba Na Ethnic Group: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
- The Bo Y Ethnic Group: Residence, Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
- The Brau People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
- Bru - Vân Kiều People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals
- The Cham People (also called Chàm): Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
- The Chơ Ro People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
- Chu Ru people: where they live, their language, worship customs and main festivals
- The Chut People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
- The Cơ Ho People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
- The Cờ Lao People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals
- Co People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals
Life-cycle rites50 articles
- Bà Phi Yến's death anniversary in Côn Đảo: who she was, An Sơn Miếu and how the rites unfold
- What Is Cưới Chạy Tang, Why the Rushed Wedding, and What Did People of the Past Think of This Custom?
- The lễ tơ hồng and lễ hợp cẩn in traditional weddings: What is done, when, and by whom?
- Does the 100-day memorial need a bowl of rice and an egg? Meaning of the upturned rice bowl and egg in the ceremony
- Does the 49th-day memorial need to fall on the exact day? Is it a problem to hold it early or late?
- Is the three-day offering (tế ngu) counted from the date of death or the date of burial? An interpretation from Việt Nam phong tục
- Is the full-month ceremony counted by lunar or solar date, and what is the custom of one day earlier for boys and two for girls?
- What should you keep in mind when visiting a funeral about clothing, offerings, and words of condolence?
- What is the grave-opening ceremony three days after burial? Offerings, southern Vietnamese custom and the Buddhist view
- What steps does the bốc mộ cải táng ritual involve? Customs and interpretations by region
- What rituals make up a Southern Vietnamese funeral, from encoffining to burial?
- When is a grave exhumed for reburial, and after how many years? Custom and what to know
Prayer texts: Cúng Mụ đầy cữ, đầy tháng (offering to the Midwife Goddesses on the third-day and first-month ceremonies), Cúng thôi nôi, đầy năm (first-birthday ceremony, full-year ceremony), Ceremony to welcome a newborn home, Lễ cầu tự (rite to pray for a child), Cúng căn (age-milestone offering) at 3, 6, 9, 12 years old, Lễ cáo gia tiên khi đổi tên cho con (rite to announce to the ancestors when changing a child's name), Lễ khai tâm, nhập học cho trẻ (ceremony to open the mind and begin schooling for a child), Ceremony to pray for examinations and official career, Lễ cấp sắc (ordination rite) of the Dao people, Lễ ăn hỏi (betrothal ceremony), Wedding ceremony: yết cáo (announcement) to the household deities and ancestors, Lễ mừng thọ (longevity celebration), Mo Mường (funeral rites, vía-making), Lễ bỏ mả (Pơ thi) of the Gia-rai and Ba-na peoples, Tang lễ (funeral rites: common rites, announcing the death, placing the body in the coffin), Lễ Thiết linh (Thiết linh rite), Lễ Thành phục (rite of formally assuming mourning), Lễ Chúc thực (the rite of offering rice to the newly deceased), Lễ cáo Long thần Thổ địa (rite to inform the Long thần and Thổ địa) before digging the grave, Lễ Thành phần (rite after the grave is completed), Lễ Hồi linh (rite of bringing back the spirit), Lễ Chầu tổ (ceremony of reporting to the ancestors), Lễ Tế ngu (three days), mở cửa mả (opening the grave), Cúng 49 ngày (forty-ninth-day rite for the deceased), Cúng 100 ngày (100th-day ceremony), Lễ Đàm tế, hết tang (Đàm tế ceremony, end of mourning), Ceremony of carrying the spirit tablet into the main hall and announcing to the ancestors, Cải táng, bốc mộ (reburial, exhumation), Cầu siêu (prayer for the deceased), Prayers to deities and spirits at the grave, Cầu siêu for the spirit of a fetus, Lễ giải trùng tang (rite to resolve trùng tang), Ceremony of sending the ashes and inscribing the hương linh (spirit of the deceased) into the pagoda, Cúng việc lề (communal lineage death-anniversary offering), Lễ bồi hoàn địa mạch (rite to restore the earth's veins), First-of-the-year well offering
Historical figures41 articles
- The Nguyễn Công Trứ death anniversary in Nghi Xuân: who was Uy Viễn tướng công and how is the ceremony held
- An Dương Vương, the State of Âu Lạc and Cổ Loa Citadel: The Legend of the Magic Crossbow and the Historical Records
- Children of the Dragon, Grandchildren of the Immortals: How the Old Histories Recorded the Tale of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ
- Đinh Bộ Lĩnh quells the rebellion of the Twelve Warlords and founds the Đại Cồ Việt state: course of events, significance, and layers of legend
- The Hồng Bàng Lineage and Kinh Dương Vương: What the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư Records at Its Opening
- How Did Lý Bí Launch His Uprising and Found the Kingdom of Vạn Xuân in 544?
