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Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of science

Where Do Tử Vi, Bát Tự and Thái Ất Come From: What Scientific Historiography Says About Destiny Calculation Systems

Scientific historiography treats Tử Vi, Bát Tự and Thái Ất as calculation techniques built on the can chi calendar and ancient astronomy.

Updated 27 Sept 2026

Knowledge › Eastern › Physiognomy

Lower Mansion (Jawbones) in the Six Mansions - Significance in Physiognomy

The Lower Mansion covers the jawbone and chin in the Six Mansions system, reflecting later years, endurance and stability in traditional physiognomy.

Updated 19 Jun 2026Traditional systems

Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi

What Do Thấu Can and Thông Căn Mean in Bát Tự, and Why Do They Matter?

Thấu can is a stem exposed among the four pillars; thông căn is a stem rooted in a branch. Together they show whether that stem has real strength.

Updated 14 Oct 2026Traditional systems

Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology

Is Astrology Science or Superstition: The Wrong Question, and the Question Worth Asking Instead

Astrology is not science in the modern empirical sense, yet calling it pure superstition ignores its roots in Yin-Yang, the Five Elements and the I Ching.

Updated 13 Sept 2026Traditional systems

Knowledge › Western › Psychology

Do People Turn to Divination More When They Feel Anxious? Research on Stress, Control and Ritual

Anxiety and ritual seeking track together in observational data, but experiments that induced lost control have not replicated.