Tử Vi: how the palaces connect
How work, money and family connect on your Tử Vi chart.
Results for "Tử Vi"
Traditional systems
StartTử Vi chart
A Tử Vi chart from your birth date and hour: quick read, then each palace.
Western zodiac (Sun sign)
Which zodiac sign you are, with a line for today.
Bát Tự chart
A Bát Tự chart from your birth date and hour, with luck pillars.
2026 Yearly Star and Tam Tai
Your 2026 on one page: ruling star, Tam Tai, work, money and love.
Couple compatibility: marriage & partnership
Where two people's ages match or clash, for marriage or business.
Ask the coins
Cast a hexagram for something on your mind: smooth or still stuck?
Yearly star (Nine Luminaries) & Tam Tai
This year's ruling star and Tam Tai check, by birth year and gender.
What Is a Void Life Palace (Mệnh Vô Chính Diệu), How Many Charts Fall Into This Case, and How Do You Read an Empty Mệnh Palace?
Mệnh vô chính diệu means the Mệnh palace holds no major star. Readers borrow stars from Thiên Di, though only 70 to 80 percent carries over.
What Is Tử Vi Chân Cơ and How Does It Differ from Other Methods?
Tử Vi Chân Cơ is the core-principle reading of Tử Vi, not a separate school. It differs from Bát Tự and Kinh Dịch in input data and basic units of judgment.
What is Tử Vi Đẩu Số?
Tử Vi Đẩu Số is a traditional Vietnamese-Chinese astrological system that casts a twelve-palace chart from birth date and time.
Kình Dương Star in the Six Killing Stars of Tử Vi Đẩu Số - Meaning on the Chart
Kình Dương, one of the Six Killing Stars in Tử Vi Đẩu Số, is a Fire element star of impulsiveness and danger that also brings willpower.
What Is the Tử Vi Đẩu Số Toàn Thư, Who Compiled It, and Why Nearly Every Tử Vi School in Vietnam Cites It
The Tử Vi Đẩu Số Toàn Thư circulated in the Ming era, its preface crediting La Hồng Tiên with compiling it from works attributed to Hi Di Trần Đoàn.
Mars (Hỏa Tinh) in the Six Malefic Stars of Tử Vi Đẩu Số - Meaning on the Birth Chart
Mars (Hỏa Tinh) is one of the Six Malefic Stars in Tử Vi Đẩu Số. See its origin, nature, meaning in each house, and how it combines with other stars.
Tử Vi (Emperor Star) in Purple Star Astrology: Meaning and Interpretation
Tử Vi is the Emperor Star, chief of the 14 main stars, governing authority and status. Explore its meaning, dignity, and interpretation across key palaces.
Born in a leap month or the hour of Tý: which month and day should a Tử Vi chart be cast by?
Born in a leap month or in the hour of Tý: which month and day does a Tử Vi chart use? What each book says, and the convention Nhật Nguyệt follows.
Placing the 14 Major Stars in Tử Vi by cục and Birth Date: Finding the Tử Vi Palace, the Tử Vi Group Moves Counterclockwise, the Thiên Phủ Group Moves Clockwise
How to place the 14 major stars of Tử Vi from the cục and lunar birth day: find the Tử Vi palace, then the Tử Vi and Thiên Phủ groups by the old verse.
What Is the Hỷ Thần Star in Tử Vi? Placement Rules and Meaning According to Vietnamese Tử Vi Books
Hỷ Thần in Tử Vi is the eighth star of the Lộc Tồn ring, counted forward or backward from Lộc Tồn. Placement table and meaning in Vietnamese Tử Vi books.
In What Order Do You Read a Tử Vi Chart? Mệnh, Thân, Cục, Stars and Periods
How Vietnamese Tử Vi books order a chart reading: Mệnh and Thân first, then Cục, the major stars, the palaces in aspect, auxiliary stars and the periods.
What Does Phi Liêm Star Mean in a Tử Vi Chart? Position, Placement, and Interpretation
Phi Liêm, sao thứ bảy của vòng Bác Sỹ trong tử vi, chủ về cô độc và thị phi. Bài này phân tích cách an, ý nghĩa và cách luận giải sao này.
Reading a Career on a Tử Vi Chart: Which Palaces, Which Star Sets, and Where to Stop?
A career reading on a Tử Vi chart centres on the Mệnh, Tài Bạch and Quan Lộc triangle, the Phu Thê palace opposite, plus Thiên Di and Phúc Đức.
How Are the Heavenly Stems of the Twelve Palaces on a Tử Vi Chart Calculated and What Are They Used For?