- Mai Thúc Loan and Phùng Hưng: Two Major Uprisings Under Tang Rule
- The Eighteen Hùng Kings and the State of Văn Lang: What Old Histories Record and What Is Legend
- Mỵ Châu and Trọng Thủy: The Tale and the Commentary of Early Historians
- What Do Old Histories Say About Triệu Quang Phục and Dạ Trạch Marsh?
- The Worship of Ông Hoàng Bảy - the National Defense General at Bảo Hà Temple
- Kỳ Yên Festival at Thoại Ngọc Hầu Communal House in An Giang: A Cultural Beauty Commemorating the Pioneer
Prayer texts: Lễ khao lề thế lính Hoàng Sa (ceremony to thank and substitute soldiers for Hoàng Sa), Offering incense and making offerings to fallen soldiers on 27 July (Gregorian calendar), Lễ Đức Thánh Trần (festival of Đức Thánh Trần), Lễ vía Bà Chúa Xứ núi Sam (the Lady of the Sam Mountain festival), Lễ vía Bà Thiên Hậu (festival of Bà Thiên Hậu), Lễ vía Bà Ngũ Hành (ceremony for the Five Lady Ngũ Hành deities), Rite of Diêu Trì Thánh Mẫu (Holy Mother of the Jade Pool) and Cửu Thiên Huyền Nữ (Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens)
Ancestor worship40 articles
- When to Clean the Ancestor Altar at Year's End? Order of Cleaning and Folk Taboos
- Who are bà cô ông mãnh, and why are they worshipped separately beneath the ancestral altar?
- The Thánh sư altar (patron of the trade): who is worshipped, where is it placed, and on which days are offerings made?
- What Does a Vietnamese Family Genealogy Record and Where Did People Keep It?
- What Is Giỗ Hậu: How Do People Without Sons Buy Hậu in the Clan, Village, or Pagoda to Be Offered Ancestor Rituals After Death?
- What is written on the hoành phi and câu đối above the family altar? Where are they hung, and how do they differ from Tết couplets?
- What Is a Thần Chủ Tablet, and Why Is It Buried at the Fifth Generation?
- Buddha Altar and Ancestor Altar: Which One Goes Above, Which Below?
- Offering for the Full Moon of the First Lunar Month on the 14th or 15th, and at What Hour? A Complete Understanding and Practice
- Đám giỗ in the Western Mekong Delta: How Are Tiên Thường, Chánh Giỗ, and Hậu Thường Organized?
- How Is the First Death Anniversary (Tiểu Tường) Date Calculated in a Year with a Leap Month?
- How many incense sticks should you burn, and why is an odd number usual?
Prayer texts: Cúng Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương tại nhà (offering to the Hùng Kings at home), Offering incense and praying to ancestors on ordinary days, Cúng mùng một, ngày rằm (first-day and full-moon offerings), Cúng Bà Cô Tổ, Ông Mãnh (offering to the ancestral young woman and young man of the family line), Bốc bát hương, chuyển bàn thờ (ritual of filling the incense bowl and moving the altar)
Buddhism29 articles
- Amitābha Buddha's Day on the 17th of the 11th Lunar Month: Why This Date and How Vietnamese Pagodas Observe It
- Who was Huyền Quang, the third patriarch of the Trúc Lâm Zen school?
- Vietnamese Buddhism Through Periods of Development: From Luy Lâu and the Lý Trần Era to the Lê Nguyễn Period and the Revival Movement
- Which Buddha and Bodhisattva memorial days are there in the lunar calendar?
- The Three Zen Lines of the Lý Era: Tì Ni Đa Lưu Chi, Vô Ngôn Thông, and Thảo Đường According to Old Books and Modern Research
- Bodhidharma: The Legend of the First Patriarch of Chan and What Historical Sources Actually Say
- What Are the Four Foundations of Mindfulness? How the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta Teaches Contemplation of Body, Feeling, Mind, and Phenomena
- The Four Jhānas in the Pali Canon: How the First to Fourth Jhāna Are Described
- What Is a Koan: The Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Record in Zen
- What Does Trần Nhân Tông's Cư trần lạc đạo phú Say Through Its Ten Assemblies and Closing Verse?
- What the Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra Teach, and Why Chan Buddhism Values These Two Texts
- The Dhammapada: Where the Pali and Chinese Canon Versions Differ
Prayer texts: Going to the pagoda, making offerings to the Buddha at the Tam Bảo (Three Jewels) altar, Lễ Phật ở ban thờ Phật tại gia (Buddha worship at the home Buddha altar), Offering to Quán Thế Âm (Avalokiteshvara) Bodhisattva and Địa Tạng Vương (Kṣitigarbha) Bodhisattva, Cúng vía Quan Thế Âm Bồ Tát (Quan Thế Âm Bồ Tát's birthday celebration, the 19th of the second, sixth and ninth lunar months), Lễ sám hối (repentance ceremony), Lễ phóng sinh (animal release ceremony), Cúng thí thực (Mông Sơn thí thực, food-bestowal rite), Offering at the Đức Ông shrine in a pagoda, Offering to the altar of Đức Thánh Hiền at the pagoda
Regions27 articles
- What Dishes Are on a Northern Vietnamese Death Anniversary Offering Tray and How Is It Arranged?
- What dishes are on a Southern Vietnamese death anniversary offering tray, and how is a Nam Bộ gio ceremony held?
- Death Anniversaries in Central Vietnam: the Hue-Style Tray and the Joint 7th-Month Giỗ in Quảng Nam
- Why do worship customs differ across regions and ethnic groups in Vietnam?
- Hanoi Character in Daily Life: Forms of Address, Inviting, Hosting Guests, and Where Newcomers Often Mistake It for Coldness
- What 'Elegant Tràng An People' Means: Which Eating and Speaking Customs the Folk Verse Describes, and Which Parts Survive Today
- Tet cakes of Vietnam's three regions: banh chung, banh tet, and cakes found in only one region
- First-Furrow Festivals of the New Year: Lồng Tồng of the Tày, Highland First-Furrow Festivals, and the Kinh Royal Ploughing Ceremony
- Village Communal Houses and the Worship of Tutelary Deities: Differences Between the Northern Delta, the Southern Region, and the Waterways of the Mekong Delta
- Traditional Houses of Four Regions: Northern Delta Three-Bay House, Hue Rường House, Central Highlands Rông House, Northwest Stilt House
- Red River Delta Culture: Village Life, Communal Houses, Pagodas and Worship Traditions in the Northern Delta
- South Central Coast Coastal Culture: Whale Worship, the Cầu Ngư Festival, and Fishing Village Life
Prayer texts: Cúng giỗ thường (yearly death-anniversary offering), Cúng giỗ đầu (first death-anniversary offering, Tiểu tường), Cúng giỗ hết (Đại tường) (final death-anniversary offering), Cúng tiên thường (cáo giỗ) (offering on the day before the death anniversary, announcing the giỗ), Giỗ tổ dòng họ (clan ancestor death anniversary), tế tổ (ancestor sacrifice) at the clan temple
Ethnic minority customs26 articles
- What is the meaning of the buffalo celebration on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month among the Tày and Nùng peoples?
- Which ethnic groups in Vietnam celebrate their own New Year separately from Tết Nguyên Đán?
