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StartCouple compatibility: marriage & partnership
Where two people's ages match or clash, for marriage or business.
Yearly star (Nine Luminaries) & Tam Tai
This year's ruling star and Tam Tai check, by birth year and gender.
Autumn Keo Pagoda Festival in Hưng Yên: Zen Master Không Lộ, boat racing, palanquin procession and festival schedule
The Autumn Keo Pagoda Festival in Hưng Yên honors Zen Master Dương Không Lộ with palanquin processions, the frog dance and boat racing.
Keo Hành Thiện Pagoda Festival (Xuân Hồng, Ninh Bình, formerly Xuân Trường, Nam Định): the Ninth Month festival, rituals and folk games
Keo Hành Thiện Pagoda Festival in Ninh Bình falls in mid-Ninth lunar month, honoring Zen Master Dương Không Lộ with boat racing and folk games.
What Is Vũ Thủy, the Rain Water Solar Term, When Does It Start, and What Customs Does It Have?
Vũ Thủy, second of the 24 solar terms, marks damp rain and warming soil after winter. This explains its dates, meaning, and folk customs.
Vũ Khúc and Tham Lang in the same palace at Sửu and Mùi: what Tử Vi books say about late prosperity
Vũ Khúc and Tham Lang share a palace only at Sửu and Mùi. What Vietnamese Tử Vi books record about late prosperity after thirty, and where they differ.
When does Cốc Vũ begin and what customs come with it? Calculation and meaning in the traditional calendar
Cốc Vũ, the sixth solar term beginning 19 or 20 April, marks the rains that feed the rice. Its calculation, meaning and folk customs are explained.
The Four Symbols Thanh Long, Bạch Hổ, Chu Tước, Huyền Vũ in a land formation and where the minh duong sits among the four
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.
Where do auspicious and inauspicious day stars like Thiên Đức and Nguyệt Đức come from? The origin in the Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư
Origins of Thiên Đức, Nguyệt Đức and Thiên Cương in day-selection calendars, traced through the Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư.
Nguyệt Kỵ and Dương Công kỵ nhật: What Hiệp Kỷ Biện Phương Thư Records and What It Rejects
Hiệp Kỷ Biện Phương Thư records Nguyệt Kỵ and rejects Dương Công kỵ nhật. An analysis of the original Chinese text, separating old rules from folk beliefs.
What Is Cửu Cung: The Nine Squares of Lạc Thư and How Divination Arts Use It
The nine palaces are the nine cells of the Luo Shu, a 3x3 square whose every line totals 15, and the grid used by Huyền Không and Kỳ Môn.
What Is Kinh Trập, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Associated With It?
Kinh Trập, the third of the 24 solar terms at solar longitude 345 degrees, usually begins March 5 or 6. Origin of the name and start times for 2025 to 2030.
What Is Am Trach and How Does Grave Feng Shui Differ from Duong Trach: Choosing the Huyen, Minh Duong, and Thuy Khau of a Grave, and How Far Vietnam's Cai Tang Custom Relates to Feng Shui
Am Trach is grave feng shui, judged by huyen, minh duong and thuy khau, unlike Duong Trach for the living. It covers Phạm Đình Hổ's view and cai tang.
Dinh Cậu Phú Quốc Festival (Dinh Cậu Offering Ceremony, Nghinh Cậu Ceremony): 15th day of the 10th lunar month, rituals and beliefs of the island's fishermen
Dinh Cậu Phú Quốc Festival falls on the 15th and 16th of the 10th lunar month, with Nghinh Cậu, Yết Cậu and Chinh Te rituals honouring Chúa Ngọc Nương Nương.
Hexagram 57 Thuần Tốn (巽): Yielding That Seeps In Like Wind Through Every Gap, with the Judgment and the Six Line Texts
Hexagram 57 Thuần Tốn in the I Ching: wind over wind, the Judgment, the Image, and the six line texts with interpretation.
Đằng Xà, Bạch Hổ, Huyền Vũ in Lục Hào: Their Nuances When Landing on a Line and How to Start the Six Beasts by Day Stem
Đằng Xà, Bạch Hổ and Huyền Vũ are three of the six beasts in Lục Hào, started by the day stem. Each spirit's nuance is analysed, and none decides fortune.
What Is Tam Long and the Sequence a Feng Shui Master Uses to Trace a Dragon Vein: From Thai To Son and Thieu To Son, Through the Narrowing Points to Long Nhap Thu
Tam Long traces a dragon vein from its distant source peak through to tong son, thieu to son and phu mau son to where it settles.
What Are the Twelve Trực Kiến Trừ Mãn Bình Định Chấp Phá Nguy Thành Thu Khai Bế?
The twelve trực, from Kiến and Trừ to Khai and Bế, form a twelve-day cycle for judging each day, rooted in old calendars and the Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư.
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.
What Is Huyền Vũ in Lục Hào and How Is It Placed by Day Stem?
Huyền Vũ, one of the six lục thú of Lục Hào: how it is placed by the day stem, and where Tăng san bốc dịch mentions it, written there as 元武.
New Rice Festival - A Unique Cultural Trait of the Cao Lan People
The New Rice Festival of the Cao Lan people in Tuyên Quang gives thanks to ancestors and nature after the harvest, with a neu tree and new rice.