The twelve palaces of a Tử Vi chart get their heavenly stems through the Ngũ Hổ Độn method, counted forward from the Dần palace.
What Tử Vi Tron Doi Is and How to Understand It Correctly
Tử vi trọn đời casts one chart from the birth hour to read a whole life through mệnh, thân, the twelve palaces and vận hạn. It is a conventional reading.
Which Palaces Influence a Palace on the Tử Vi Chart? Tam phương tứ chính, Opposite Palace and Nhị hợp
A palace on a Tử Vi chart is read with its tam hợp, opposite, nhị hợp and flanking palaces. What four Vietnamese Tử Vi books say and where they differ.
Reading Love and Marriage on a Tử Vi Chart: Which Palace, In What Order, and How to Read Responsibly?
Read love and marriage on a Tử Vi chart starting from the Phu Thê palace, then Quan Lộc, Thiên Di, Phúc Đức and Tài Bạch, with the love stars read in context.
What Is the White Tiger Star in Tử Vi? How to Place It, Its Position in the Thái Tuế Circle, and Its Meaning According to Vietnamese Tử Vi Books
Bạch Hổ in Tử Vi sits ninth in the Thái Tuế circle, placed by the birth year branch. How to place it and what four Vietnamese Tử Vi books say.
What is the Lực Sĩ star in Tử Vi and how does it influence a chart?
Lực Sĩ is a supporting star in Tử Vi Đẩu Số, governing action strength and effort. Learn its meaning, placement rules, and common combinations.
Hàm Trì Star in the Four Peach Blossom Stars of Zi Wei Dou Shu
Hàm Trì is one of the Four Peach Blossom Stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu, a dark peach blossom tied to romance, art and charm, read by position and stars.
How to Read Tử Vi and Thiên Phủ in the Same Palace at Dần and Thân?
Tử Vi and Thiên Phủ share a palace only at Dần and Thân. How the stars are placed and what four Vietnamese Tử Vi books say about this pairing.
What Is the Long Đức Star in Tử Vi and How Is It Placed?
Long Đức is a star of the Thái Tuế ring in Vietnamese Tử Vi. See how it is placed from the birth-year Branch and what four Vietnamese books say.
What are the main contents of 20th-century Vietnamese Tử Vi books, and how do they differ?
How do Hoàng Thường and Hàm Chương's Tử Vi khảo luận, Vân Đằng Thái Thứ Lang's Tử Vi đẩu số tân biên and Nguyễn Phát Lộc's Tử Vi tổng hợp differ?
What Is Tang Môn in Tử Vi, and How Does It Affect Fortune Periods?
Tang Môn in Tử Vi belongs to the Thái Tuế ring, governing sorrow, loss, and mourning. Its placement, meaning when holding Mệnh.
What Are Thiên Thương and Thiên Sứ in Tử Vi and Their Meaning in Fortune Periods
Thiên Thương sits in the Nô Bộc palace and Thiên Sứ in Tật Ách. Placement, elements and how four Vietnamese Tử Vi books read them in fortune periods.
What Tử Vi schools exist and why do different schools read the same chart differently?
Tử Vi Đẩu Số has many branches, including Tam Hợp, Tứ Hóa, Trung Châu and Tân Biên. Each reads one chart differently through star sets and Tứ Hóa placement.
Do Western Astrology and Eastern Tử Vi Share a Common Origin? A Comparative History of the Two Systems
Greek and Indian astrology reached Tang China through Buddhism, yet Tử Vi Đẩu Số and Bát Tự run on the can chi calendar and ngu hanh, not Western star logic.
What Is Bệnh Phù in Tử Vi and Does It Really Signal Illness?
Bệnh Phù governs illness and gossip in Tử Vi, but its palace and companion stars set the severity. This covers placement, meaning, and reading.
What Is Trực Phù in Tử Vi and Where Does It Sit in the Thái Tuế Cycle?
Trực Phù is the twelfth star of the Thái Tuế cycle in Vietnamese Tử Vi, one palace behind the birth-year branch. Placement and what four books say.
Annual Fortune in Tử Vi: Concept, Calculation Basis, and Points Where Schools Disagree
Annual fortune in Tử Vi is a short-term layer read by superimposing a time cycle onto the natal chart. See its calculation basis and where schools disagree.
What Stars Make Up the Tử Phủ Vũ Tướng Set in Tử Vi and How Is It Read?
The Tử Phủ Vũ Tướng set in Vietnamese Tử Vi: its four stars, how they are placed, when the pattern forms and how three manuals read it.
What Are Tuần and Triệt on a Tử Vi Chart, How Are They Placed, and What Do They Do to Stars in the Blocked Palaces?