- New Year gift-giving among the Tày and Nùng and lì xì among the Hoa: what is distinctive?
- What Makes the Cống People's Rooster Comb Flower Festival in Điện Biên Special?
- How Is the Hà Nhì Rainy Season Festival Dế Khù Chà Celebrated?
- The Mông People's Nào Pê Chầu New Year: Why They Celebrate a Month Early and the Main Rituals
- Tết Sử Giề Pà of the Bố Y in Lào Cai: Rituals, Offerings and Meaning
- The Vietnamese Black Teeth Dyeing Custom: How It Was Done and When It Disappeared
- What rituals make up the Khơ Mú new rice celebration in Than Uyên, Lai Châu (Giát Hả Mả Mía)?
- How Is the New Rice Festival on the 10th Day of the Tenth Lunar Month of the Tay People in Thái Nguyên Observed in Families and in the Village?
- The Mường New Rice Festival in Hương Cần Commune, Phú Thọ: Why Must Households Wait for the Lang to Perform the Offering at Khoang Đình Before They Can Harvest?
- Chicken Feet Divination at Tet: The Custom of Predicting Crop Fortune Among Ethnic Minorities
Vietnamese commemorative days24 articles
- Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day, November 23: When Did It Begin and Why That Date?
- Capital Liberation Day, 10 October 1954: How Hanoi Was Taken Over and Its Historical Significance
- National Resistance Day, December 19, 1946: President Ho Chi Minh's Call for National Resistance and Its Historical Significance
- Vietnam Culture Day November 24: Why This Date, Resolution 28/2026/QH16 and the Right to Fully Paid Leave from 2026
- Reunification Day April 30: Historical Significance
- Vietnam Family Day (June 28): Origin and Meaning
- World Environment Day (June 5): origin and meaning
- Ho Chi Minh's Birthday, May 19
- Founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam
- Vietnam Teachers' Day 20/11: Origin and Meaning
- Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27): Origin and Meaning
- Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Day (March 26)
Traditional performing arts19 articles
- How cồng and chiêng differ in the Tây Nguyên cultural space
- What Genres Does Vietnamese Folk Music Include? An Overview of Quan Họ, Ca Trù, Chèo, Xẩm, Hát Văn, Đờn Ca Tài Tử and Nhã Nhạc
- What Is Kim Hoàng Painting and How Does It Differ from Đông Hồ and Hàng Trống?
- How do the different lines of Vietnamese Tet paintings differ in technique and subject matter?
- How Did Cải Lương Emerge from Đờn Ca Tài Tử and Dạ Cổ Hoài Lang?
- What Is Chèo? The Village-Đình Chèo Mat and Classic Tích Trò
- What Is Bắc Ninh Quan Ho Folk Singing? Liền anh, liền chị and the Custom of Kết Chạ
- What is hát xẩm: from village market xẩm mats to Hanoi tram xẩm
- What is tuồng (hát bội)? Face-painting art, Bình Định hát bội and the Đào Tấn heritage
- Bai Choi of Central Vietnam: A Tet Game and Folk Performance, How to Play, the Cards and the Ho Thai Calls
- What Is Ca Tru: Dao Nuong, Kep Dan, Quan Vien Cam Chau, How a Performance Unfolds, and Why This Heritage Almost Disappeared
- Chữ Nôm: How the Vietnamese Borrowed Chinese Characters to Write Vietnamese, the Nôm Version of Truyện Kiều, and Why Chữ Nôm Still Appears on Hoành Phi and Câu Đối
Traditional crafts19 articles
- When did Bát Tràng ceramics first appear, and what steps go into making them?
- Vạn Phúc Silk Weaving Village: 10 Centuries of Brand Excellence
- What Traditional Crafts Does Vietnam Have?
