Bát Tự chart
A Bát Tự chart from your birth date and hour, with luck pillars.
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StartAsk the coins
Cast a hexagram for something on your mind: smooth or still stuck?
Lunar-solar converter
Convert lunar and solar dates both ways, with leap months and solar terms.
Name your child
Name ideas that suit the baby's Bát Tự chart, each with a reason.
Tarot GenZ
Pick what's on your mind or ask your own question; one card each.
Couple compatibility: marriage & partnership
Where two people's ages match or clash, for marriage or business.
Cast a hexagram
Toss three coins six times for a hexagram, then read its meaning.
Casting a Mai Hoa hexagram from the lunar year, month, day, and hour: formulas, a full worked example, and the points where books still differ
Mai Hoa Dịch Số casts a hexagram from the lunar year, month, day, and hour: divide by 8 for the trigrams and by 6 for the moving line.
Ti and Yong in Mai Hoa Dịch Số: Which Trigram Is Ti, Which Is Yong, and How Do the Five Generating and Controlling Relations Reveal Fortune or Misfortune?
In Mai Hoa Dịch Số, the trigram without the moving line is ti (the querent) and the trigram with the moving line is yong (the matter).
What Is Mai Hoa Dịch Số, and Did Thiệu Ung Really Write It?
Mai Hoa Dịch Số builds I Ching hexagrams from numbers, sounds and moments instead of coins. Tradition assigns it to Thiệu Ung, without proof.
What is Dụng Thần?
Dụng Thần is the element among the Five Elements most needed to balance and remedy a Four Pillars chart, helping it reach harmony in BaZi theory.
What Are Lục Nhâm Khóa Thể and How Is a Lục Nhâm Hexagram Named?
Lục Nhâm lesson types (khóa thể) name each chart, set by the four lessons, three transmissions and stem-branch ties; a chart is named by combining several.
Hexagram 26: Shan Tian Da Xu (Great Accumulation) - Meaning and Application in the I Ching
Explore Hexagram 26 (Shan Tian Da Xu) in the I Ching: its symbolism, judgment, the meaning of inner accumulation, and practical applications in work and life.
What Are the Nine Methods for Deriving the Three Transmissions in Lục Nhâm?
Lục Nhâm picks the Three Transmissions with nine methods in priority order: tặc khắc, tỷ dụng, thiệp hại, dao khắc, mão tinh, biệt trách and more.
Lục Nhâm Khóa Thể: What Are Nguyên Thủ, Trùng Thẩm, Tri Nhất and Thiệp Hại?
Per Lục Nhâm đại toàn: Nguyên Thủ has one khóa with upper overcoming lower, Trùng Thẩm one with lower overcoming upper; Tri Nhất and Thiệp Hại have several.
Applying the I Ching in Business: From Philosophy to Strategic Action
Apply the I Ching in business by reading its 64 hexagrams as archetypal situations, plus the principle of change and the spirit of the Well hexagram.
The Useful Spirit in Liu Yao: Which Line to Read for Which Question, and Why Some Matters Should Not Be Cast
The Useful Spirit in Liu Yao is the line for the subject asked about, chosen per question type. Some matters, though, should not be cast.
How Liu Yao Predicts Timing: Static Lines Await the Day of Rule or Clash, Moving Lines Await the Day of Combination or Rule, Excessive Vigor Awaits the Tomb or Clash, Void in the Cycle Awaits Leaving the Cycle or a Clash, and Month Breach Awaits the Next Month or a Combination
Liu Yao timing rules from Zeng Shan Buo Yi chapter 26D: how static lines, moving lines, excessive vigor and void in the cycle each find their day.
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.
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 Makes the 2027 Lunar Calendar Special and How to Look Up Dates Correctly
Lunar calendar 2027: year of Đinh Mùi, Tết on Saturday 6 February 2027, no leap month. Key dates, solar terms, and how to look up dates and convert Can Chi.