Vu (Water) Voice in Chinese Face Reading - What Your Voice Reveals
The Vu (Water) voice in Chinese face reading is deep and flowing, linked to intuition, sensitivity and wisdom, and seen as a sign of skilled communication.
Vu Lan Festival: The Season of Filial Piety and the Rose-Pinning Ceremony
Learn about the Buddhist origins of Vu Lan on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, the legend of Mục Kiền Liên, filial piety, and the rose-pinning ceremony.
Vũ Khúc in Purple Star Astrology: Meaning and Interpretation
Vũ Khúc is the foremost Wealth Star, governing resolve and decisiveness. Explore its meaning, dignity, and interpretation across key palaces in a chart.
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.
Làm Chay Festival in Tầm Vu, Tây Ninh: How Do the 15th and 16th of the First Lunar Month Unfold?
The Làm Chay Festival in Tầm Vu, Tây Ninh runs on the 15th and 16th of the first lunar month, with rituals welcoming Ong Tieu and more.
Ritual and Game of Tug of War: Sitting Tug of War at Trấn Vũ Temple, Bamboo Tug of War, and the Harvest-Praying Meaning of a Game Thought to Be Just for Fun
Sitting tug of war at Trấn Vũ Temple and bamboo tug of war in Hữu Chấp village are harvest-praying rituals, both UNESCO-listed in 2015.
Kỳ yên Hạ điền Festival at Bình Thủy Communal House (Cần Thơ): What Is Kỳ yên, and Why Do Southern Communal Houses Hold Two Rites at the Start of the Year and the End of the Crop?
Kỳ yên at Bình Thủy communal house, Cần Thơ: Thượng điền on the 12th-14th of the fourth lunar month, Hạ điền on the 14th-15th of the twelfth. Rites explained.
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms: Why the Solar Calendar Lives Inside the Lunar Almanac, and Why It Ties to Farming
The 24 solar terms are seasonal markers tied to Earth's orbit around the Sun, used as a farming guide in the lunar almanac.
Tắc Xình Dance: The Sán Chay People's Ritual for Bountiful Harvests
Tắc Xình is the Sán Chay (Cao Lan) people's dance for the Harvest Prayer Festival, mimicking the whole swidden farming cycle from clearing fields to harvest.
Tet Flower Villages of Sa Đéc, Cái Mơn, Mỹ Tho and An Nhơn: What They Grow and How They Prepare
What the Tet flower villages of Sa Đéc, Cái Mơn, Mỹ Tho and An Nhơn grow, when apricot leaves are stripped, and why Sa Đéc grows on racks.
Why phrases like 'energy', 'vibration', 'the universe sends signals' sound profound: research on pseudo-profound statements
Pennycook and colleagues found that people rate vague, profound-sounding statements highly, and this acceptance links to lower analytic thinking.
What is the meaning of the buffalo celebration on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month among the Tày and Nùng peoples?
The Tày and Nùng buffalo celebration on 6/6 lunar honors the buffalo after transplanting and prays for healthy herds and a bountiful harvest.
Hexagram Hỏa Thủy Vị Tế (No. 64, 未濟, ䷿): Meaning, the Six Line Texts, and Why the I Ching Ends with 'Not Yet Complete'
Hỏa Thủy Vị Tế is hexagram 64, the last of the I Ching, its six lines out of position yet paired. Its texts show why it ends on 'not yet complete'.
The Hồng Bàng Lineage and Kinh Dương Vương: What the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư Records at Its Opening
Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư opens with the Hồng Bàng era: Kinh Dương Vương, named Lộc Tục, and the realm of Xích Quỷ. The Hán text set beside later histories.
Making Offerings One Day Early or on the Exact Day: The lễ tiên thường and the lễ chính kỵ
The custom of offering a day early is called lễ tiên thường, with the main chính kỵ the next day. Its origin, distinctions and meaning.
Hexagram Zhen (number 51, 震) in the I Ching: rolling thunder and how to stay calm when afraid
Hexagram Zhen (number 51) in the I Ching stacks thunder upon thunder, covering sudden shock and six ways to respond to upheaval with a calm mind.
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.
Hexagram 30 Thuần Ly (離, ䷝): Clinging and Illuminating in the I Ching
Hexagram 30 Thuần Ly in the I Ching explores clinging and illuminating. It covers the structure, judgment, six line texts, and the image.
What is Phù Ức?
Phù 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.
Vũ Trọng Phụng
Writer and journalist nicknamed the "King of reportage in Bắc Kỳ", author of Số đỏ and Giông tố
Vũ Cát Tường
Singer-songwriter in the indie/alternative vein, runner-up of Giọng hát Việt 2013
Đặng Lê Nguyên Vũ
Chairman and General Director of Trung Nguyên Group
Types of Vietnamese offering rites
155 types of Vietnamese offering rites in 15 groups, from ancestor and death-anniversary rites, Tết and the festivals of the year to funerals, communal houses and temples, and the rites of ethnic communities; each with alternative names, timing, recipients, a short description, classification axes (cycle, social setting, beings worshipped, tradition, ethnic group, cultural region), a structured date and sourced passages on its customs. It is the key table for Nhật Nguyệt's datasets on offering prayers and rite customs.