- Cham Brocade Weaving in Mỹ Nghiệp Village and the Legend of Goddess Pô Nagar
- Đại Bái bronze casting village - the cradle of bronze craft in Northern Vietnam
- The Century-Old Red-Fire Bronze Casting Village of Phường Đúc in Hue
- The Quintessence of Ngũ Xã Bronze Casting Village in the Heart of Hanoi
- Trà Đông Ancient Bronze Casting Village - A Thousand-Year Vietnamese Soul
- Vạn Thắng Agarwood Carving Village in Khánh Hòa
- The conical hat craft of Làng Chuông village - the soul of the countryside in every hat
- Đông Hồ Folk Paintings: From Woodcut Blocks to an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Tet
- Centennial Incense Villages: Keeping the Spiritual Bridge of Vietnamese People Alive
Date and hour selection17 articles
- When and at what time should the 2027 Kitchen Gods offering be made according to custom?
- Can I Hold the Opening Ceremony in the Afternoon, and How Did Tradition Choose the Ritual Hour?
- Should You Build a House, Marry, or Have a Child in Your Zodiac Year? How to Calculate Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc, Tam Tai, and Understand Them Correctly
- What Is Cửu Độc in the Fifth Lunar Month, What Is Avoided, and Where Did It Come From?
- What Is the Twenty-Eight Mansions Day Ruling Star and Why Does Each Day Have One?
- Where do auspicious and inauspicious day stars like Thiên Đức and Nguyệt Đức come from? The origin in the Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư
- When does Cốc Vũ begin and what customs come with it? Calculation and meaning in the traditional calendar
- When does Xử Thử (處暑) begin and what customs are associated with it?
- How Did Wang Chong Criticize Day Selection Arts in the Lunheng?
- Can you marry in a Kim Lâu year and how is Kim Lâu calculated for marriage?
- What Are the Twelve Trực Kiến Trừ Mãn Bình Định Chấp Phá Nguy Thành Thu Khai Bế?
- How do auspicious and inauspicious days differ from auspicious hours? How are the twelve deities Thanh Long, Minh Đường, Thiên Hình, and Chu Tước arranged by month?
Traditional food17 articles
- Where Do Mooncakes Come From and What Goes Into Traditional Fillings?
- How Does Tet Jam Differ Across the Three Regions of Vietnam?
- The Culture of Ruou Can in the Festival Life of the Central Highlands People
- What Makes Vietnamese Traditional Cuisine Distinctive Across Regions?
- Banh Troi and Banh Chay: The Culinary Soul of Cold Foods Festival on the 3rd Day of the 3rd Lunar Month
- Meanings of Each Fruit in the Five-Fruit Tray for Tet
- Banh Chung and Banh Tet: Origins and Cultural Significance of Tet
- Traditional Ancestral Worship Trays by Region
- Foods to Avoid at the Beginning of the New Year According to Folk Beliefs
- Three Offering Trays on the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month: Offerings to Buddha, Ancestors, and Wandering Souls
- Five-Color Sticky Rice of the Tay People: Natural Colors in the Lồng Tồng Festival
- Southern Bánh Tét: a Tet offering wrapping up the wish for family reunion
Prayer texts: Cúng Tết Hàn thực (Cold Food Festival offering)
Folk taboos15 articles
- Avoiding ancestors' taboo names: how did people in the past observe the taboo when praying and when naming children?
- Checking ages for building a house in the 2027 Đinh Mùi year: which ages hit Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc, Tam Tai, and why the three are not the same
- Folk taboos when opening a business: What you need to know
- Borrowing an Age to Build a House: the Custom, and Where It Must Stop
- Folk Beliefs About Taboos When a Household Has a Funeral
- The Custom of "Father Must Stay Home Until Baby Is Named" of the Pu Péo People
- Why Southerners Avoid Bananas on Tet: The Mekong Delta's Five-Fruit Tray
- How to Calculate Hoang Ốc for House-Building: the Six Positions Explained
- Folk Taboos When Making Offerings on the Full Moon and First Day of the Lunar Month
- Choosing an Auspicious Year to Build a House: Kim Lau, Hoang Ốc, Tam Tai, and the Vietnamese Custom of Borrowing Age
- Traditional Wedding Taboos in Vietnam
- Ghost Month, the 7th Lunar Month: Folk Taboos and Buddhist Perspectives
Folk traditional practices13 articles
- What Does Dreaming of Being Pregnant and Giving Birth Mean According to Chu Công giải mộng?