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.
Chính Thần, Linh Thần and Thành Môn in Huyền Không: How to Place Water and Doors According to the Period
Chính Thần is the ruling period direction, Linh Thần the opposite palace. How to tell Chính Thủy from Linh Thủy and locate Thành Môn in each period.
How to Write the Mùng 1 Ancestor Prayer Text Correctly? Structure, Words, and Points to Note
The mùng 1 ancestor prayer text has five parts, with variants in wording and in the order of honoring deities versus ancestors.
How MBTI and Big Five differ, and why psychology uses Big Five
MBTI and Big Five measure nearly the same four personality dimensions, but MBTI splits people into 16 discrete groups while Big Five keeps continuous scores.
The Quan Quỷ line in Lục Hào: why one line is both Quan and Quy, and how to read it correctly
The Quan Quỷ line controls the palace element and carries two faces, Quan and Quy. Reading it depends on the question, strength, and Tử Tôn.
Why Prices So Often End in 8: How Sellers Use Lucky Numbers in Pricing
Prices ending in 8, 88 or 168 may attract buyers. Research on superstition and price clustering shows lucky numbers can work as a pricing tool.
How Ba Tu Major Cycles Are Set: Why They Run Forward or Backward by Gender and the Yin Yang of the Year Stem, How the Starting Age Is Counted from Days to the Nearest Solar Term (Three Days to One Year), and How to Read a Ten Year Major Cycle Together with the Annual Cycle Against the Useful God
Ba Tu major cycles are set by gender and the yin yang of the year stem, with starting age counted from days to the nearest solar term at three days per year.
How to Read Your Child's Chart Responsibly: Bát Tự and Tử Vi for Young Children Should Be Used to Accompany, Not to Label or Predict the Future
A child's Bát Tự or Tử Vi chart should only suggest temperament and how to accompany them, never a fixed verdict or scientific forecast of their future.
Khan Dong and Ao The: Traditional Vietnamese Men's Attire
Khan Dong and Ao The were formal wear for Vietnamese men, reflecting elegance and propriety, now revived for Tet, weddings and ceremonies.
How Do Nguyên Thần, Kỵ Thần, and Cừu Thần Differ in Their Sheng-Ke Relations in Liu Yao?
Nguyên thần generates the Dụng thần, kỵ thần conquers it, cừu thần conquers the nguyên thần and feeds the kỵ thần, as Tăng san bốc dịch defines them.
The Wealth Spouse Line in Lục Hào: Money, Wife, and How to Read It When Asking About Fortune or Marriage
In Lục Hào, the Wealth Spouse line is the line overcome by the palace element, standing for money, goods, prices and employees, and the wife when a man asks.
Reading a Tarot spread after a breakup without self-punishment: how to frame questions, how to read reversals, and why not to redraw a third time
A practical guide to reading Tarot after a breakup: how to frame questions, handle reversed cards, cap your redraws, and avoid deepening your own pain.
The Magician Tarot Card: In-Depth Symbolism and Meaning
Explore the in-depth meaning of The Magician Tarot card: symbolism, psychological messages, and practical applications in readings.
The Star Tarot Card: Deep Symbolism and Meaning
Explore the detailed symbolism and deep meaning of The Star Tarot card: origins, imagery, psychological messages, and practical applications.
The Hanged Man Tarot Card: Symbolism and In-Depth Meaning
An in-depth look at The Hanged Man Tarot card: its symbolism, upright/reversed meanings, and practical applications in readings.
The Chariot Tarot Card: Deep Symbolism and Meaning
Explore the deep symbolism and meaning of The Chariot tarot card: upright and reversed meanings, hidden symbols, and practical applications in readings.
Does the Enneagram Really Have Nine Types? What an Overview of More Than One Hundred Research Samples Says
A review of 104 research samples found the Enneagram correlates reasonably with the Big Five, yet no study confirms a nine-type factor structure.
