Eastern knowledge, page 3
Which Colors Suit Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth Elements, and Which to Avoid According to the Five Elements?
Feng shui links each Kim, Mộc, Thủy, Hỏa, Thổ destiny to colors it treats as suitable or unfavorable. A color chart and where the books disagree.
What Zodiac Animal and Element Goes with Each Birth Year? Lookup Table 1924 to 2043
Birth years 1924 to 2043 by zodiac animal and nạp âm element, with the two year boundaries: Tết in folk usage and Lập Xuân in Bát Tự.
What Are the Eight Hạn in a Year, and Where Do They Come From?
The eight hạn of folk belief: Huỳnh Tuyền, Tam Kheo, Ngũ Mộ, Thiên Tinh, Toán Tận, Thiên La, Địa Võng, Diêm Vương. Which books record them, how they differ.
What Are the Nine Methods for Deriving the Three Transmissions in Lục Nhâm?
Lục Nhâm derives its Three Transmissions through nine gates: tặc khắc, tỷ dụng, thiệp hại, dao khắc, mão tinh, biệt trách, bát chuyên, phục ngâm, phản ngâm.
Cự Môn and Thiên Cơ in the same palace at Mão or Dậu: what Tử Vi books say and where they differ
Tử Vi đẩu số tân biên and Trung Châu phái read the Cự Cơ Mão Dậu configuration differently: Mão or Dậu, which birth years fit, and what hostile stars bring.
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
Chu Hy's method for judging change in the Dịch học khải mông sets out which text to read when a hexagram has one to six moving lines.
What Are Hồi Đầu Sinh, Hồi Đầu Khắc, Hóa Không, Hóa Mộ, and Hóa Tuyệt in Lục Hào?
Hồi đầu sinh, hồi đầu khắc, hóa không, hóa mộ, hóa tuyệt are the ways a moving line transforms in Lục Hào, explained via Tăng San Bốc Dịch.
Lục Nhâm Course Types: What Are Nguyên Thủ, Trùng Thẩm, Tri Nhất, and Thiệp Hại, and How Is a Lục Nhâm Divination Named?
A Lục Nhâm course type names a chart by the overcoming relations among its four courses. The four base types are Nguyên Thủ, Trùng Thẩm, Tri Nhất, Thiệp Hại.
What Is Không Vong in Bát Tự? How to Look It Up and Where the Old Books Differ
Không vong in Bát Tự marks the two earthly branches missing from each ten-day can chi cycle. How to look it up, and where the old books disagree on it.
Liêm Trinh and Tham Lang in the same palace at Tỵ or Hợi: what do old Tử Vi texts say?
Liêm Trinh and Tham Lang in the same palace at Tỵ or Hợi is a configuration old Tử Vi texts read as perilous, though their explanations differ.
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
How the five Tử Bình source texts differ: Uyên Hải Tử Bình, Tam Mệnh Thông Hội, Trích Thiên Tủy, Cùng Thông Bảo Giám and Tử Bình Chân Thuyên compared.
How do old texts describe the Wood-type face and build in physiognomy?
Wood physiognomy: a tall, lean frame with fine bones and a clear, carrying voice. How three old texts each describe the Wood type, and where they differ.
The Hexagram of the Day According to Quái khí: What Are Six Days and Seven Parts and the Four Cardinal Hexagrams?
Quái khí maps the 60 hexagrams onto 365 days by the method of Mạnh Hỷ and Kinh Phòng, each ruling six days and seven parts.
What Is Thanh Long in the Bác Sĩ Star Cycle of Tử Vi and How Is It Placed?
Thanh Long, third star of the Bác Sĩ cycle from Lộc Tồn, is a Water-element auspicious star. This covers its placement, meaning, and classical readings.
How Is the Three Sections (Tam Đình) of the Face Divided and What Meaning Do Physiognomy Books Assign to It?
Tam đình splits the face into three parts: thượng đình from hairline to brows, trung đình from brows to nose tip, hạ đình from nose tip to chin.
What Do Thấu Can and Thông Căn Mean in Bát Tự, and Why Do They Matter?
Thấu can is a stem exposed among the four pillars; thông căn is a stem rooted in a branch. Together they show whether that stem has real strength.
What Is Thủy Khẩu and How to Understand 'Heaven Gate Open, Earth Door Closed' in Feng Shui
Thủy khẩu gathers water to hold a site's energy. This explains heaven gate open, earth door closed and how feng shui schools read the water gate.
Where Tử Bình Came From: Lý Hư Trung, Từ Tử Bình and the Source Texts
Tang and Song records on Lý Hư Trung and Từ Tử Bình show Tử Bình has layered origins, with source texts like Lý Hư Trung mệnh thư altered over time.
Tử Vi Tham Lang in the same palace at Mão or Dậu: why is it called đào hoa phạm chủ?
Tử Vi and Tham Lang in the same palace at Mão or Dậu form đào hoa phạm chủ. This analysis covers its origin, mechanism, and classical interpretations.
What Is Nguyệt Phá in Lục Hào and When Does a Broken Line Remain Unbroken?
Nguyệt phá in Lục Hào is a line clashed by the month branch. How Tăng san bốc dịch decides when such a line is broken to the end and when it is not.
Hidden Movement and Day Break in Zeng Shan Bu Yi: How Is a Static Line Struck by the Day Read?
Ám động is a strong static line clashed by the day; nhật phá is a weak one. How Tăng San Bốc Dịch tells the two apart when reading a hexagram.
What Is Yin and Yang? Origins of the Doctrine and How Divination Arts Use It
What yin and yang mean, where the terms come from, and how Kinh Dịch, Bát Tự, Tử Vi and phong thủy use them, each by its own conventions.
How Do Âm Nam, Dương Nam, Âm Nữ, and Dương Nữ in Tử Vi Affect the Direction of the Đại Hạn?
Yin Male, Yang Male, Yin Female, Yang Female: the Yin Yang of the birth year sets whether Đại Hạn runs forward or backward in a Tử Vi chart.
Placing the 14 Major Stars in Tử Vi by cục and Birth Date: Finding the Tử Vi Palace, the Tử Vi Group Moves Counterclockwise, the Thiên Phủ Group Moves Clockwise
How to place the 14 major stars of Tử Vi from the cục and lunar birth day: find the Tử Vi palace, then the Tử Vi and Thiên Phủ groups by the old verse.