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Vietnam's ethnic communities

The La Chi People: Settlement, Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals

The La Chi people live mainly in Ha Giang, speak a Ka Dai language, keep a separate altar for each man in the house, and hold folk games during Tet.

Glossary

What is Can Chi?

Can Chi pairs the Ten Heavenly Stems with the Twelve Earthly Branches to record years, months, days and hours in the traditional East Asian calendar.

Glossary

What is Địa Chi?

Địa Chi is a system of 12 symbols, from Rat to Pig, used to mark time, direction and relationships in East Asian calendrics and the Stem-Branch cycle.

Glossary

What is Số Linh Hồn?

Số Linh Hồn is a numerology index taken from the vowels in your full birth name, reflecting innermost desires, motivations and deepest longings.

Vietnam's ethnic communities

Si La people: residence, language, worship customs and main festivals

The Si La people live in Muong Te, Lai Chau, speak a Tibeto-Burman language, worship ancestors, and hold the altar rite, New Year and new rice festivals.

Vietnam's ethnic communities

La Ha People: Residence, Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals

The La Ha people live in Yen Bai and Son La, with a 2019 population of 10,157. Their housing, marriage and worship customs are covered here.

Ethnic minority customs

Wedding Customs of the Thai People (Son La)

The wedding customs of the Black Thai in Son La include free courtship, a trial groom service, and the Tằng cẩu hair-bunning rite.

Zodiac animals

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.

Vietnam's ethnic communities

The La Hu People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs, and Main Festivals

The La Hu live mainly in Muong Te, Lai Chau, and speak a Tibeto-Burman language. Their ancestor worship and main festivals are described here.

Vietnam's ethnic communities

The Phu La People: Where They Live, Their Language, Worship Customs and Main Festivals

The Phu La people include the Phu La Lao, Phu La Den and Phu La Han groups, living in Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Yen Bai and Lai Chau.

Tet and seasonal rites

The Unique Early Tet Custom of the Si La People

The Si La people in Lai Châu celebrate Tet early, timing it to the harvest and peach blossoms, with black pig rituals and double chung cakes.

Folk divination

What Palm Reading Is: How Palm Lines Are Read and Why They Cannot Predict the Future

Palm reading is a folk divination practice that reads palm lines to infer personality and destiny, yet it has no scientific basis.

BaZi

What Is Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny)? Reading Fate Through Eight Characters

Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny) explained: the Year, Month, Day and Hour pillars, each with a Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch.

Astrology

Western Astrology: Personality Prediction or Just a Reference Trend?

Western astrology is not a science, yet it stays popular by meeting the need for self-explanation. Use it for self-reflection, not as a definitive prediction.

Numerology

La Hau Star in the Nine Luminaries: Meaning and Folk Perspectives

Explore the La Hau star in the Nine Luminaries: characteristics, inauspicious meanings, ritual practices, and an objective view from folk beliefs.

Vietnamese astrology

Da La Star in the Six Malefic Stars of Zi Wei Dou Shu: Meaning on the Chart

Da La Star is one of Zi Wei Dou Shu's Six Malefic Stars, governing stagnation, entanglement and hidden obstacles, with meanings across the 12 palaces.

Astrology

The Sun in Astrology , Meaning and Influence on the Birth Chart

The Sun is the soul of the birth chart, standing for ego, consciousness and life purpose. Its sign, house and aspects show how you express yourself and grow.

Physiognomy

What Is Face Reading? Main Features in Physiognomy

Face reading is the traditional Eastern practice of observing facial features, hands and body to infer personality and destiny.

Glossary

What is Thập Thần?

Thập Thần are ten relationships of generation and control between the Day Master and the other stems and branches in a Four Pillars chart.

Astrology

The 3rd House , Communication in Astrology: Meaning and Influence

The 3rd House in astrology covers communication, thinking, learning, siblings and short trips, and how planets and signs shape your mind.