- Dreaming of the Dead or a Deceased Loved One: What Does It Mean According to Chu Công giải mộng?
- What Does Dreaming of a Snake Mean in Chu Công giải mộng? Reading the Source Text and Cross-Checking
- What Does Dreaming of Losing Teeth Mean According to Chu Công giải mộng? Comparing the Original Text and Vietnamese Dream Interpretation
- What Does Dreaming of Gold and Silver Money Mean According to Chu Công giải mộng?
- Is Finding a Partner Through Kinh Dịch, Tarot, or Tử Vi Reliable? A View from Origins and Evidence
- Dreaming of fish (du ngư): what does a fish dream mean?
- Reading a Couple's Birth Years: Basis, Calculation, and What to Know Before Concluding
- The custom of asking for divination sticks, drawing fortune sticks at the temple at the beginning of the year: A guide to the ritual and its cultural significance
- Dream interpretation in Vietnamese folklore: from traditional beliefs to a scientific perspective
- Kieu Fortune Telling at Tet: When the Tale of Kieu Becomes a Message of New Year Luck
- The Hà Nhì custom of reading pig liver to predict fortune at the beginning of the year
Ethnic minority belief9 articles
- Ramưwan Festival of the Cham Bani: Timing, Rituals and Meaning
- What is the Then practice of the Tày, Nùng and Thái peoples: Then masters, cầu an and giải hạn ceremonies, and the đàn tính lute according to the UNESCO dossier
- Beliefs and Festivals of the Khmer Krom People
- H'Mông Beliefs and Festivals: Animism, Khèn Masters, and the Gầu Tào Festival
- Beliefs and Rituals of the Ê Đê People
- The Gong Culture Space of the Central Highlands
- Tày Beliefs and Festivals: Then Singing, the Tính Lute, and the Lồng Tồng Festival
- Beliefs and Festivals of the Thái People in Northwest Vietnam: Xên Bản Xên Mường and Hạn Khuống
- Beliefs and Festivals of the Cham People
Traditional dress8 articles
- The Red Brocade in Traditional Costumes of the Red Dao People
- Ao Ba Ba: The Iconic Southern Vietnamese Garment
- Khan Dong and Ao The: Traditional Vietnamese Men's Attire
- Traditional Wedding Attire of the Ede Bride: Indigo Hues, Brocade, and Dowry
- Ao Tu Than (Four-Panel Dress): Origins and Features of Northern Vietnamese Traditional Costume
- The Vibrant Brocade Costumes of the Lô Lô People in Hà Giang
- Vietnamese Ao Dai: History and Cultural Significance
- Traditional Vietnamese Wedding Attire of Yesteryear: Symbols of Solemnity and Destiny
Glossary8 articles
Other topics8 articles
- Having a Child in 2027 Đinh Mùi: Which Parent Ages Are Compatible? How to Read by Can Chi and the Thiên Hà Thủy Nạp Âm
- Having a Child in 2028, the Mậu Thân Year: Which Parents' Years Match?
- Having a Child in 2029, the Kỷ Dậu Year: Which Parents' Years Match?
- Worship Practices in Northern Vietnam: Forms, Rituals and Their Meaning in Vietnamese Life
- Worship in Southern Vietnam: Forms of Belief, Origins, and Characteristics of a New Land
- Physiognomy in The Tale of Kieu: What Nguyễn Du Conveys Through Character Portraits
- Face Mole Map in Vietnamese Folk Belief and Where Variants Disagree
- Regional Differences in Ancestor Worship and Tết Customs Among the Kinh Across North, Central, and South Vietnam
Western
408 articlesTarot, astrology, numerology, personality.
Tarot100 articles
- Is AI Tarot Reading Accurate and How Does It Differ from a Human Reader? A Scientific and Practical View
- Is Online Tarot Reliable and Worth Using? A View from History, Psychology, and Survey Data
- What Do The Sun and The Moon Side by Side in Tarot Say?
