Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs Hoàn giáp is when the birth stem-branch year returns after 60 years. Born Đinh Mùi 1967: 60 by reckoned age in 2026, hoàn giáp and 60 by Western age in 2027.
Updated 2 Nov 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Psychology Studies in mainland China, Taiwan, Hồng Kông and Asian-American communities find Dragon-year children score slightly higher.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Heavenly Stem Giap carries the Yang Wood attribute, symbolizing beginnings and growth. In the I Ching, it links to the Zhen and Qian hexagrams.
Updated 7 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching The 64 hexagrams divide into eight palaces, from the pure hexagram through the fifth generation to Wandering Soul and Returning Soul.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Đại Khê Thủy is the nạp âm for Giáp Dần and Ất Mão in Lục Thập Hoa Giáp. It covers its five elements nature and meaning in Tử vi and phong thủy.
Updated 9 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selection Nhị thập bát tú trực nhật pairs the 28 mansions with days across seven Giáp Tý cycles of 420 days. Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư records it and criticises it.
Updated 14 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức In Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp, Tam Kỳ are Ất, Bính, Đinh, while Lục Nghi are Mậu, Kỷ, Canh, Tân, Nhâm, Quý. Each of the six Giáp hides under one Lục Nghi stem.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Dictionary › Stems, branches & zodiac animals The Sixty Jiazi is a cycle of 60 sexagenary combinations of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches used to number years, months, days and hours.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Cửu Tinh in Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp are nine stars from Thiên Bồng to Thiên Anh, each tied to a palace and element, while Bát Thần are eight spirits.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi Thiên Ất Quý Nhân in Bát Tự is looked up by day stem or year stem, with two noble branches per stem, no Thìn or Tuất, and schools split on the stem Canh.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Giap mountain sits in the due East, is a yang Wood stem in the Hai-Mao-Wei trine, and anchors the Wood bureau. Here is its meaning across feng shui schools.
Updated 7 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Trường Lưu Thủy is the Na Am of Nhâm Thìn and Quý Tỵ years, a Water element like a long flowing river, shaping flexible and profound traits.
Updated 29 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Bát Môn in Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp covers the eight gates Huu, Sinh, Thuong, Do, Canh, Tu, Kinh and Khai, their trigram and element origins, and which favor a matter.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Thẩm Trúc Nhưng, a Qing geomancy master of the Huyền Không school, is named in Trạch vận tân án as the one who published the Hoán tinh formula.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Regions Nghe culture spans Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh, home to UNESCO-listed vi and giam folk singing and a long tradition of scholarly pursuit.
Updated 19 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZi 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.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals The Pig, Cat, and Goat Harmony Triangle forms the Wood Element group of the zodiac, covering its origins and how these three signs support each other.
Updated 16 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Solar terms set Yang Dun or Yin Dun, and the fu tou day sets the yuan. This guide covers ju numbers, super spirit and qi continuation, Zhi Fu and Zhi Shi.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Thiên Hà Thủy is the Na Yin for Bính Ngọ and Đinh Mùi years, belonging to the Water element, symbolizing vastness, purity and flexibility.
Updated 22 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals The Dần, Ngọ and Tuất triple harmony group is the Fire trio in the 12 zodiac animals, tied to the Earthly Branches and the Five Elements.
Updated 17 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Psychology Economists use Dragon year birth timing to measure how a first child affects mothers' employment, and what that timing reveals about ethnic identity.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Kim Bạch Kim (White Gold) Na Yin in the Sexagenary Cycle: its traits, the Five Elements cycles, and Feng Shui uses for this destiny.
Updated 31 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Hải Trung Kim is the Na Yin for Giáp Tý and Ất Sửu, a hidden metal in the Five Elements. Its calm nature and traits are explained here.
Updated 8 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Heavenly Fire (Thiên Thượng Hỏa) is the nay am for Mậu Ngọ and Kỷ Mùi years, tied to the Fire element and linked with Wood and Earth in Five Elements.
Updated 17 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Philosophy of science Shang oracle bone divination (c. 13th to 11th century BCE) burned turtle shells and ox bones, read the cracks, then carved the question onto the bone.
Updated 28 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals Tiger and Snake form a Six Harms pair in the Chinese zodiac, and their clash can bring conflict in marriage or business. Here are the traits behind it.
Updated 16 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals The 12 Vietnamese zodiac animals and their Earthly Branches, what each animal means, how to calculate age, and the folk relationships.
Updated 10 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore the meaning of Tuyền Trung Thủy (Giáp Thân, Ất Dậu) in the Sexagenary Cycle: Five Elements characteristics, interactions, and practical applications.
Updated 21 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals Explore the Monkey-Pig clash (Six Harms) in the Chinese zodiac: origins, conflicting traits, impacts on business and marriage, and effective remedies.
Updated 15 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animals The Rat and Goat harm pair in the Six Harms of the 12 zodiac animals: its Earthly Branches origins, how the conflict shows up, and guidance for work and life.
Updated 19 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Kinh Phòng (Jing Fang) of the Han: his life in the Book of Han, and the nạp giáp and eight-palace systems set out in Kinh thị Dịch truyện.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Thoa Xuyến Kim is the Nayin for Canh Tuất (1970) and Tân Hợi (1971), Metal element. Its meaning covers traits, compatible colors and feng shui items.
Updated 17 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Lộ Bàng Thổ is the nay am of Canh Ngọ and Tân Mùi years in the Sexagenary Cycle, part of the Earth element in Zi Wei Dou Shu.
Updated 23 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore the Tang Đố Mộc (Mulberry Wood) Na Yin in the Sexagenary Cycle: its origins, Five Elements characteristics, Feng Shui meaning, and applications.
Updated 29 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Tùng Bách Mộc covers the Canh Dần and Tân Mão years, symbolizing hardy pine and cypress. Its Wood element suggests longevity and firm will.
Updated 23 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Explore the Lư Trung Hỏa (Fire in the Furnace) na am for Bính Dần and Đinh Mão years: Five Elements characteristics, feng shui meanings, colors, and guidance.
Updated 2 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology Dương Liễu Mộc in the Sixty Jiazi is the Na Am of Nhâm Ngọ and Quý Mùi years, a gentle Wood element tied to adaptable, artistic traits.
Updated 2 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam Thức Lục Nhâm is an ancient divination method in the Tam Thức group. Learn how Đại Lục Nhâm builds a chart: Thien Ban, Tứ Khóa, Tam Truyền, and Thiên Tướng.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology 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.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figures Mai Thúc Loan (722) and Phùng Hưng (791) were two major uprisings under Tang rule. An analysis of their background, course and historical significance.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I Ching Hexagram 57 Thuần Tốn in the I Ching: wind over wind, the Judgment, the Image, and the six line texts with interpretation.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Dictionary › Tử Vi (Zi Wei Dou Shu) 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.
Updated 12 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Dictionary › Other Bệnh Dược (病藥, 'disease and medicine') is a BaZi principle that finds a chart's flaw and picks the Useful God to correct it, seeking Five Elements balance.
Updated 21 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrology 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.
Updated 26 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
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