Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingWhen a Luc Hao hexagram lacks the needed relative, Tang San Buo Dich chapter 28 shows how to find the hidden spirit and judge when it is useful.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiChinh Than is the ruling period direction, Linh Than the opposite palace. How to tell Chinh Thuy from Linh Thuy and locate Thanh Mon in each period.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyContagious magic rests on two laws: contact transfers properties, and similarity means shared essence. Rozin's 1986 experiments show they still shape us.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefThe Hungry Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month blends Buddhist and Taoist roots, with offerings for wandering spirits.
Updated 13 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › NumerologySoul Urge Number 9 in Numerology: the drive to serve humanity, compassion, the altruistic journey, and the lesson of letting go.
Updated 17 Aug 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingTiến thần and thoái thần in Lục Hào: how a moving line advances or retreats within one element, with the seven pairs and cases from Tăng san bốc dịch.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingNguyên thần generates the Dụng thần, kỵ thần conquers it, cừu thần conquers the nguyên thần and feeds the kỵ thần, as Tăng san bốc dịch defines them.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe Parent Spirit is the line whose element generates the palace element, standing for parents, documents, property, and news.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 34, Lei Tian Da Zhuang, covers great strength and its limits, with its structure, Judgment, six line texts and lessons on conduct.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsLearn about the Buddhist origins of Vu Lan on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, the legend of Mục Kiền Liên, filial piety, and the rose-pinning ceremony.
Updated 30 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe Earth-Water Hexagram (Shi) in the I Ching symbolizes the commander, discipline and unity, plus its uses in management and leadership.
Updated 29 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresTrang Trinh Nguyen Binh Khiem was a 16th century cultural celebrity. His temple in Vinh Bao, Hai Phong, is a special national relic.
Updated 4 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresChu Van An (1292-1370), the most exemplary teacher in Vietnamese history, and the temple on Phoenix Mountain in Hai Duong that honours him.
Updated 31 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Nguyen Trung Truc Memorial Festival in Kien Giang runs each year from the 26th to 28th of the 8th lunar month, honoring the hero who died in 1868.
Updated 1 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresLe Loi led the Lam Son uprising from 1418 to 1427, expelling the Ming and founding the Later Le dynasty, honoured still at the Lam Kinh Festival.
Updated 24 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresOld histories tell how Triệu Quang Phục withdrew to the Dạ Trạch marsh, raided the Liang army by night and later took the title Triệu Việt Vương.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › AstrologyFire and Air signs are a naturally compatible pair in astrology, with Air fueling the flame through ideas and Fire driving those ideas into action.
Updated 9 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe 40 AD uprising of Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, its causes and significance, plus Hat Mon Temple in Hanoi, the sacred site tied to their final days.
Updated 9 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe I Ching sees love through yin-yang and the 64 hexagrams, describing situations rather than predicting destiny, to help you adjust for harmony.
Updated 25 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresThe Ba Trieu Temple Festival in Thanh Hoa honors heroine Trieu Thi Trinh, who led a 3rd century uprising, through rituals and community events.
Updated 18 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingLiu Yao reads the six lines of a hexagram with Stem-Branch, Five Elements, Six Relatives and Six Spirits, so it answers who, what, when and how much.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe Self Line marks the querent, the Response Line marks the other party in Liu Yao. Their positions decide how the whole hexagram is assigned and read.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresEmperor Quang Trung (Nguyen Hue) led the Tay Son movement and crushed 290,000 Qing troops at Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da in 1789.
Updated 14 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHeavenly Stem Yi is Yin Wood in the I Ching, linked to the Kun and Xun hexagrams and seen as gentle, adaptable and quietly resilient.
Updated 4 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingMoving lines and the changed hexagram in Lục Hào: how the original hexagram turns into another and in what order Tăng san bốc dịch reads them.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › NumerologyExplore the meaning of Personal Year Number 7 in numerology: a period of contemplation, introspection, and spiritual growth.
Updated 13 Jun 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsVesak marks the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha, and its date differs between Theravada and Mahayana traditions. The bathing ritual symbolizes inner purification.
Updated 4 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Historical figuresNguyen Trai, world cultural celebrity, was the soul of the resistance against the Ming and spent years at Con Son writing and reflecting on benevolent rule.
Updated 13 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesTrung Cuu Festival on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month features chrysanthemums, the custom of climbing high, and longevity wishes.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 40, Lôi Thủy Giải, forms with Chấn above Khảm. It covers the Judgment, Image, and six line texts on loosening and forgiveness.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 38 Hoa Trach Khue in the I Ching concerns separation and difference. It explains the Judgment, the Image, and the six line texts.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 54 Lei Ze Gui Mei in the I Ching covers entering a bond without holding the initiative, with the judgment, six line texts and the Image.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 43, Trạch Thiên Quải, means resolve: five yang lines push out one yin line. Its judgments, image, and lessons on acting openly without force.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 45, Tsui (Gathering Together, 萃), covers the judgment, image, and six lines on how groups form and why shared ground and trust hold them.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 62, Lei Shan Xiao Guo: small matters succeed, great matters do not. The Judgment, the Image and the six lines on a time to yield.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiEating God in BaZi's Ten Gods: its meaning, traits, and use in destiny analysis. See how it shapes talent, career and fortune in a chart.
Updated 28 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 29 Kan (Tập Khảm, 坎, ䷜) stacks Kan over Kan, danger upon danger. The Judgement, Image, and six line texts, plus how to pass through peril.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefJoss paper is a symbolic exchange between the living and ancestors or spirits, covering its origins, len dong rituals and Buddhist critiques.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief