The 4th House: Family in Astrology: Meaning and Influence
The 4th House in astrology governs family, roots and home, shaping your bond with parents and your inner sense of security.
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Borrowing an Age to Build a House: the Custom, and Where It Must Stop
What age-borrowing means before building a house in Vietnam, how the stand-in is chosen, the five customary steps, and why the symbolic sale is ritual only.
Do 'lucky' house numbers and floor numbers raise property prices? Evidence from real estate market research
Studies in Vancouver, Auckland, Singapore, Hồng Kông and Russia show buyers pay more or less for house and floor numbers.
The 1st House: The Self in Astrology: Meaning, Role, and Interpretation
Explore the in-depth meaning of the 1st House (House of Self) in astrology: its symbolism for personality, appearance, life approach, and new beginnings.
Folk Taboos for Groundbreaking, House Construction, and Housewarming
Vietnamese folk taboos for groundbreaking, construction and housewarming cover dates, directions and rituals, rooted in yin-yang and five elements.
Home Feng Shui: Basic Arrangement Principles
Basic home feng shui covers the eight mansions, five elements, sofa placement and lighting. Small changes can support a harmonious living space.
Feng Shui Mirrors at Home: Principles for Auspicious Placement
In Feng Shui, mirrors are the eyes of a home, reflecting and amplifying energy. Place them to catch good things like the front door, never the bed.
Home Office Feng Shui: Principles for an Auspicious Layout
Explore home office feng shui principles: desk placement, sitting direction, colors, lighting, and remedies to boost focus, creativity, and work performance.
Life Path Number 6: Love, Responsibility, and the Heart of the Home
Explore the meaning of Life Path Number 6: a caring, responsible personality, ideal careers, and how to build a happy family life as a Number 6.
How Does Worshipping Thần Tài at a Company or Shop Differ from at Home?
At shops and at home, Thần Tài shares a low shrine near the door with Ông Địa; shops make offerings every morning on opening. Origins and open debates.
Housewarming Ritual (Nhập Trạch) for a New Home: Offerings and Step-by-Step Procedure
A guide to the Vietnamese housewarming ritual (nhập trạch): the offerings and each step in order, from the auspicious date to moving in.
Why Hanoi Apartment Buyers Consult Feng Shui: Research on Spiritual Security When Buying a Home
Trương Thị Thúy Hà's 2016 study found Hanoi apartment buyers consult feng shui when choosing and arranging a home, seeking spiritual security.
The Custom of "Father Must Stay Home Until Baby Is Named" of the Pu Péo People
Among the Pu Péo, a father stays home until his newborn is named, three days for girls and five for boys, to guard against evil spirits.
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.
Hexagram 56 Hỏa Sơn Lữ (旅): The Wanderer Far From Home, How Should One Behave in a Strange Land?
Hexagram 56 Hỏa Sơn Lữ concerns the way of the wanderer in a strange land: small success, staying upright, humility brings peace, arrogance invites disaster.
How Does the Nhập Trạch Ritual for an Apartment or Rented Home Differ from a Landed House? Offerings and Sequence
Apartment and rented-home nhập trạch rites still announce the move to ancestors and thổ công but skip động thổ and structural changes, with simpler offerings.
Dunhuang Divination Manuscripts: How Did People in the Past Read Days, Interpret Dreams, Read Physiognomy, and Assess Home Feng Shui?
Dunhuang manuscripts from the 9th and 10th centuries cover day-selection, dream interpretation, physiognomy, and home feng shui.
The Luo Pan Compass: Directional Tool in Feng Shui
The Luo Pan is a Feng Shui compass used to find house and main door directions. Readings work best away from metal and magnetic interference.
Fǎn Gōng Shā in residential feng shui - identification and remedies
Fǎn Gōng Shā appears when a house sits on the concave side of a curve. Identify it via roads, rivers and walls, then remedy with convex mirrors.
Celestial Executioner (Tian Zhan Sha) in residential Feng Shui - identification and remedies
Celestial Executioner (Tian Zhan Sha) forms when a straight road, corridor or gap points at a house. See how to spot it and which remedies may deflect it.
Xuyên Tâm Sát in residential Feng Shui - identification and remedies
Learn what Xuyên Tâm Sát is, how to identify common forms in homes, and effective, safe remedies based on traditional Feng Shui.
Tarot 4 of Wands: Symbolism and In-Depth Meaning
Tarot 4 of Wands explained: its symbolism, upright and reversed meanings, love and career readings, and its message of celebration and home.