Vietnamese astrology

Zi Wei Dou Shu , How to Cast a Chart and the Meaning of the 12 Palaces

Discover in detail how to cast a Zi Wei Dou Shu chart from birth time and year to star placement, along with the profound meaning of the 12 palaces.

Glossary

What is Nạp Âm?

Nạp Âm assigns names and Five Elements to each pair of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches in the Sixty Jiazi cycle, used to interpret destiny and fortune.

Glossary

What is Tam Hợp?

Tam Hợp (三合) is a group of three Earthly Branches spaced four positions apart, forming one of four elemental combinations.

Glossary

What is Bát Tự?

BaZi, or Four Pillars, is a traditional destiny analysis system built on the birth year, month, day, and hour, each with a Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch.

Glossary

What is Lục Hại?

Lục Hại is six pairs of Earthly Branches in latent conflict in the 12 zodiac system, such as Rat Goat and Ox Horse, often consulted for marriage and business.

Glossary

What is Con giáp?

The zodiac animal system is the twelve Earthly Branches, from Rat to Pig, used to reckon years, months, hours and ages in East Asian culture.

Vietnamese commemorative days

Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Day (March 26)

March 26 marks the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, honoring Vietnamese youth traditions across historical periods.

Glossary

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.

Glossary

What is Tứ Hành Xung?

Four conflicting zodiac signs are four Earthly Branches in two opposing pairs: Rat-Horse-Rabbit-Rooster, Tiger-Monkey-Snake-Pig, and Dragon-Dog-Ox-Goat.

Glossary

What is Ẩn Chính?

The Major Arcana is a group of 22 trump cards in a Tarot deck, numbered 0 to 21, representing the soul's journey and major life lessons.

Glossary

What is Chính tinh?

Chinh tinh are the 14 core stars of a Tu Vi chart, including Tu Vi, Thien Phu and Thai Duong, and they shape each palace's personality.

Tarot

The Lovers Tarot Card: Symbolism and In-Depth Meaning

The Lovers Tarot card: its 15th-century origins, Rider-Waite imagery of Adam and Eve, and upright and reversed meanings in love and career readings.

I Ching

What Is Liu Yao, and Why It Answers Questions That Mei Hua Divination Cannot

Liu Yao reads the six lines of a hexagram with Stem-Branch, Five Elements, Six Relatives and Six Spirits, so it answers who, what, when and how much.

Glossary

What is Khía cạnh chiêm tinh?

An astrological aspect is the angle two planets or points form on a chart, used to read their interaction and the harmony or tension between them.

Vietnamese astrology

The Illness Star in the Longevity Cycle: Meaning of Each Stage on the Chart

Explore the Illness Star in the Longevity Cycle of Zi Wei Dou Shu: its position, characteristics, meaning at each stage, and how to interpret it on the chart.

Ethnic minority customs

Ancient Leaf Books of the May People, a Chut Ethnic Subgroup

Ancient leaf books of the May people, a Chut subgroup, held incantations and ritual texts, and the artisans who can read them have nearly vanished.

Vietnamese astrology

Lam Quan Star in the Longevity Cycle: Meaning of Each Stage in the Birth Chart

Explore the Lam Quan star in the Longevity Cycle: its origins, mechanisms, and detailed meanings across the Zi Wei Dou Shu chart.

Tarot

Tarot Six of Cups , Symbolism and In-Depth Meaning

Explore the detailed symbolism, upright and reversed meanings, and practical applications of the Six of Cups card in Tarot spreads.

Tarot

Three-Card Tarot Spread (Past - Present - Future): How to Do It and the Meaning of Each Position

Three-card Tarot spread explained: how to shuffle and draw, what the past, present and future positions mean, and how to read the three cards together.

Tarot

Tarot 10 of Pentacles - Symbolism and In-depth Meaning

Explore the detailed symbolism, upright/reversed meanings, and practical applications of the 10 of Pentacles card in Tarot readings.