Prayer for the rite to ward off misfortune at home, used for all the stars of the whole family

Dâng sao giải hạn (offering to the ruling star to ward off misfortune). The day of each star every month according to the lunar calendar; at the start of the year it is usually done together on the full moon of the first lunar month

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

Culture and belief A record of custom.

The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.

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Con kính lạy (riêng phần này trong gia đình có người sao nào chiếu mệnh thì viết dòng khấn sao đó, còn các sao khác thì không viết):

How it differs from the common version

Same invocation form as the text for each star, but it lists all nine star lords with a note to read only the line of the star that governs the fate of the person in the household; it adds a place to list the name and age of each member; it ends with "Phục duy cẩn cáo!", without invoking Buddha at the beginning and end.

The common version: Prayer text for the rite to ward off misfortune of the Thái Dương star

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Dâng sao giải hạn (offering to the ruling star to ward off misfortune)

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Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.

The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.

Sources

  • Văn khấn cúng sao giải hạn (hoatieu.vn)

Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.

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