What is the 'Useful God' (Yong Shen) in BaZi (Four Pillars)?
The Useful God (Yong Shen) is the element that balances a BaZi chart. See how it is found and how it guides luck cycles, feng shui and career advice.
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Why We Avoid the Belongings of the Dead and Seek New Year's Luck: Contagious Magic in the Modern Mind
Contagious magic rests on two laws: contact transfers properties, and similarity means shared essence. Rozin's 1986 experiments show they still shape us.
The Death Tarot Card: Deep Symbolism and Meaning
Explore the deep meaning of the Death card in Tarot: the symbolism of the white horse, rising sun, and its message of transformation, endings, and rebirth.
Where Do Tu Vi, Bat Tu and Thai At Come From: What Scientific Historiography Says About Destiny Calculation Systems
Scientific historiography treats Tu Vi, Bat Tu and Thai At as calculation techniques built on the can chi calendar and ancient astronomy.
Hungry Ghost Festival on the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month: The Meaning of the 'Absolution of the Dead' Ritual in Folk Belief
The Hungry Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month blends Buddhist and Taoist roots, with offerings for wandering spirits.
Heavenly stem clash and conflict in Bát Tự: Stem clash pairs and how to read them according to Uyên Hải Tử Bình and Trích Thiên Tủy
The heavenly stems in Bát Tự: the four clashing pairs, the pairs that only overcome one another, and how Trích Thiên Tủy speaks of stems at war.
Does the 2026 Bính Ngọ Year Make People Avoid Having Children: Lessons from Japan in 1966
Japan's 1966 Bính Ngọ year saw births fall about 15% on a belief that girls born then harmed husbands. Vietnam's 2026 data gap remains.
Reading Family Members in Bát Tự Through Two Layers: Palace Position and Ten Gods
Bát Tự reads family members through palace position and the Ten Gods, then reconciles the two layers by the chart's favorable elements.
What is Bát Tự?
BaZi, or Four Pillars, is a traditional destiny analysis system built on the birth year, month, day, and hour, each with a Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch.
Tam Hinh in Bat Tu: Dan Ty Than, Suu Tuat Mui, Ty Mao, and the Self-Punishment of Thin Ngo Dau Hoi
Tam Hinh in Bat Tu explains Dan Ty Than, Suu Tuat Mui, Ty Mao and the four self-punishing branches, and how classical texts read them.
Where Ba Tu Reads Marriage From: Spouse Star, Spouse Palace at the Day Branch, and Its Combination and Clash Relations with Major and Annual Luck
Ba Tu reads marriage through the spouse star and the spouse palace at the day branch, plus how that branch combines or clashes with major and annual luck.
What Is Hoa Cái in Bát Tự? Why the Mộ Character of the Tam Hợp Is Tied to Art, Religion and Solitude
Hoa Cái is the Mộ character of the tam hợp, always on Thìn Tuất Sửu Mùi. This analysis covers its placement and its links to art, religion and scholarship.
How Are Ba Tu Chart Structures Determined by the Month Command and Stem Revelation? The Main Structures and Conditions for Formation or Destruction
Ba Tu chart structures come from the month command and stem revelation. This analysis covers the main structures and where interpretation schools differ.
Applying the I Ching to Health: From the Well Hexagram to the Balance of Yin and Yang
Explore how the I Ching, through its 64 hexagrams and the principle of yin and yang, reflects on physical and mental health.
Thai Nguyen, Thai Tuc and Menh Cung in Bat Tu: How to Calculate and How to Use Them
Thai Nguyen is derived from the month pillar, Thai Tuc from the day pillar, and Menh Cung from the month and hour branches.
Duong Nhan in Bat Tu: How to Look It Up by Day Master, Its Relation to Loc, Phi Nhan, and the Points Schools Disagree On
Duong Nhan is the branch one position before Loc of a yang stem, the same as De Vuong. See how to look it up by day master and where schools disagree.
Thiên Ất Quý Nhân in Bát Tự: How to Look It Up by Day Stem, the Verse 'Giáp Mậu Canh ngưu dương', and Where Schools Disagree
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.
What is Tứ Bất Tử?
