Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Mother Au Co Temple Festival in Phu Tho runs on the 6th and 7th of the first lunar month, when female officiants lead rituals.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyApophenia explains why the brain sees faces in clouds, repeating numbers and patterns in random data, plus where the line to delusion lies.
Updated 13 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 56 Hỏa Sơn Lữ concerns the way of the wanderer in a strange land: small success, staying upright, humility brings peace, arrogance invites disaster.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsHùng Kings' Commemoration Day falls on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month at Đền Hùng temple in Phú Thọ province, honoring the legendary Hùng Kings.
Updated 30 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › TarotExplore the deep meaning of The Hierophant Tarot card: its symbolism, upright and reversed meanings in love, career, and frequently asked questions.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe story of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ, the sack of one hundred eggs, as recorded in Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư and Đại Nam quốc sử diễn ca, and what is myth.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresAn Dương Vương, the state of Âu Lạc and Cổ Loa citadel in the old histories and the legend of the magic crossbow: the Thục house, dates and site.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodBanh Troi and Banh Chay mark Vietnam's Cold Foods Festival on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month, a localized day of honoring ancestors with these cakes.
Updated 8 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresHow old histories record the eighteen Hùng kings and the state of Văn Lang, and which parts are legend: the sources, the fifteen bộ and the Hùng cult.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesVietnam recognises 54 ethnic groups under the 1979 official list, with the Kinh majority and 53 minority groups spread across all regions.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Co Loa Festival opens on the 6th day of the first lunar month at the Upper Temple in Dong Anh, Hanoi, honoring An Duong Vuong with rituals and folk games.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Western cartomancyCartomancy uses an ordinary 52-card deck, rooted in European folk and Romani tradition, and largely predates Tarot's use for fortune-telling.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresNgo Quyen, the 938 Battle of Bach Dang, and the journey from Tu Luong Xam to the new temple in Co Loa, showing the gratitude of later generations.
Updated 12 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesThe Cold Food Festival on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month became a Vietnamese day for offering bánh trôi and bánh chay to ancestors.
Updated 9 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyCo Than and Qua Tu stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu: their origins in yin-yang and five elements, and how loneliness is read through palace positions.
Updated 20 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyThe placebo effect explains why feeling lighter after a ritual can be real, though it changes only subjective experience, not the disease itself.
Updated 13 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsOrigins, rituals and cultural values of the Hung Kings Temple Festival in Phu Tho, held on the 10th day of the third lunar month to honor the Hung Kings.
Updated 23 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyLarge meta-analyses find no link between moon phase and crime or birth counts. For sleep, the evidence remains contested and depends on light exposure.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe tale of Mỵ Châu and Trọng Thủy as recorded in Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư and Việt Nam sử lược, with the comments of the old historians on it.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresWhat Shiji, the Book of the Later Han and the Shuijing zhu record about Giao Chỉ, Cửu Chân and the Lạc Việt, set beside Vietnamese histories.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresĐại Việt sử ký toàn thư opens with the Hồng Bàng era: Kinh Dương Vương, named Lộc Tục, and the realm of Xích Quỷ. The Hán text set beside later histories.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyMany people know a taboo has no scientific basis yet still follow it. Psychology calls this acquiescence, a mechanism that reconciles intuition and reason.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingA Kinh Dịch hexagram stacks several layers of text: name, hexagram text, six line texts, then the Thoán, Great Image, Small Image, and Văn Ngôn.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › PalmistryPalmistry's journey from ancient India, China, Egypt and Greece to Victorian systematization by Cheiro, plus the core principles of palm reading.
Updated 12 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › TarotTarot began as a 15th-century Italian noble card game, only becoming an occult divination tool some 300 years later in France and England.
Updated 17 Jul 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe Quan Quy line controls the palace element and carries two faces, Quan and Quy. Reading it depends on the question, strength, and Tu Ton.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › TarotExplore the detailed symbolism, upright and reversed meanings, and practical applications of the Six of Cups card in Tarot spreads.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe Ten Wings (Thập Dực) are ten commentaries on the I Ching: Thoán, Tượng, Hệ Từ, Văn Ngôn, Tự Quái, Thuyết Quái, Tạp Quái.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyHigher education goes with lower belief in fortune telling, but the correlation is modest and mostly runs through thinking style rather than through degrees.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyThe Gauquelin Mars Effect was astrology's strongest apparent hit in statistical data, but later independent tests failed to replicate it.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › PhysiognomyMouth reading in Eastern physiognomy: the Xuat Nap Quan position, mouth shapes, lips and corners, and what this gateway reveals.
Updated 7 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of scienceLunar dates, leap months and solar terms are verifiable astronomy, while auspicious days and lucky stars are a later day-selection layer.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Western › TarotAfter a relationship crisis, young people often turn to Tarot not just for a prediction, but for a safe place to ask questions and name what they feel.
Updated 22 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyWhy vague fortune-telling clips spread online: the Barnum effect, confirmation bias, the need for control, and algorithms that favour controversial content.
Updated 22 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk divinationCan Kinh Dịch, Tarot, or Tử Vi truly find you a partner? This analysis weighs their origins, reading methods, and experimental evidence so you can decide.
Updated 7 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › NumerologyExplore the Master Numbers 11, 22, and 33 in numerology, their origins, traits, life purpose, challenges, and practical applications.
Updated 11 Jul 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Western › TarotIs AI Tarot reading accurate, and how does it differ from a human reader? An analysis based on 2025 psychology research on how accurate Tarot spreads feel.
Updated 4 Oct 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsCúng cơm ba ngày Tết covers the first, second and third day rites: Nguyên đán, Chiêu điện, Tịch điện and the Tạ ceremony, with regional differences.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › PsychologyA 2024 study of Vietnamese firms links lower fixed asset investment to directors aged 49 to 53, the tuoi han years. The effect is larger in small firms.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboosGhost Month in the 7th lunar month: its origins, common folk taboos, and the Buddhist view of Vu Lan as a season of gratitude and filial piety.
Updated 23 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefTruong Thi Thuy Ha's 2016 study found Hanoi apartment buyers consult feng shui when choosing and arranging a home, seeking spiritual security.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Vietnam's ethnic communitiesThe Muong ethnic group speaks a Viet-Muong language and lives mainly in Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and Phu Tho, with mo epics, festivals and worship customs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › TarotCan Tarot truly predict the future, or is it a mirror reflecting the mind? A look at the limits of the 78-card deck and the introspection it depends on.
Updated 12 Jun 2026Modern system