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What Is Tam Long and the Sequence a Feng Shui Master Uses to Trace a Dragon Vein: From Thai To Son and Thieu To Son, Through the Narrowing Points to Long Nhap Thu
Tam Long traces a dragon vein from its distant source peak through to tong son, thieu to son and phu mau son to where it settles.
Cửu Tinh and Bát Thần in Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp: the nine stars, the eight spirits, and where schools use different names
Cửu Tinh in Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp are nine stars from Thiên Bồng to Thiên Anh, each tied to a palace and element, while Bát Thần are eight spirits.
The First White Star in the Nine Stars of Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings and How to Resolve Them
The First White Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars governs wealth, fame and intelligence in good positions, but disputes and illness in bad ones.
The Eight White Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings and Applications
The Eight White Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: its Earth element nature, meanings across periods, and practical feng shui uses.
Four Green Star (Tứ Lục / Văn Xương) in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings and Detailed Applications
The Four Green Star (Wen Chang) in Xuan Kong Flying Stars governs intelligence and learning. Its meanings, influence by palace, remedies and feng shui uses.
What Are Hà Đồ and Lạc Thư: Number Arrangement, Links to the Tiên Thiên and Hậu Thiên Bagua, and the Nine Stars
Hà Đồ arranges birth and completion numbers by direction and element, while Lạc Thư is a 3x3 square where every row, column and diagonal sums to 15.
The Seven Red Star (Thất Xích) in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings
The Seven Red Star (Phá Quân) in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: its origins, five-element nature, and its auspicious and inauspicious meanings.
What Is Tam Nguyên Cửu Vận? Why 180 Years Divide Into Three Nguyên and Nine Vận, and How Vận 9 (2024 to 2043) Differs From Vận 8
Tam Nguyên Cửu Vận splits 180 years into three nguyên of 60, each holding three 20-year vận, with the vận turning at Lập Xuân.
What Is Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp? The Structure of a Kỳ Môn Chart: Earth Plate, Heaven Plate, Human Plate (Eight Gates), and Spirit Plate (Eight Spirits)
Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp casts a chart for a moment to assess fortune and misfortune. A full chart stacks four plates on the nine palaces of the Lạc Thư grid.
Hám Long Kinh and Nghi Long Kinh: how the two classics attributed to Dương Quân Tùng read dragon veins
Hám Long Kinh and Nghi Long Kinh, traditionally attributed to Dương Quân Tùng: how they read dragon veins, the nine stars, and true versus branch dragons.
Tam Bích Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings and How to Resolve
Tam Bích (Zhen Mu) in Xuan Kong Flying Stars brings disputes and loss, yet can favour authority and fame when combined well.
The Five Yellow Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings and How to Resolve It
The Five Yellow Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: its origins, flying star mechanics, meanings, effects on each palace, and remedies.
Six White Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings and Remedies
The Six White Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: its origin, auspicious and inauspicious meanings, palace influences, and remedies when it brings misfortune.
The Second Black Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings
The Second Black Star (Ju Men) in Xuan Kong Flying Stars governs illness, disputes and misfortune, yet can turn to wealth under favorable configurations.
The Nine Purple Star in Xuan Kong Flying Stars: Auspicious and Inauspicious Meanings and How to Resolve Them
The Nine Purple Star (Cửu Tử Hữu Tinh) in Xuan Kong Flying Stars governs Fire, joy and wisdom, and can bring disputes or health issues.
What Is Cửu Cung: The Nine Squares of Lạc Thư and How Divination Arts Use It
The nine palaces are the nine cells of the Luo Shu, a 3x3 square whose every line totals 15, and the grid used by Huyền Không and Kỳ Môn.
What is Huyền Không Phi Tinh?
Xuan Kong Flying Stars is a school of feng shui that uses the nine stars flying through time and directions to assess auspiciousness for dwellings and graves.
What Are the He Tu and Luo Shu? Why Every Li Qi Calculation Comes Back to the Nine Cells of the Luo Shu
The He Tu and Luo Shu are ancient diagrams behind feng shui li qi, explaining the 4-9-2 magic square and the nine palaces of the Later Heaven ba gua.
Thổ Tú Star in Cửu Diệu: Meaning in Folk Beliefs
Thổ Tú is one of the 9 governing stars in Cửu Diệu, classified as a neutral star. This article analyzes its meaning, influence, and the ritual to appease it.
Thái Bạch Star in Cửu Diệu: Meaning in Folk Belief
Thái Bạch is the most inauspicious star in Cửu Diệu, tied to loss and betrayal. A monthly ritual on the 15th lunar day, facing West with 8 lamps, may help.
Which Star Governs Your Fate in 2027 and What Does It Affect? How to Look Up the Cửu Diệu Stars and Tell Them Apart from Tử Vi Fate Stars
Sao chiếu mệnh 2027 uses the Cửu Diệu system by lunar age. It covers the nine stars, how to look them up, their effects.
Culture of the Mekong Delta: river life, floating markets and festivals of the Cửu Long River Delta
Mekong Delta culture grew from reclaiming southern lands and life along its rivers and canals, with floating markets and over 1,230 festivals.
Mộc Đức Star in Nine Luminaries: Meaning in Folk Belief
Discover Mộc Đức star, one of the three lucky stars in Nine Luminaries: its influence, worship ritual, best time, and notes for men and women.
Kế Đô Star in the Nine Luminaries - meaning in folk belief
Learn about Kế Đô star, one of the three malefic stars in the Nine Luminaries, its influence, remedies and folk beliefs.
