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Vietnamese lunar calendar
Today's lunar date, what day it is and its good hours, or any other day.
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Cast a hexagram for something on your mind: smooth or still stuck?
Bát Tự chart
A Bát Tự chart from your birth date and hour, with luck pillars.
Name your child
Name ideas that suit the baby's Bát Tự chart, each with a reason.
Do Two People Born at the Same Time Share the Same Fate? What the London 'Time Twins' Study Says
The 1958 London 'time twins' study tracked over two thousand people born minutes apart and found none of the similarity Western astrology predicts for them.
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.
Why two calendars give different lunar dates for the same solar day, and where time zones come in
Two calendars can give different lunar dates for the same solar day because they use different legal time zones, such as Vietnam at UTC+7 and China at UTC+8.
Liêm Trinh and Tham Lang in the same palace at Tỵ or Hợi: what do old Tử Vi texts say?
Liêm Trinh and Tham Lang in the same palace at Tỵ or Hợi is a configuration old Tử Vi texts read as perilous, though their explanations differ.
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.
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.
Cự Môn and Thiên Cơ in the same palace at Mão or Dậu: what Tử Vi books say and where they differ
Tử Vi đẩu số tân biên and Trung Châu phái read the Cự Cơ Mão Dậu configuration differently: Mão or Dậu, which birth years fit, and what hostile stars bring.
Tam Thức and Thái Ất in Vietnam, and the story of Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm studying the Thái Ất thần kinh: what is historical record and what is legend?
Tam Thức covers Thái Ất, Lục Nhâm and Kỳ Môn. This piece traces how it reached Vietnam and asks what is history and what is legend around Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm.
Toán số in Thái Ất: chủ toán, khách toán, hòa and not hòa, trường toán and đoản toán according to Thái Ất kim kính thức kinh
Counts in Thái Ất: the host count and guest count, long and short counts, and what Thái Ất kim kính thức kinh calls harmonious and not.
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.
What Does Hexagram 33, Thiên Sơn Độn (遯), Say About Retreating at the Right Time? Structure, Judgment, Six Line Texts, and Lessons
Hexagram 33, Thiên Sơn Độn, covers timely retreat: the Qian and Gen trigrams, the Judgment, the six line texts, and lessons on preserving oneself.
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 Do the Tropical and Sidereal Zodiacs Differ? Why Does the Same Birth Date Give Two Different Signs?
The tropical zodiac follows the seasons, the sidereal zodiac the stars. Precession has pushed them about 24 degrees apart, enough to change most Sun signs.
What do the customs of buying salt and carrying water at the start of the year mean?
Buying salt and carrying water at Tết are luck-seeking customs: lucky salt on the first morning in the north, hired carriers bringing water like money.
What Are Mieu, Vuong, Dac, Binh, Ham and Why Does the Same Star Read Oppositely in Different Palaces?
Mieu, Vuong, Dac, Binh and Ham are the five brightness levels of a star in Tử Vi, and they explain why the same star reads oppositely in different palaces.
Should Thanh Minh Offerings Be Made at Home First or at the Grave First According to Custom?
Vietnam's Thanh Minh custom often means tending graves first, then offering to ancestors at home; this examines origins, sequence and exceptions in old texts.
Building the Four Pillars of BaZi from birth date and time: the year pillar changes at Lập Xuân, the month pillar changes at the solar term, the day pillar follows the 60-cycle, and the hour stem is derived from the day stem
BaZi's Four Pillars from birth date and time: the year pillar turns at Lập Xuân, the month at solar terms, the day runs the 60-cycle.
The custom of asking for divination sticks, drawing fortune sticks at the temple at the beginning of the year: A guide to the ritual and its cultural significance
Drawing fortune sticks at the temple at the start of the year: offerings, ritual steps, cultural meaning, and notes for a respectful visit.
The Trang Sinh Water Method of the Tam Hợp School: Receiving Water at the Trang Sinh Palace, Discharging Water at the Tuyet Palace, and the Eight Great Hoàng Tuyền
The Tam Hợp Trang Sinh water method reads water by direction: receive water at the Trang Sinh palace, discharge it at the Tuyet palace.
When and at what time should the 2027 Kitchen Gods offering be made according to custom?
2027 Kitchen Gods offering: weekdays, can chi and auspicious hours for the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of the twelfth lunar month of Bính Ngọ.
