Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Thái Ất Thần Số, one of the Tam Thức arts, read the fate of the state and natural disasters: the board, Host and Guest, and the accumulated-year count.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The six I Ching line positions carry labels such as de wei, de zhong, ying, bi, cheng and qi, shown in a position table.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Thiệu Ung (Shao Yong, 1011 to 1077) and Hoàng Cực Kinh Thế: the image-and-number learning of the Song and the cycle of nguyên, hội, vận, thế.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui The Dậu direction in the 24-direction feng shui system sits due West and belongs to the Metal element. Here is its meaning for house and grave orientation.
Updated 13 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Fu Yin, Fan Yin, He Shi, Lian Zhu San Ban Gua and Qi Xing Da Jie: how each forms on the Xuan Kong Flying Star chart and why it is auspicious or inauspicious.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Heavenly Stem Ji is the 6th of the 10 stems, tied to Yin Earth. Its I Ching traits, Five Elements ties and divination uses are explained here.
Updated 4 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Kan houses in Bazhai Feng Shui: five-element traits, compatible directions, and guidance on the main door, bedroom, and kitchen for Kan ming people.
Updated 8 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Tan Mountain in the 24-mountain feng shui system: its Metal element, western position, and use with Hai and Mao mountains to assess career and fame.
Updated 1 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Feng shui split into two main schools over a thousand years: Jiangxi reads terrain forms, while Fujian li qi calculates with a compass.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui The Wu (Ngọ) direction in feng shui sits due south, spans 172.5 to 187.5 degrees and belongs to the Fire element, symbolizing brightness, fame and wisdom.
Updated 29 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Chen direction in the 24 feng shui directions: its Earth element, Zhen trigram link, and what this direction means for career and wealth.
Updated 22 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Thu Phân, the 16th of the 24 solar terms, begins on 22 to 24 September as the Sun enters the Thọ Tinh station. Its calendar roots and customs, explained.
Updated 16 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Thành Đầu Thổ covers the Mậu Dần and Kỷ Mão years. See its Earth element traits, feng shui colors, and generation and control notes.
Updated 17 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 4 of the I Ching, Mountain over Water, comes from Kan and Gen and speaks of innocence, enlightenment, and acting amid immaturity.
Updated 19 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology 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.
Updated 4 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore Đại Trạch Thổ (Great Estate Earth) in the Sexagenary Cycle: origins, Five Elements characteristics, compatible colors, directions and applications.
Updated 13 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Đại Khê Thủy is the nạp âm for Giáp Dần and Ất Mão in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp. It covers its five elements nature and meaning in Tử vi and phong thủy.
Updated 9 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Dictionary › I Ching & Five Elements The I Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and divination system built on 64 hexagrams formed from the eight trigrams, or Bagua.
Updated 11 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Shan Ze Sun, hexagram 41 of the I Ching, holds that what is below decreases so what is above gains. Its Judgment, Image and six line texts are covered here.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Câu Trần, one of the six lục thú of Lục Hào: how it is placed by the day stem, the lookup table, and what Tăng san bốc dịch says of it.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui 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.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 39 Thủy Sơn Kiển describes a time when the road ahead is blocked, covering the Judgment, the six lines, and the lessons of hardship.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Cô Thần and Quả Tú stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu: their origins in yin-yang and five elements, and how loneliness is read through palace positions.
Updated 20 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 34, Lei Tian Da Zhuang, covers great strength and its limits, with its structure, Judgment, six line texts and lessons on conduct.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Heavenly Stem Ding is Yin Fire: a small flame, gentle light and spreading warmth. In the I Ching it points to quiet maturity and nourishment.
Updated 17 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Dictionary › Stems, branches & zodiac animals The 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 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui The Four Symbols guard the huye: Thanh Long left, Bạch Hổ right, Huyền Vũ behind, Chu Tước in front. This piece covers their shapes and the minh duong layers.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Buddhism Sun Moon Lamp Light Buddha is the last of twenty thousand Buddhas sharing one title in the Lotus Sutra's opening chapter.
Updated 16 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Duyên phận is a folk way of speaking about meetings as if preordained. Nhân duyên in Buddhism means conditions that give rise to phenomena, not fate.
Updated 22 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
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