Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThe Four Dharma Deities at Dau Pagoda in Bac Ninh blend Indian Buddhism with ancient Vietnamese nature worship of Cloud, Rain, Thunder and Lightning.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › TarotAn in-depth look at The Hanged Man Tarot card: its symbolism, upright/reversed meanings, and practical applications in readings.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk divinationDrawing fortune sticks at the temple at the start of the year: offerings, ritual steps, cultural meaning, and notes for a respectful visit.
Updated 4 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe 12th Tam Giac Mach Flower Festival opens on 6 November 2026 in Dong Van, Tuyen Quang, with blooms from October to December.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThe Mother Goddess Worship of Tam Phu venerates the Holy Mothers and deities of the universe, guiding people toward a practical life.
Updated 10 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismCáo tật thị chúng by Chan master Mãn Giác is a famous Lý-era verse: fading spring and a plum branch in the courtyard speak of impermanence.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresSaint Giong, or Phu Dong Thien Vuong, is one of the Four Immortals in Vietnamese folk belief, and the Giong Festival was recognized by UNESCO in 2010.
Updated 14 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Dictionary › Stems, branches & zodiac animalsThe Heavenly Stems are ten symbols in the Stem-Branch system, used to record days, months, years and hours in East Asian calendrics.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Western › NumerologyDiscover Life Path Number 11, a master number in numerology: powerful intuition, an inspiring presence, ideal careers, and the challenges to overcome.
Updated 3 Jul 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThiên Tài and Thiên Thọ are placed from the Mệnh and Thân palaces by year branch. The two Earth stars meet when Mệnh and Thân share a palace.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThien Hinh and Thien Dieu stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu: their origins, nature, and detailed meanings, plus how they act with other stars.
Updated 5 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismVạn Hạnh was a monk of the Lý era, linked to the story of Lý Công Uẩn. His verse Thị đệ tử speaks of impermanence, life and death, rise and decline.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThien Quan and Thien Phuc are Earth auxiliary stars placed by the birth year's heavenly stem, not the branch or hour, with tables and points of disagreement.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThiên Khốc counts backward and Thiên Hư counts forward from the Ngọ palace in a Tý year, so the two stars stay symmetric across the Tý Ngọ axis.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHa Do arranges birth and completion numbers by direction and element, while Lac Thu is a 3x3 square where every row, column and diagonal sums to 15.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcLuc Nham is an ancient divination method in the Tam Thuc group. Learn how Dai Luc Nham builds a chart: Thien Ban, Tu Khoa, Tam Truyen, and Thien Tuong.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou ShuThiên Đồng is the Blessing Star, governing ease and gentleness. Explore its meaning, dignity, and the paradox of hardship turning to blessing.
Updated 12 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe rites after a Vietnamese funeral: the ngu rites, the 49th and 100th days, tiểu tường, đại tường and the end of mourning, as old ritual books record.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismThiền 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.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Western astrologyLibra (Sep 23 - Oct 22) is a Cardinal Air sign ruled by Venus. Libras value fairness, harmony and beauty, and pair best with Gemini, Aquarius and Leo.
Updated 6 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou ShuThiên Tướng in Purple Star Astrology governs authority by seal, loyal support and fairness, and reads the Life and Career palaces.
Updated 5 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou ShuExplore Thiên Phủ in Purple Star Astrology: its treasury-of-heaven origin, steady nature, dignity meanings, and readings for Life, Wealth, and Career palaces.
Updated 30 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou ShuExplore Thiên Cơ in Purple Star Astrology: its origin, agile intellectual nature, dignity meanings, and readings for the Life, Career, and Marriage palaces.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou ShuThiên Lương in Purple Star Astrology: its blessing and longevity origin, principled benevolent nature, and readings for the Life and Career palaces.
Updated 2 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThien Ma (Heavenly Horse) in Zi Wei Dou Shu: its origins in ancient astronomy, placement by birth year, and its meaning of movement, change and opportunities.
Updated 14 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThien Khoi is one of Zi Wei Dou Shu's Six Auspicious Stars, governing scholarly honor, fame and intelligence. Its traits and combinations are explored.
Updated 2 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThien Dieu is one of the Four Peach Blossom Stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu, a malignant star tied to charm, romance and fickleness.
Updated 13 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThien Hi is one of the Four Peach Blossoms in Zi Wei Dou Shu, a Gui Water star of joyous events that can turn misfortune into fortune.
Updated 22 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyExplore the profound meaning of the Palace of Travel (Thien Di) in Zi Wei Dou Shu: a symbol of social environment, external career, and relationships.
Updated 9 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiHeavenly Talent in BaZi Ten Gods: its meaning, traits, and role in destiny analysis, plus how it interacts with other gods in chart reading.
Updated 7 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismBodhidharma is honoured as the first patriarch of Chan, but that image formed over many layers of texts, and many familiar details are legend.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyHeavenly Fire (Thien Thuong Hoa) is the nay am for Mau Ngo and Ky Mui years, tied to the Fire element and linked with Wood and Earth in Five Elements.
Updated 17 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesThe Lantern Festival in Cho Lon, a national intangible cultural heritage, centers on the belief in Thien Hau Thanh Mau at ancient assembly halls.
Updated 20 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 43, Trạch Thiên Quải, means resolve: five yang lines push out one yin line. Its judgments, image, and lessons on acting openly without force.
Updated 26 Sept 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 › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyÂn Quang counts from Văn Xương and Thiên Quý from Văn Khúc as day one, then counts to the birth day and steps back one palace.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Autumn Keo Pagoda Festival in Hung Yen honors Zen Master Duong Khong Lo with palanquin processions, the frog dance and boat racing.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefGiai mong truyen is a Vietnamese story type built on a dream and its reading. This covers its origins, mechanisms, dream categories and how dreams were read.
Updated 9 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk divinationVietnamese folk reading of fish dreams, giải mộng du ngư, covers the omens drawn from dreaming of fish, plus how modern science views these dreams.
Updated 2 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › PsychologyPrices ending in 8, 88 or 168 may attract buyers. Research on superstition and price clustering shows lucky numbers can work as a pricing tool.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresExplore the journey from the Cham goddess Po Inư Nagar to Thien Y A Na in Vietnamese belief, through the lens of the Po Nagar Tower festival in Nha Trang.
Updated 15 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThien Viet star in Zi Wei Dou Shu: its position and meaning among the Six Auspicious Stars, and how it shapes intellect, scholarship and career.
Updated 25 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › MBTIIntroverted Sensing (Si) in MBTI is a personal archive of memories that compares the present with the past and supports stability and detail.
Updated 29 Aug 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Eastern › BuddhismSun Moon Lamp Light Buddha is the last of twenty thousand Buddhas sharing one title in the Lotus Sutra's opening chapter.
Updated 16 Sept 2026Culture and belief