Template of the sớ (petition) for the rite to ward off misfortune (in Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation)
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
- Petition (sớ)
- Sino-Vietnamese reading
Culture and belief A record of custom.
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Petition form, read in Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation: opens with "Phục dĩ", submitted to Trung thiên tinh chúa Bắc cực Tử vi, Nam Tào, Bắc Đẩu and Cửu diệu tinh quân, closes with "Cẩn sớ", records the year and month under "Thiên vận"; the page does not include an explanation of the meaning.
The common version: Prayer text for the rite to ward off misfortune of the Thái Dương star
Offerings and how the rite is done
Other texts for Dâng sao giải hạn (offering to the ruling star to ward off misfortune)
- Folk practicePrayer text for the rite to ward off misfortune of the Thái Dương star
- Folk practicePrayer text for the rite of offering to the stars to ward off misfortune on the full moon of the first lunar month (version "Kính lạy... Cẩn cáo")
- Folk practicePrayer text for the offering to the stars to ward off misfortune on the occasion of the full moon of the first lunar month (version inviting the star lords)
- Folk practicePrayer text for the offering to the stars to ward off misfortune on the full moon of the first lunar month (version "Cẩn tấu")
- Folk practicePrayer for the rite to ward off misfortune at home, used for all the stars of the whole family
- Folk practiceVăn khấn cúng sao Hội mùng 8 tháng Giêng (prayer text for the star worship gathering on the 8th day of the first lunar month)
More about Dâng sao giải hạn (offering to the ruling star to ward off misfortune)
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)
- Văn khấn sao Hội mùng 8 tháng Giêng 2026 (hoatieu.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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