Fire Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Generative/Destructive Interactions
Fire element people in the Five Elements: their traits, how Wood feeds Fire and Water overcomes it, plus colors and objects for balance.
Xun House (East Group) in Ba Zhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Favorable Directions
Xun house in the East Group suits Xun life palace people. Its favorable directions: Sheng Qi North, Tian Yi East, Yan Nian South, Fu Wei Southeast.
Feng Shui for North-Facing Houses: Which Elements Match, What to Note
North-facing houses belong to the Water element, suited to Water or Metal people, while Wood, Fire and Earth owners need colors and objects that harmonize.
Li House (East Group) in Ba Zhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Compatible Directions
Explore Li House of the East Group in Ba Zhai: five-element traits, trigram fate, compatible house directions, and remedies when facing incompatibility.
Feng Shui for the Main Door: Principles for Auspicious Arrangement
Explore feng shui principles for the main door: position, direction, colors, objects, and remedies to attract vital energy and prosperity to your home.
Bathroom Feng Shui: Principles for Auspicious Layout
Discover feng shui principles for bathroom layout: location, door direction, colors, and remedies to preserve the positive energy and wealth of your home.
The Five Elements' Generating and Overcoming Cycles in Feng Shui: Principles and Practical Applications
The Five Elements' generating and overcoming cycles shape feng shui practice. Identify Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth at home to balance energy.
Kitchen Feng Shui: principles for an auspicious layout
Discover kitchen feng shui principles: location, stove direction, colors, and remedies to attract wealth and health for your family.
Qian Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui: Meaning and Interpretation
Qian mountain in the 24 mountain directions of Feng Shui: its West Group position, Metal element, and how it combines with other directions and time periods.
The First-Foot Custom at Lunar New Year: Origins, How Old Vietnamese Chose the First Visitor, and How the Custom Is Changing
First-footing is an old Vietnamese Tet custom: the first person to enter a home after midnight is believed to carry the year's fortune.
Nghe Culture: Vi and Giam Folk Singing, the Tradition of Scholarly Pursuit, and Religious Life in the Nghệ Tĩnh Region
Nghe culture spans Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh, home to UNESCO-listed vi and giam folk singing and a long tradition of scholarly pursuit.
Earth Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Interpromotion & Intercontrol
Earth element people favor yellow and brown and value stability. Fire generates Earth and Earth generates Metal, so limit Wood and Water at home.
Metal Element People: Five Elements Characteristics and Interpromotion & Interconquest
Metal element people bring clarity, logic and determination. See how Metal interacts with the other elements, and which colors balance its Feng Shui energy.
Nham Mountain Direction in the 24 Mountain Directions of Feng Shui - Meaning and Interpretation
Nham mountain sits in the North of the 24 mountain directions, tied to the Water element and the Kan trigram, symbolizing beginnings, wisdom and flexibility.
Kan House (East Group) in Bazhai Feng Shui: Characteristics and Compatible Directions
Kan houses in Bazhai Feng Shui: five-element traits, compatible directions, and guidance on the main door, bedroom, and kitchen for Kan ming people.
Ok Om Bok Festival: The Moon Worship and Ghe Ngo Race of the Khmer People in Southern Vietnam
Ok Om Bok is the Khmer moon worship festival in Southern Vietnam, with home and pagoda rituals and the Ghe Ngo boat race in Trà Vinh.
Worship of Thổ Công and Thổ Địa: Household Land-Guardian Deities
Thổ Công and Thổ Địa guard the land of a Vietnamese home, distinct from the wealth-focused Thần Tài, worshipped as a triad with Thổ Kỳ.
How Is the Wealth Position in a House Determined According to Bát Trạch and Huyền Không?
The wealth position at home: Bát Trạch finds Sinh Khí by life trigram, Huyền Không by the ruling star, the popular way by the door's diagonal.
What Feng Shui Is in the Eyes of Anthropologists and Historians: From the Compass to Lineage Power
Anthropologists describe feng shui as a symbolic system for reading landscapes and a social tool within lineages. In the West, it became a home decor product.
Phan Mạnh Quỳnh
Singer-songwriter, famous for the song 'Vợ người ta' and for compositions about the countryside and community
Festivals and folk beliefs of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam
Festivals, rites and worship customs of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam, one row per festival, with each group's home region and language family. Extracted from 54 Nhật Nguyệt articles; every row cites the article it came from.