Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboosVietnamese taboo names of ancestors: why giỗ prayers whisper the dead's name, whether children could share a grandparent's name, and where the custom endures.
Updated 20 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesThe 100-day memorial does not require an upturned rice bowl and egg: Phan Kế Bính lists them for giỗ feasts, not for the tốt khốc rite.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsCúng cơm ba ngày Tết covers the first, second and third day rites: Nguyên đán, Chiêu điện, Tịch điện and the Tạ ceremony, with regional differences.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefCúng đất in Huế is held in the second and eighth lunar months, with three offering trays to thank the land deity and remember the former Chăm owners.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ethnic minority customsThe Mường New Rice Festival in Hương Cần Commune, Phú Thọ falls on the 10th day of the 10th lunar month, when the Lang makes the offering at Khoang Đình.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsThe post-Tet ancestor farewell rite varies by region: hóa vàng in the North, tiễn ông bà in the Center, cúng tất in the South.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsCúng tất niên is the year-end offering that thanks the ancestors and sees off the old year: the day, the trays of three regions, the prayer and its meaning.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Dictionary › Tử Vi (Zi Wei Dou Shu)Cung Mệnh (命宮, Mệnh Palace) is the primary palace in a Tử Vi chart, reflecting character, temperament, inner nature, and potential life direction.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › Feng shuiCung Phi is the Eight Trigrams (Ba Zhai) palace assigned to a person by birth year and gender, used to find East Four Life or West Four Life in feng shui.
Updated 11 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › Western astrologyCung Mọc, or the Rising Sign, is the zodiac sign on the eastern horizon at birth. It shapes first impressions and outward persona.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › Tử Vi (Zi Wei Dou Shu)Cung Thân is a special palace in Vietnamese Tử Vi astrology, placed by birth month and hour rather than fixed, reflecting inner tendencies and later life.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › Western astrologyThe Moon sign is the zodiac sign the Moon occupied at a person's birth, reflecting their inner world, emotions, and subconscious.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › Western astrologyCung Hoàng Đạo is one of twelve equal divisions of the ecliptic, each tied to a constellation and used in Western astrology for personality, love and career.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Western astrologyCung hoàng đạo in English is zodiac signs. This covers the 12 sign names in English, their pronunciation, sign versus constellation, and translation notes.
Updated 2 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefCouple age matching has three main methods: earthly branch, nạp âm and cung phi, which often disagree. With a worked example and what old books say.
Updated 15 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe Ten Wings (Thập Dực) are ten commentaries on the I Ching: Thoán, Tượng, Hệ Từ, Văn Ngôn, Tự Quái, Thuyết Quái, Tạp Quái.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiA guide to the Ten Gods (Thập Thần) in Bát Tự astrology, what each of the ten deity stars represents and how they relate to personality and career.
Updated 15 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesExplore the origin and role of the 12 Bà Mụ in Vietnamese folk belief, female deities believed to shape a newborn's body and bestow blessings.
Updated 24 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Zi Wei Dou ShuGiáp cung in Tử Vi: why Kình Đà always flank Lộc Tồn, when Tả Hữu and Xương Khúc can flank Mệnh, and how Tử Vi Đẩu Số toàn thư ranks each case.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiBát Tự reads family members through palace position and the Ten Gods, then reconciles the two layers by the chart's favorable elements.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipCúng giỗ vọng and gửi giỗ: per Toan Ánh, those far from home send offerings to the head of the family and also make an offering from afar.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe nine palaces are the nine cells of the Luo Shu, a 3x3 square whose every line totals 15, and the grid used by Huyền Không and Kỳ Môn.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodCom Lang Vong is a Hanoi autumn specialty made from young sticky rice, tied to the traditional craft of Vong village in Cau Giay district.
Updated 28 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiThai Nguyen is derived from the month pillar, Thai Tuc from the day pillar, and Menh Cung from the month and hour branches.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodThe Hue Tet feast blends royal essence with folk culture, shaped by a philosophy of frugality, elegance, harmony and transformation.
Updated 28 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsThe name "Tết Nguyên Đán" comes from "Tiết," a marker in the agricultural calendar, and "Nguyên Đán," meaning the first morning of the new year.
Updated 6 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiHurting Officer in BaZi represents creativity, talent and self-expression, with its meaning and use in destiny analysis explained.
Updated 29 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiDiscover the meaning of Direct Wealth in BaZi Ten Gods: a symbol of legitimate assets, diligence, responsibility, and spousal relationships.
Updated 3 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiSeven Killings in BaZi is a Ten God of pressure, challenge and authority that also brings resilience and ambition. See how it shapes personality and fortune.
Updated 21 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BuddhismSun Moon Lamp Light Buddha is the last of twenty thousand Buddhas sharing one title in the Lotus Sutra's opening chapter.
Updated 16 Sept 2026Culture and belief
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 › BaZiHeavenly Talent in BaZi Ten Gods: its meaning, traits, and role in destiny analysis, plus how it interacts with other gods in chart reading.
Updated 7 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiBi Jian (Friend) in BaZi: its meaning, traits, and dual role in chart reading, helping a weak self but causing rivalry when strong.
Updated 15 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefVietnamese folk naming by the Five Elements and parents' ages: the ngũ hành basis, tương sinh tương khắc, and key cautions when choosing a child's name.
Updated 15 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyHow the Phi Tinh school reads Hóa Kỵ in Tử Vi: Kỵ nhập, Kỵ xung, Lộc and Kỵ in one palace, and stacked Kỵ, following Từ Tăng Sinh's book.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsMany families burn a little votive paper after the year-end offering; the hóa vàng send-off comes on Tet days 3 to 7. The tray can go indoors or outdoors.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboosAmong the Pu Peo, a father stays home until his newborn is named, three days for girls and five for boys, to guard against evil spirits.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyIn 1948, Bertram Forer gave 39 students the identical personality description taken from an astrology book, and the class still rated it highly accurate.
Updated 13 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyMệnh 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 2026Traditional 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 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThe 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 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › BaZiKhông vong in Bát Tự marks the two earthly branches missing from each ten-day can chi cycle. How to look it up, and where the old books disagree on it.
Updated 14 Oct 2026Traditional systems
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