- 📅Lunar years: 1958, 2018, 2078
- 🐾Zodiac animal: Dog
- ☯The stem Mậu is Earth, yang
- 🎵Na Yin: Wood of the Plain, which folk usage calls the destiny element of people born this year
- ℹThe lunar year starts at Tết; births before Tết belong to the previous year
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Start Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThủy Hỏa Ký Tế (No. 63) is the only hexagram with all six lines in correct position and paired. It teaches small success and a good start but chaotic end.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThang Long Tu Tran is four temples guarding the old capital: Bach Ma in the east, Voi Phuc in the west, Kim Lien in the south, Quan Thanh in the north.
Updated 22 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyTam Phuong Tu Chinh is the four palaces used to read any one palace in Tu Vi: the home palace, its two Tam Hop palaces and the opposite one.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › OtherPhù 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.
Updated 21 Sept 2026
Dictionary › Vietnamese folk beliefsHầu đồng, also called lên đồng or hầu bóng, is the central ritual of Mother Goddess worship in Vietnam, where a medium incarnates the Four Palaces spirits.
Updated 11 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Dictionary › Vietnamese folk beliefsĐạo Mẫu is an indigenous Vietnamese folk belief. It worships Holy Mothers and female deities who govern the universe through the Four Palaces system.
Updated 11 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefHầu đồng is the spirit mediumship ritual at the heart of Đạo Mẫu, believed to channel the Tứ Phủ deities through a medium.
Updated 20 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiThiên Ất Quý Nhân in Bát Tự is looked up by day stem or year stem, with two noble branches per stem, no Thìn or Tuất, and schools split on the stem Canh.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodFive-color sticky rice is essential to the Tay people's Long Tong festival, its colors drawn from natural leaves, roots and fruits with five-element meaning.
Updated 4 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe legend of Linh Son Thanh Mau centers on Ly Thi Thien Huong, canonized under the Nguyen dynasty, and the festivals at Ba Den Mountain.
Updated 25 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingExplore in detail the Heavenly Stem Wu (Mau): its Yang Earth nature, position in the I Ching, interactions with other elements, and practical meanings.
Updated 5 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThe Parents Palace in Zi Wei Dou Shu reflects bonds with parents, guardians and superiors, and how major stars shape their influence.
Updated 4 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe National Mong Ethnic Culture Festival rotates among provinces with large Mong populations. Its 4th edition is in Dien Bien in October 2026.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsNghinh Ong Song Doc Festival is the largest sea festival in Ca Mau, held each second lunar month with a sacred whale procession and fishermen's whale worship.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Folk divinationSeven common palm-reading misconceptions, where Eastern and Western folk books contradict each other, and why science calls palm lines just skin folds.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismLuy Lâu is seen as one of the earliest places Buddhism reached Giao Châu, linked with chùa Dâu, the Tứ Pháp cult and Mâu Tử's Lý hoặc luận.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe Parent Spirit is the line whose element generates the palace element, standing for parents, documents, property, and news.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresOng Hoang Bay, a Le Dynasty general, is worshipped at Bao Ha Temple in Lao Cai, blending hero veneration with Mother Goddess beliefs.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › TarotExplore the symbolism and in-depth meaning of The Empress Tarot card: from Rider-Waite imagery to layers of meaning in love, career, and spirituality.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional craftsDong Ho folk painting, a 500-year craft in Bac Ninh, uses woodblock printing and natural colors. UNESCO listed it as heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.
Updated 13 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThanh Long governs joy, Chu Tuoc speech and documents, Cau Tran land and stagnation. The six beasts only color a line already assessed for prosperity.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Tay Thien Festival runs from the 15th to the 17th of the second lunar month in Dai Dinh Commune, Phu Tho Province, honoring National Mother Lang Thi Tieu.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
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
Dictionary › Vietnamese folk beliefsTu Bat Tu is the collective name for four immortal saints in Vietnamese folk belief: Tan Vien Son Thanh, Saint Giong, Chu Dong Tu, and Holy Mother Lieu Hanh.
Updated 11 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 › Folk beliefUNESCO inscribed Mother Goddess Worship of the Three Palaces in 2016, honoring the sky, forest and water Mothers, with Holy Mother Lieu Hanh at its center.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiDiscover how to apply the Five Elements theory to choose interior colors and clothing that match your destiny, balancing energy and supporting life.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesDiscover the unique husband-proposing rituals of the Ê Đê people in the Central Highlands, where women take the lead in marriage.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefVietnam's 2016 Law on Belief and Religion separates belief from religion, yet researchers still debate whether Mother Goddess Worship is a religion.
Updated 28 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsThe Phu Day Festival in Nam Dinh, held in the third lunar month, honors Saint Mother Lieu Hanh with Chau Van singing and Hau Dong mediumship.
Updated 20 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsThe Ede longhouse reflects matriarchy in its structure and carvings, and stands as a cultural symbol of the Central Highlands.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsHue culture blends Nguyen dynasty court ritual with folk belief, Mother Goddess worship, and festivals like the Am Hon ceremony and Hue Nam Temple festival.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsOng Hoang Muoi Temple Festival in Nghe An holds its main ceremony on the 10th day of the tenth lunar month, tied to Mother Goddess worship.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsTây Nguyên culture centres on the gong space, the rông house and the matrilineal system. The article analyses their origins and how they are changing today.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsVietnam's ethnic minorities have their own marriage rites, house-building practices and worship, shaped by environment and indigenous beliefs.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyA review of 104 research samples found the Enneagram correlates reasonably with the Big Five, yet no study confirms a nine-type factor structure.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyFlying transformations in Kham Thien Tu Vi run on palace stems and opposite-palace stems. Ly Tam and Huong Tam decide how Loc and Ky are read.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThe twelve palaces of a Tử Vi chart get their heavenly stems through the Ngũ Hổ Độn method, counted forward from the Dần palace.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiThe Twelve Stages of Growth in Bát Tự form a life-cycle model from Birth to Nurture, gauging how strong a Heavenly Stem is across the twelve Earthly Branches.
Updated 14 Jun 2026Traditional systems
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
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