Tuần Không and Triệt Không are two void stars that block between two palaces, placed by the tuần Giáp and the year's heavenly stem.
What Does Đại Hao Star Mean in Tử Vi: Good or Bad? Correct Understanding and Common Misconceptions
Đại Hao in Tử Vi is not merely a malefic star. This analysis explains its dissipating nature, how it acts by palace, and when it forms a good configuration.
What Is Yin and Yang? Origins of the Doctrine and How Divination Arts Use It
What yin and yang mean, where the terms come from, and how Kinh Dịch, Bát Tự, Tử Vi and phong thủy use them, each by its own conventions.
How Do Âm Nam, Dương Nam, Âm Nữ, and Dương Nữ in Tử Vi Affect the Direction of the Đại Hạn?
Yin Male, Yang Male, Yin Female, Yang Female: the Yin Yang of the birth year sets whether Đại Hạn runs forward or backward in a Tử Vi chart.
How Are Ân Quang and Thiên Quý Placed, and Why Are They Called Noble Helper Stars?
Ân 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.
The First Three Lines of a Tử Vi Chart: What Yin Male or Yang Female, Thủy nhị cục or Hỏa lục cục, and Bản mệnh nạp âm Mean and How They Are Calculated
The first three lines of a Tử Vi chart give yin yang male female, ngũ hành cục, and bản mệnh nạp âm, and fix the Tử Vi star.
Is an Online Bát Tự Chart Accurate and Should You Use It? How to Check and the Limits You Need to Know
Online Bát Tự charts build fast, but accuracy hinges on birth hour data, time zone, and solar terms. Know when to trust them and when a reader must verify.
What is Tứ Hóa?
Tứ Hóa are the four stars Hóa Lộc, Hóa Quyền, Hóa Khoa and Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi astrology, standing for prosperity, power, reputation and adversity.
What Is Classical Tử Vi and How Does It Differ from Modern Tử Vi?
Classical Tử Vi uses 12 palaces and 14 main stars to read destiny, while modern Tử Vi is a folk term for everyday chart lookup.
What Is the Thiếu Dương Star in Tử Vi? Placement, Position, and Meaning According to Vietnamese Tử Vi Books
Thiếu Dương is the second star of the Thái Tuế cycle, placed in the palace after Thái Tuế. Placement and meaning in four Vietnamese Tử Vi books.
What Is Thiếu Âm in Tử Vi and How Is It Placed?
Thiếu Âm is the fourth star of the Thái Tuế ring, placed by the birth year branch. Placement and meaning in four Vietnamese Tử Vi books.
What Is Điếu Khách in Tử Vi and What Each Book Says It Means
Điếu Khách is the eleventh star of the Thái Tuế cycle in Vietnamese Tử Vi, two palaces behind the birth-year branch. What four books record.
What is giáp cung in Tử Vi and how are the stars placed?
Giáp cung in Tử Vi: why Kình Đà always flank Lộc Tồn, when Tả Hữu and Xương Khúc can flank Mệnh, and how Tử Vi Đẩu Số toàn thư ranks each case.
Tử Vi Tham Lang in the same palace at Mão or Dậu: why is it called đào hoa phạm chủ?
Tử Vi and Tham Lang in the same palace at Mão or Dậu form đào hoa phạm chủ. This analysis covers its origin, mechanism, and classical interpretations.
Is 40 Too Late to Look for Love? A Tử Vi and Psychological Perspective
Is 40 too late to look for love? Tử Vi reads the Phu Thê palace and Cô Quả stars, psychology looks at marriage age. No single age is absolutely too late.
Hexagram Thủy Hỏa Ký Tế (No. 63, 既濟, ䷾): When the Work Is Done and Why 'Good at First, Chaos at the End'?
Thủy 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.
Mystic Arena
Ten questions on astrology, feng shui and the I Ching.
Daily hexagram by the Gua Qi method, 1900 to 2100
Every solar day from 1900 to 2100 with its ruling hexagram under the Gua Qi method (six days seven parts), the line ruling the day, the position in the sixty-hexagram cycle, the winter solstice anchor and the minutes elapsed since it, the solar term and the cardinal hexagram line for that term. Enough to recompute every row independently.
The ten heavenly stems
The ten heavenly stems with the five-element attribution and yin-yang polarity of each.
The twelve earthly branches
The twelve earthly branches with their zodiac animal, five-element attribution and two-hour window.
The twelve day officers (Thap Nhi Truc)
The twelve day officers in cycle order, with their meaning and the tasks each day suits or avoids.
The 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot
The Major Arcana with Vietnamese and English names, keywords, and upright and reversed meanings.