- What to Consult After Being Dumped: Tarot, Compatibility Reading, or Nothing at All, and the Questions No Card Can Answer for You
- Reading a Tarot spread after a breakup without self-punishment: how to frame questions, how to read reversals, and why not to redraw a third time
- Why young people turn to Tarot after a relationship crisis: what they are really looking for is an answer or a place to put their questions
- Tarot 6 of Wands: Symbolism and In-Depth Meaning
- Tarot 7 of Wands: Symbolism and In-Depth Meaning
- Tarot 8 of Swords: Symbolism and In-Depth Meaning
- Tarot 7 of Pentacles: Symbolism and In-depth Meaning
- Tarot 4 of Pentacles - Symbolism and In-depth Meaning
- Tarot 4 of Cups - Symbolism and In-depth Meaning
Astrology96 articles
- What Is Indian Astrology Jyotish and How Does It Differ from Western Astrology?
- Is Ophiuchus the 13th zodiac sign? IAU constellation boundaries and why astrology keeps 12 signs
- House systems in an astrological chart: how Placidus, Whole Sign and Equal Houses differ, and why the same chart places a planet in a different house
- How Do the Tropical and Sidereal Zodiacs Differ? Why Does the Same Birth Date Give Two Different Signs?
- What Is Synastry Chart Comparison and Why Has It Not Been Proven?
- What Is a Saturn Return, and Why Do People Often Face a Crisis Around Age 29?
- Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos: What Does the Foundational Book of Western Astrology Say?
- What Is 'Zodiac Sign' in English? The 12 Sign Names and How to Use Them Correctly
- Sun and Moon in Astrology: Reading the Sun Sign and Moon Sign Together
- What Is Western Astrology? Birth Chart and Key Elements
- Pisces and Neptune: The Ruling Planet Connection in Astrology
- Air and Water Element Compatibility in Astrology
Numerology81 articles
- Personal Year 2027 in Numerology: How to Add Your Birth Date to 2027 and the Nine-Year Cycle
- Sun and Moon in Numerology: Why Number 1 Is the Sun and Number 2 the Moon
- Personal Day Number in Numerology: How to Calculate It from Your Birth Date and Today's Date, and How It Differs from the Life Path Number
- Universal Day Number and Personal Day Number: Two Different Layers of the Same Day, and Why They Should Not Be Read as a Forecast
- What Is Numerology? How to Calculate and the Meaning of Core Numbers
- What Is a Life Path Number? How to Calculate It and What It Means
- Expression Number 3: Detailed Meaning
- Challenge Number 4 in numerology - meaning and lessons to overcome
- Soul Urge Number 3: Detailed Meaning
- Soul Urge Number 6: Detailed Meaning
- Challenge Number 1 in Numerology: Meaning and Lessons to Overcome
- Personal Year Number 2 in Numerology: Energy Cycle and Meaning
Psychology38 articles
- Does Learning Astrology Make People More Certain About Themselves? Astrology as Self-Affirmation in Times of Crisis
- Do spiritual believers 'see' more: the face-in-noise experiment and the lenient response threshold
- Are Psychics Real? How Anomalistic Psychology Explains the "Sixth Sense" Experience
- How Psychologists Measure Spiritual Belief: The Paranormal Belief Scale and Surveys Since 1936
- Does Friday the 13th Make Stocks Fall, and Do Vietnamese Have Similar "Bad Days"?
- Why superstition never disappears: from Skinner's pigeon experiment to an evolutionary model
- Why Drawing Your Own Hexagram or Picking Your Own Numbers Feels More Trustworthy: The Illusion of Control
- Do People Turn to Divination More When They Feel Anxious? Research on Stress, Control and Ritual
- Does carrying a lucky charm make us perform better: a famous experiment and its failed replications
- When a tarot reading 'works': the cards or the sitter's belief? What the research says
- Can Astrology Predict Personality? What the Double-Blind Tests Say
- Do 'compatible' zodiac signs marry more durably? Swedish population data answer
MBTI27 articles
- What Does MBTI Borrow from Carl Jung, and Where Does It Differ?