House systems in an astrological chart: how Placidus, Whole Sign and Equal Houses differ, and why the same chart places a planet in a different house
Placidus, Whole Sign and Equal House divide the zodiac three ways, so the same chart can place a planet in a different house under each system.
Which positions on the face do the Five Peaks comprise? Nam Nhạc at the forehead, Bắc Nhạc at the chin and the other three peaks according to Thần tướng thiết quan đao
The five peaks of the face in physiognomy: forehead, chin, nose and the two cheekbones, each named for a mountain in Thần tướng thiết quan đao.
Foods to Avoid at the Beginning of the New Year According to Folk Beliefs
Duck, squid, banana, shrimp, snail and fertilized duck eggs are avoided at new year in Vietnamese folk belief, which links them to bad luck.
What is Tai Yi Shen Shu: a method within the Three Styles, how to place Tai Yi into the palaces, and why few people study it
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.
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.
Visiting the Thăng Long Tu Tran Temples at the Start of Spring: The Order of the Four Temples, What to Pray at Each One, and the Mistakes First-Timers Often Make
A guide to the Thăng Long Tu Tran spring pilgrimage: the order of the four temples, what to pray at each, and mistakes first-timers often make.
The Tử Tôn line in Lục Hào Kinh Dịch: why the same line is both a blessing spirit and an obstacle depending on the question
The Tử Tôn line is the line generated by the palace element, symbolizing children, students, subordinates, and livestock.
Rain-Praying Festival at the Beginning of the Year of the Cham People in Bình Thuận
The rain-praying festival of the Cham people in Bình Thuận is an ancient agricultural ritual held after Cham New Year, seeking blessings for good weather.
Universal Day Number and Personal Day Number: Two Different Layers of the Same Day, and Why They Should Not Be Read as a Forecast
The universal day number comes from the shared calendar date, while the personal day number adds your birth day and month.
Where Ba Tu Reads Marriage From: Spouse Star, Spouse Palace at the Day Branch, and Its Combination and Clash Relations with Major and Annual Luck
Ba Tu reads marriage through the spouse star and the spouse palace at the day branch, plus how that branch combines or clashes with major and annual luck.
What Is a Thần Chủ Tablet, and Why Is It Buried at the Fifth Generation?
Thần chủ, a jujube wood tablet with name, title and dates, sits on the altar; custom keeps four generations, then the cao tổ tablet is buried at the fifth.
The Hà Nhì custom of reading pig liver to predict fortune at the beginning of the year
The Hà Nhì read pig liver at the start of the year to predict fortune, harvest and health, a spiritual custom tied to farming life.
The Forer Experiment: A Whole Class Received the Same Personality Description and Everyone Felt It Was Accurate, Plus How to Test It Yourself in Ten Minutes
In his 1949 paper, Bertram Forer reports giving 39 students one identical personality sketch from an astrology book; the class still rated it accurate.
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.
Going to the Pagoda at the Start of the Year: What Offerings to Prepare and Which Altar to Worship First?
What to bring to a Vietnamese pagoda at New Year: incense, flowers, fruit and other vegetarian offerings, and which altar to pay respects at first.
Heavenly Stem Yi: Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
Heavenly Stem Yi is Yin Wood in the I Ching, linked to the Kun and Xun hexagrams and seen as gentle, adaptable and quietly resilient.
Calligraphy for the New Year at the Temple of Literature: the beautiful cultural tradition of the calligrapher during Tet
Asking for calligraphy at the Temple of Literature is a beautiful Vietnamese Tet custom, showing respect for knowledge and sending new year wishes.
Checking ages for building a house in the 2027 Đinh Mùi year: which ages hit Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc, Tam Tai, and why the three are not the same
Checking ages for building a house in 2027 Đinh Mùi: how Kim Lâu, Hoang Ốc and Tam Tai are calculated, and why an age can break one and not the others.
Star Worship and Misfortune Resolution at the Start of the Year: Origins, Cultural Significance, and a Buddhist Perspective
Vietnamese star worship and misfortune resolution (dâng sao giải hạn) at lunar new year: its Taoist origins, cultural meaning, and a Buddhist view.
How to Name a Child Born in the Đinh Mùi 2027 Year to Suit the Mùi Zodiac According to Folk Belief
Folk tips for naming a 2027 Đinh Mùi child: choosing Nho radicals, five elements, and can chi to suit the Mùi zodiac, plus what to avoid.