What Does Hexagram 52, Thuần Cấn (艮), Say About Knowing When to Stop, and What Does 'Stopping at the Back' Mean?
Hexagram 52 Thuần Cấn in the I Ching teaches the way of knowing when to stop: the judgment on 'stopping at the back' and the six line texts from toe to cheek.
Who Should Officiate the Death Anniversary Ritual: Eldest Son, Younger Son, Daughter, or Daughter-in-law?
A giỗ is not only the eldest son's duty. Younger sons, daughters and daughters-in-law can all hold the rite, depending on family circumstances.
How Is Đẩu Quân (Nguyệt Tướng) Placed, and Why Is It Used Only for Reading Monthly Fortune?
Đẩu Quân, also called Nguyệt Tướng, is placed from the Thái Tuế palace, counting backward to the birth month then forward to the birth hour.
How to Read Two Major Stars Sharing a Palace in Tử Vi, and Why Are There Exactly 24 Combinations?
Why 14 major stars form only 24 same-palace combinations, the six groups led by Tử Vi and Phủ Tướng Sát Tham Phá, and how to read each pair correctly.
What Are Form and Force in Feng Shui According to the Book of Burial? A Thousand Feet Is Force, a Hundred Feet Is Form
The Táng thư defines force as a thousand feet and form as a hundred: where the mountain's force arrives and the form stops, qi is said to gather.
What Is Tam Thức: How Thái Ất, Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp and Lục Nhâm Differ, and What Each Is Used to Divine
Tam Thức is Thái Ất, Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp and Lục Nhâm: three old divination arts for affairs of state, of action and of single matters, compared.
How to Read Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi Phi Tinh Correctly? Kỵ Nhập, Kỵ Xung, Lộc Kỵ Đồng Cung and Trùng Điệp Kỵ
How the Phi Tinh school reads Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi: Kỵ nhập, Kỵ xung, Lộc and Kỵ in one palace, and stacked Kỵ, following Từ Tăng Sinh's book.
Chử Đồng Tử - Tiên Dung: A Legend of Love and One of Vietnam's Four Immortal Saints
The legend of Chử Đồng Tử and Tiên Dung, a poor man and a princess whose love story ends in deification among Vietnam's Four Immortals.
What Do The Sun and The Moon Side by Side in Tarot Say?
Placing The Sun beside The Moon contrasts the light and dark poles of the Major Arcana. What Waite wrote, how the pair is read today, and its limits.
Expression Number 8: Detailed Meaning
Discover the detailed meaning of Expression Number 8 in Numerology: ambition, power, material success, and the lesson of balance.
Zodiac sign boundaries year by year, 1950 to 2050
The date and time the sun enters each zodiac sign, computed per year instead of using a fixed boundary.
Vietnamese ritual offerings
A catalogue of 232 Vietnamese ritual offerings, from incense, flowers, betel, sticky rice and cakes to meat dishes, votive paper and objects, gathered from the offering names in the procedure rows: names in three languages, other names, group, vegetarian or not, the components of combined trays, and the number of procedure rows and rites using each item. It is the key table for the ma_le_vat column of the nghi-thuc-cung-viet-nam dataset.
Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng)
456 prayers, orations, petitions and repentance verses in use, in print and online in Vietnam, one text per row with its rite type, part of the rite, region, tradition, text family, variants and fill-in slots. The wording is kept in Vietnamese as the source gives it; 348 texts carry the name and address of the source page, 108 are collected texts whose source is not named.
Letter to number tables, Pythagorean and Chaldean
The numeric value of each letter in both numerology systems, with the convention for Vietnamese diacritics and the letter D with stroke.
Where the schools disagree
Each point where Vietnamese calendrical, feng shui and divination sources disagree, with the reading taken here, the competing reading still in circulation, and what changes when you compare two sources. Every reference table has to pick one; most pick and say nothing.