- How MBTI and Big Five differ, and why psychology uses Big Five
- What Is MBTI? An Overview of the 16 Personality Types and How to Find Yours
- ESTJ MBTI Personality Type (The Executive) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Directions
- Introverted Sensing (Si) in MBTI: Meaning and Manifestations
- MBTI INTJ Personality Type (The Strategist) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
- Introverted Feeling (Fi) in MBTI: Meaning and Manifestations
- MBTI ESFP Personality Type (The Entertainer) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
- Extraverted Thinking (Te) Cognitive Function in MBTI: Meaning and Manifestations
- MBTI ENTP Personality Type (The Debater): Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
- Introverted Thinking (Ti) in MBTI: Meaning and Manifestations
- MBTI INFJ Personality Type (The Advocate): Characteristics, Strengths, and Career Directions
Enneagram22 articles
- What Is the Enneagram? The 9 Personality Types and How to Identify Them
- Enneagram and the Nine Personality Types: What This Diagram Says, and How It Differs from MBTI
- Integration and Disintegration Arrows in the Enneagram: Reading All Nine Types as One System Instead of Nine Separate Pieces
- How Reliable Are Personality Tests: Enneagram, MBTI, and Why Employers Should Not Use Them to Screen People Out, with a Comparative North, Central, and South Vietnam Perspective
- The Integration and Disintegration Arrows of Type 6 - The Loyalist in Enneagram
- Integration and Disintegration Arrows of Type 8 - The Challenger in Enneagram
- Enneagram Type 9: The Peacemaker, Traits, Strengths, and Growth Edges
- Enneagram Type 2: The Helper, characteristics, strengths, and areas to watch
- The Integration and Disintegration Arrows of Type 4 - The Individualist in Enneagram
- Integration and Disintegration Arrows of Type 2 - The Helper in Enneagram
- Enneagram Type 8: The Challenger, Traits, Strengths, and Growth Areas
- Enneagram Type 7: The Enthusiast: Traits, Strengths, and Considerations
Feng shui stones16 articles
- Where Do Zodiac Birthstones Come From? History, Lists, and How to Read Them Correctly
- Gemstones for Aries: Meaning and How to Choose
- Feng Shui Crystals for Taurus - Meaning and How to Choose
- Gemstones for Gemini: Meaning and How to Choose
- Gemstones for Pisces: Meaning and How to Choose
- Feng Shui / Birthstones by Zodiac Sign: A Basic Guide
- Feng Shui Crystals for Scorpio: Meaning and How to Choose
- Quartz in Feng Shui: Meanings of Clear, Rose, Amethyst, and Citrine Quartz
- How to Properly Cleanse and Recharge Feng Shui Crystals
- Feng Shui Crystals for Libra - Meaning and How to Choose
- Gemstones for Cancer Zodiac Sign: Meaning and How to Choose
- Feng Shui Crystals for Sagittarius: Meaning and How to Choose
Glossary14 articles
Philosophy of science6 articles
- How to recognize a pseudoscientific advertisement: the criteria of philosophy of science, applied to 'energy', 'vibration', 'quantum'
- Where Did Astrology Begin: From Mesopotamian Celestial Omens to the Personal Chart
- Is Numerology from Pythagoras? The Origin of the Name-and-Birth-Date System in Early 20th-Century America
- What is pseudoscience, and why is drawing the line between science and pseudoscience far harder than it looks
- Karl Popper's Falsifiability: A Conjecture That Cannot Be Wrong Says Nothing
- Critical Thinking Before a Claim: Five Questions to Ask and the Most Common Logical Fallacies
Human Design5 articles
- The Four Energy Types in Human Design: Manifestor, Generator, Projector, Reflector, and the Manifesting Generator Hybrid
- Strategy and Authority in Human Design: How the System Tells You to Decide, and How Far to Take It
- The Nine Centers on a Human Design Chart: What Defined and Undefined Centers Mean
- What Is Human Design: Its 1987 Origin, Bodygraph Structure, and What the System Cannot Prove
- How Human Design, MBTI and Numerology Differ, and Why They Are Often Sold as a Bundle