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Stem-branch yearBính Tý year (Rat)
- Lunar years: 1936, 1996, 2056
- Zodiac animal: Rat
- The stem Bính is Fire, yang
- Na Yin: Water in the Ravine, which folk usage calls the destiny element of people born this year
- The lunar year starts at Tết; births before Tết belong to the previous year
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StartCouple compatibility: marriage & partnership
Where two people's ages match or clash, for marriage or business.
Yearly star (Nine Luminaries) & Tam Tai
This year's ruling star and Tam Tai check, by birth year and gender.
What is Giản Hạ Thủy in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, and its Five Elements meaning
Explore Giản Hạ Thủy, water under the ravine, one of 30 nạp âm of Lục Thập Hoa Giáp, its Five Elements meaning and applications.
What Time Is the Hour of the Rat? A Table Converting the 12 Traditional Watch-Hours (十二時辰) to Clock Time
The Hour of the Rat runs from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. A table of all 12 watch-hours in clock time, plus the two ways of setting the day boundary at midnight.
How Are the Heavenly Stems of the Twelve Palaces on a Tử Vi Chart Calculated and What Are They Used For?
The twelve palaces of a Tử Vi chart get their heavenly stems through the Ngũ Hổ Độn method, counted forward from the Dần palace.
Daily Horoscope: How Is It Read and Should You Trust It?
Daily horoscope forecasts by con giáp or lá số Tử Vi: this piece analyses origins, reading methods, limits and sensible use.
Year of the Rat (Tý): Personality, Compatibility, and Birth Years
Rat (Tý) leads the Vietnamese zodiac cycle and carries the Water element. Read about Rat personality, compatibility, and birth years.
What is Lục Thập Hoa Giáp?
The Sixty Jiazi is a cycle of 60 sexagenary combinations of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches used to number years, months, days and hours.
Personality Traits of People Born in the Year of the Rat According to Folk Beliefs
In folk belief, people born in the Year of the Rat are described as intelligent, agile, and skillful in communication, yet also cunning and cautious.
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
BaZi's Four Pillars from birth date and time: the year pillar turns at Lập Xuân, the month at solar terms, the day runs the 60-cycle.
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.
Tam Kỳ and Lục Nghi in Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp: Why Are Ất, Bính, Đinh Called Tam Kỳ and Under Which Lục Nghi Do the Six Giáp Hide?
In Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp, Tam Kỳ are Ất, Bính, Đinh, while Lục Nghi are Mậu, Kỷ, Canh, Tân, Nhâm, Quý. Each of the six Giáp hides under one Lục Nghi stem.
Bing Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
Bing mountain direction sits in the Li trigram and belongs to the Fire element in the 24 mountain directions of feng shui.
What is Sa Trung Thổ (Sand-in-the-Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
Sa Trung Thổ is the nayin for Bính Thìn and Đinh Tỵ years, tied to Earth yet carrying golden sand. It covers origin and feng shui colors.
Heavenly Stem Bing: Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
Heavenly Stem Bing in the I Ching is Yang Fire, tied to the Li hexagram and the sun, with traits like openness, wisdom, and a risk of impatience.
What Are the 12 Zodiac Animals? Meaning and How to Calculate Age by Earthly Branches
The 12 Vietnamese zodiac animals and their Earthly Branches, what each animal means, how to calculate age, and the folk relationships.
What Are Tuần and Triệt on a Tử Vi Chart, How Are They Placed, and What Do They Do to Stars in the Blocked Palaces?
Tuần Không and Triệt Không are two void stars that block between two palaces, placed by the tuần Giáp and the year's heavenly stem.
Nhị thập bát tú trực nhật: How Are the 28 Mansions Assigned to Days Across Seven Giáp Tý Cycles?
Nhị thập bát tú trực nhật pairs the 28 mansions with days across seven Giáp Tý cycles of 420 days. Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư records it and criticises it.
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
Zodiac year taboos on building, marrying, or having a child, how Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc, and Tam Tai are calculated by lunar age, and why methods differ.
Heavenly stem clash and conflict in Bát Tự: Stem clash pairs and how to read them according to Uyên Hải Tử Bình and Trích Thiên Tủy
The heavenly stems in Bát Tự: the four clashing pairs, the pairs that only overcome one another, and how Trích Thiên Tủy speaks of stems at war.
Tam Thức and Thái Ất in Vietnam, and the story of Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm studying the Thái Ất thần kinh: what is historical record and what is legend?
Tam Thức covers Thái Ất, Lục Nhâm and Kỳ Môn. This piece traces how it reached Vietnam and asks what is history and what is legend around Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm.
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.
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.
What Are the Twelve Trực Kiến Trừ Mãn Bình Định Chấp Phá Nguy Thành Thu Khai Bế?
