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What Are the 12 Zodiac Animals? Meaning and How to Calculate Age by Earthly Branches

An overview of the 12 Vietnamese zodiac animals: origins of the Earthly Branches, meaning of each animal, age calculation, and the relationships of tam hop, luc hop, tu hanh xung and luc hai in folk belief.

BaZi

The Twelve Stages of Growth in Bát Tự: A Life-Cycle Model of Rise and Decline

An explanation of the Twelve Stages of Growth (Trường Sinh cycle) in Bát Tự, from Birth through Nurture, used to measure the strength of a Heavenly Stem across the twelve Earthly Branches.

Vietnamese astrology

BaZi (Four Pillars) , Reading Destiny through Birth Hour, Day, Month, Year

Explore the BaZi (Four Pillars) theory in detail: Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches structure, chart casting, Five Elements analysis, and applications in Eastern astrology.

Zodiac animals

The Chinese Zodiac , Meanings of the 12 Animals in Eastern Culture

Explore the symbolic meanings, origins in the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and characteristic personalities of the 12 zodiac animals in Eastern culture, from Rat to Pig.

Glossary

What is Giờ hoàng đạo?

Auspicious hours are six two-hour time slots in a day, based on the twelve Earthly Branches, regarded in folk calendrical practice as favorable times for beginning important undertakings.

Saju

Saju: Korean Four Pillars Astrology – Origins, Calculation, and Its Place in Korean Life

Explore Saju, Korea's Four Pillars astrology: its roots in Chinese Bazi, how the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches are calculated, and its living role in Korean marriage and career decisions.

Zodiac animals

Rat - Goat Harm: The Six Harms Pair in the 12 Zodiac Animals

Explore the Rat - Goat harm pair in the Six Harms of the 12 zodiac animals: origins in Earthly Branches, personality perspectives, and applications in work and life according to Eastern philosophy.

Glossary

What is Nạp Âm?

Na Yin is a system that assigns names and Five Elements attributes to each pair of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches in the Sixty Jiazi cycle, used for interpreting destiny and fortune.

Zodiac animals

Dần - Ngọ - Tuất Triple Harmony (Fire Group): The Triple Harmony Groups in the 12 Zodiac Animals

An in-depth analysis of the Dần - Ngọ - Tuất triple harmony group (Fire group) in the 12 zodiac animals: origins in the Earthly Branches, the principle of triple harmony, personality traits, and applications in life.

Glossary

What is Con giáp?

The zodiac animal system is the set of twelve Earthly Branches (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Cat/Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig) used to reckon years, months, hours and ages in East Asian culture.

Glossary

What is Địa Chi?

Earthly Branches is a system of 12 symbols (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig) used to mark time, direction, and interactive relationships in East Asian calendrics and the Stem-Branch cycle.

Glossary

What is Tứ Hành Xung?

Four conflicting zodiac signs are four Earthly Branches forming two opposing pairs, including Rat-Horse-Rabbit-Rooster, Tiger-Monkey-Snake-Pig, and Dragon-Dog-Ox-Goat, traditionally believed to be prone to conflict in marriage or partnership.

Glossary

What is Tam Hợp?

Tam Hợp (三合) is a group of three Earthly Branches spaced four positions apart, forming one of four elemental combinations: Shen-Zi-Chen (Water), Hai-Mao-Wei (Wood), Yin-Wu-Xu (Fire), Si-You-Chou (Metal).

Glossary

What is Lục Thập Hoa Giáp?

The Sixty Jiazi is a cycle of 60 sexagenary combinations of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches used to number years, months, days and hours in traditional East Asian calendrics, each combination paired with a Na Yin Five Element.

Glossary

What is Lục Hại?

Lục Hại (Six Harms) refers to six pairs of Earthly Branches that are in latent conflict within the 12 zodiac animals system, including Rat Goat, Ox Horse, Tiger Snake, Rabbit Dragon, Monkey Pig, Rooster Dog, often consulted for marriage and business relationships.

Glossary

What is Can Chi?

Can Chi is the system that pairs the Ten Heavenly Stems (Giáp, Ất, Bính, Đinh, Mậu, Kỷ, Canh, Tân, Nhâm, Quý) with the Twelve Earthly Branches (Tý, Sửu, Dần, Mão, Thìn, Tỵ, Ngọ, Mùi, Thân, Dậu, Tuất, Hợi) to record years, months, days and hours in the traditional East Asian calendar.