La Hầu Star in the Nine Luminaries: Meaning and Folk Perspectives
Explore the La Hầu star in the Nine Luminaries: characteristics, inauspicious meanings, ritual practices, and an objective view from folk beliefs.
Thái Âm Star in the Nine Luminaries: Meaning, Worship Rituals, and What to Know
The Thái Âm star is one of the three auspicious stars in the Nine Luminaries, tied to career and love. A monthly ritual on the 26th lunar day may help.
Vân Hớn Star in the Nine Luminaries: Meaning and Remedies in Folk Belief
Vân Hớn in the Nine Luminaries: traits, its inauspicious meaning for men and women, and the 29th day ritual facing East.
Thủy Diệu Star in Nine Luminaries: Meaning in Folk Belief
Explore the meaning of Thủy Diệu star in Nine Luminaries: characteristics, fortune for men and women, ritual practices, and key notes in folk belief.
Sun Star (Thái Dương) in the Nine Luminaries: Folk Belief Significance
Explore the Sun Star (Thái Dương) in the Nine Luminaries: why it is considered auspicious, its impact on career and wealth, and the proper ritual to honor it.
What Do La Hầu, Kế Đô and the Moon's North and South Nodes Have in Common?
La Hầu and Kế Đô in Cửu Diệu are the Moon's orbital nodes, the North and South Nodes, which Indian, Vietnamese and Western traditions read differently.
Hexagram 47 Trạch Thủy Khốn (困) in the I Ching: meaning in times of exhaustion and why words cannot save you
Hexagram 47 Trạch Thủy Khốn in the I Ching describes depleted resources and words that go unheeded, with the Judgment, Image, and six line texts.
What Does Hexagram 48, Thủy Phong Tỉnh (井, The Well), Say: Nourishing People Without Moving From Its Place?
Hexagram 48, Thủy Phong Tỉnh, the Well, teaches that the village may change but the well does not, nourishing people without moving.
How Do Nguyên Thần, Kỵ Thần, and Cừu Thần Differ in Their Sheng-Ke Relations in Liu Yao?
Nguyên thần generates the Dụng thần, kỵ thần conquers it, cừu thần conquers the nguyên thần and feeds the kỵ thần, as Tăng san bốc dịch defines them.
Why Hanoi Apartment Buyers Consult Feng Shui: Research on Spiritual Security When Buying a Home
Trương Thị Thúy Hà's 2016 study found Hanoi apartment buyers consult feng shui when choosing and arranging a home, seeking spiritual security.
The Gauquelin Mars Effect: The One Time Astrology Looked Right in the Data, and Why Researchers Still Reject It
The Gauquelin Mars Effect was astrology's strongest apparent hit in statistical data, but later independent tests failed to replicate it.
What Is Cửu Độc in the Fifth Lunar Month, What Is Avoided, and Where Did It Come From?
Cửu Độc: nine days of the fifth lunar month (5-7, 15-17, 25-27). What the Kinh Sở tuế thời ký says, what is avoided, and solar dates for 2026 to 2030.
Does the Enneagram Really Have Nine Types? What an Overview of More Than One Hundred Research Samples Says
A review of 104 research samples found the Enneagram correlates reasonably with the Big Five, yet no study confirms a nine-type factor structure.
Trùng Cửu Festival (Trùng Dương) on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month: origins, the custom of climbing high, chrysanthemums, longevity wishes, and traces in Vietnam during the Tran dynasty
Trùng Cửu Festival on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month features chrysanthemums, the custom of climbing high, and longevity wishes.
Do Two People Born at the Same Time Share the Same Fate? What the London 'Time Twins' Study Says
The 1958 London 'time twins' study tracked over two thousand people born minutes apart and found none of the similarity Western astrology predicts for them.
What Is the Thiền Uyển Tập Anh and How Do Scholars Re-read It
Thiền uyển tập anh records lives and verses of Vietnamese Chan masters of the Lý and Trần eras; scholars now read it as a deliberate arrangement.
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.
The Meaning of the Four Clashing Signs: Tiger - Monkey - Snake - Pig in Eastern Folk Belief
The Four Clashing Signs in Eastern folk belief are the Tiger, Monkey, Snake and Pig, two opposing pairs that reflect yin-yang balance.
What Are the Nine Methods for Deriving the Three Transmissions in Lục Nhâm?
Lục Nhâm picks the Three Transmissions with nine methods in priority order: tặc khắc, tỷ dụng, thiệp hại, dao khắc, mão tinh, biệt trách and more.
What is Phù Ức?
Phù Ức is a balancing principle in BaZi that uses supportive deities when the Day Master is weak and restraining deities when it is strong to achieve harmony.
The 24 solar terms
The solar date each of the 24 terms begins, for every year from 2020 to 2035, computed from solar longitude in Vietnam time.
Zodiac sign boundaries year by year, 1950 to 2050
The date and time the sun enters each zodiac sign, computed per year instead of using a fixed boundary.
Kua number and Bat Trach directions
Kua number by birth year and sex for 1900 to 2099, with the four favourable and four unfavourable directions.
Vietnamese festivals mapped to solar dates, 2026 to 2030
The actual solar date of each festival across five years, with the weekday. Lunar festivals land on a different solar date every year, and this table works that out in advance.
Start moments of the 24 solar terms, 1900 to 2100
The start moment of each solar term across 201 years in Vietnam time, with the solar longitude of the mark and a flag for moments falling close to midnight.