The twelve trực, from Kiến and Trừ to Khai and Bế, form a twelve-day cycle for judging each day, rooted in old calendars and the Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư.
What Are Mieu, Vuong, Dac, Binh, Ham and Why Does the Same Star Read Oppositely in Different Palaces?
Mieu, Vuong, Dac, Binh and Ham are the five brightness levels of a star in Tử Vi, and they explain why the same star reads oppositely in different palaces.
Tam Hinh in Bát Tự: Dần Tỵ Thân, Sửu Tuất Mùi, Tý Mão, and the Self-Punishment of Thìn Ngọ Dậu Hợi
Tam Hinh in Bát Tự explains Dần Tỵ Thân, Sửu Tuất Mùi, Tý Mão and the four self-punishing branches, and how classical texts read them.
How early 20th century Vietnamese consulted fortune tellers, picked auspicious days, and practiced mediumship: rereading Phan Kế Bính, Diguet, and Nguyễn Văn Huyên
Three early 20th century recorders found fortune telling, day selection and mediumship widespread in northern Vietnam, each seeing them differently.
Tran Temple Seal Opening Ceremony - a spring ritual praying for peace
Discover the meaning, rituals, and sacred moments of the Seal Opening Ceremony at Tran Temple in Nam Định, a beautiful cultural tradition of early spring.
Địa Không and Địa Kiếp in Tử Vi: placement by birth hour, joint palace at Tỵ and Hợi, and đắc địa versus hãm địa
Địa Không and Địa Kiếp in Vietnamese Tử Vi: placed by birth hour from the Hợi palace, sharing a palace at Hợi or Tỵ, with đắc and hãm by each book.
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
Dịch Mã lookup by Tam Hợp: a 12-branch table, why Mã always falls on Dần Thân Tỵ Hợi, and the schools that root it on the year or day branch.
Born in a leap month or the hour of Tý: which month and day should a Tử Vi chart be cast by?
Born in a leap month or in the hour of Tý: which month and day does a Tử Vi chart use? What each book says, and the convention Nhật Nguyệt follows.
The Meaning of the Four Clashing Signs Ty - Ngo - Mao - Dau in Eastern Folk Belief
The Four Clashing Signs Ty, Ngo, Mao and Dau form two opposing pairs on the Earthly Branch cycle, shaped by the five elements and yin-yang rules.
Integration and Disintegration Arrows of Type 1 - The Reformer in Enneagram
Type 1 in the Enneagram integrates toward Type 7 and disintegrates toward Type 4 under stress, with signs and meaning for personal growth.
Bi Jian in the Ten Gods of BaZi - Meaning and Application in Fortune Telling
Bi Jian (Friend) in BaZi: its meaning, traits, and dual role in chart reading, helping a weak self but causing rivalry when strong.
The Water-Earth Bi Hexagram in the 64 I Ching Hexagrams: Origins, Meaning, and Practical Applications
The Water-Earth Bi Hexagram in the I Ching: its origins, structure, symbolic meaning, hexagram text, and uses in life, career, and relationships.
Triple Harmony of Snake - Rooster - Ox (Metal Group): Meaning, Nature, and Applications in Chinese Astrology
The Snake, Rooster and Ox form the Metal group in Chinese astrology. This guide covers its origins, each sign's traits, and how the trio works together.
How Does Worshipping Thần Tài at a Company or Shop Differ from at Home?
At shops and at home, Thần Tài shares a low shrine near the door with Ông Địa; shops make offerings every morning on opening. Origins and open debates.
Rat - Goat Harm: The Six Harms Pair in the 12 Zodiac Animals
The Rat and Goat harm pair in the Six Harms of the 12 zodiac animals: its Earthly Branches origins, how the conflict shows up, and guidance for work and life.
How to perform a proper opening ceremony offering for shops and companies
A step-by-step guide to shop and company opening ceremony offerings, from preparing the tray to the ritual sequence, with safety notes.
Triple Harmony of Shen - Zi - Chen (Water Group): Meaning, Essence, and Applications in Chinese Astrology
The Shen, Zi and Chen triple harmony forms the Water Group in Chinese astrology. It covers its origins, traits and uses in daily life.
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 Tứ Hóa?
Tứ Hóa are the four stars Hóa Lộc, Hóa Quyền, Hóa Khoa and Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi astrology, standing for prosperity, power, reputation and adversity.
What Is a Void Life Palace (Mệnh Vô Chính Diệu), How Many Charts Fall Into This Case, and How Do You Read an Empty Mệnh Palace?
Mệnh vô chính diệu means the Mệnh palace holds no major star. Readers borrow stars from Thiên Di, though only 70 to 80 percent carries over.
Trương Gia Bình
Known as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FPT Group, one of Vietnam's leading information technology and telecommunications enterprises.