Question: What is the difference between Miếu, Vượng, Đắc, Bình and Hãm?
Answer: Miếu is the highest level of brightness, where a star brings out its good qualities to the fullest; Vượng is one rank lower; Đắc is lower than Vượng; Bình is a dim level, where an auspicious star has only a little good left and an inauspicious star begins to show its bad side; Hãm is the dimmest level, where an auspicious star loses its power and an inauspicious star is provoked into being many times worse. Some books also insert a Bại level between Bình and Hãm.
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.
Tử vi trọn đời casts one chart from the birth hour to read a whole life through mệnh, thân, the twelve palaces and vận hạn. It is a conventional reading.
Phá Quân in Purple Star Astrology: its break-and-rebuild origin, bold reformist nature, dignity levels, and readings for the Life and Marriage palaces.
Bà Phi Yến's death anniversary falls on the 18th of the tenth lunar month at An Sơn Miếu, Côn Đảo. The legendary figure, the rites and the heritage debate.
Aquarius and Uranus in astrology: how this modern ruling planet shapes the sign's visionary, freedom-loving nature and its urge to break with old norms.
The Cổ Loa Festival opens on the 6th day of the first lunar month at the Upper Temple in Đông Anh, Hanoi, honoring An Dương Vương with rituals and folk games.
Strong Self (Thân Vượng) and Weak Self (Thân Nhược) in BaZi measure the Day Master's strength through its links with other elements in the Four Pillars.
Tet Nhay (Pút Tồng) is the key Bàn Vương worship ritual of the Red Dao in Lào Cai, tied to migration legends and performed in 11 steps with dances and music.
Explore the in-depth meaning of the Đế Vượng star in the Longevity Cycle, its favorable positions, and its influence on each life stage in the Zi Wei chart.
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.
The legend of bánh chưng and bánh giầy: Lang Liêu, son of a Hùng king, offers cakes of glutinous rice. Where the tale is recorded and what it explains.
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.
Cổ Lễ Pagoda (Ong) Festival, Ninh Bình: 13th to 16th of the 9th lunar month, main day the 14th. In 2026 that is 22 to 25 October; in 2027, 12 to 15 October.
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.
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.
The Tep Temple festival for Trung Túc Vương Lê Lai in Kiên Thọ commune, Thanh Hóa falls on the 21st of the 8th lunar month and the 8th of the 1st lunar month.
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.