Tu Bat Tu is the collective name for four immortal saints in Vietnamese folk belief: Tan Vien Son Thanh, Saint Giong, Chu Dong Tu, and Holy Mother Lieu Hanh.
What is Tứ Hóa?
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.
Chu Dong Tu - Tien Dung: A Legend of Love and One of Vietnam's Four Immortal Saints
The legend of Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung, a poor man and a princess whose love story ends in deification among Vietnam's Four Immortals.
Reading Career and Money in Bat Tu Through the Ten Gods Combinations: Quan Sat, Tai Tinh, Thuc Thuong Generating Tai, Sat An, and Quan An Mutual Generation
Bat Tu reads career and money through Ten Gods combinations: Quan Sat, Tai Tinh, Thuc Thuong generating Tai, Sat An, and Quan An, plus a lookup table.
What Is Quan Phù in Tử Vi? How to Place It by the Thái Tuế Cycle and Its Meaning
Quan Phù in Tử Vi: the fifth star of the Thái Tuế cycle, four palaces clockwise from the birth-year branch, and how Vietnamese books read it.
What Is the Hỷ Thần Star in Tử Vi? Placement Rules and Meaning According to Vietnamese Tử Vi Books
Hỷ Thần in Tử Vi is the eighth star of the Lộc Tồn ring, counted forward or backward from Lộc Tồn. Placement table and meaning in Vietnamese Tử Vi books.
Placing the 14 Major Stars in Tử Vi by cục and Birth Date: Finding the Tử Vi Palace, the Tử Vi Group Moves Counterclockwise, the Thiên Phủ Group Moves Clockwise
How to place the 14 major stars of Tử Vi from the cục and lunar birth day: find the Tử Vi palace, then the Tử Vi and Thiên Phủ groups by the old verse.
What is Khâm Thiên Tứ Hóa: a Tử Vi school that takes Tứ Hóa as its axis, using the stem of each palace and not only the birth year stem
Khâm Thiên Tứ Hóa is a Tử Vi school that reads charts through Lộc, Quyền, Khoa and Kỵ, flying transformations from each palace's stem.
Tử Vi (Emperor Star) in Purple Star Astrology: Meaning and Interpretation
Tử Vi is the Emperor Star, chief of the 14 main stars, governing authority and status. Explore its meaning, dignity, and interpretation across key palaces.
What Are Mieu, Vuong, Dac, Binh, Ham and Why Does the Same Star Read Oppositely in Different Palaces?
Mieu, Vuong, Dac, Binh and Ham are the five brightness levels of a star in Tu Vi, and they explain why the same star reads oppositely in different palaces.
What Is Minor Fortune in Bazi? How to Start It and How It Differs from Major Fortune and Annual Fortune
Minor fortune in Bát Tự covers one year and supplements the ten-year major fortune. How it starts, per Tam Mệnh Thông Hội, and how it differs.
What Is Bát Tự Quang Minh and How Is It Applied in Fate Reading?
Bát Tự quang minh is not a separate cách cục but a state of clear qi with a strong Hỉ Dụng thần. This piece shows how to spot it and use it in fate reading.
What Is the White Tiger Star in Tử Vi? How to Place It, Its Position in the Thái Tuế Circle, and Its Meaning According to Vietnamese Tử Vi Books
Bạch Hổ in Tử Vi sits ninth in the Thái Tuế circle, placed by the birth year branch. How to place it and what four Vietnamese Tử Vi books say.
Flying Transformations and Self-Transformations in Kham Thien Tu Vi: Reading the Direction of Hoa Loc and Hoa Ky Correctly
Phi hóa: a palace's stem turns a star into Lộc, Quyền, Khoa or Kỵ and sends it to that star's palace. Tự hóa: it does so within itself.
What Is Phong Tục in English? Vocabulary for Vietnamese Customs
Phong tục in English is custom, tập quán is usage, and truyền thống is tradition. See how the three differ, plus a vocabulary table of Vietnamese customs.
Zen Master Vạn Hạnh and the Meaning of the Verse Thị đệ tử
Vạn Hạnh was a monk of the Lý era, linked to the story of Lý Công Uẩn. His verse Thị đệ tử speaks of impermanence, life and death, rise and decline.
The Twelve Stages of Growth in Bát Tự: A Life-Cycle Model of Rise and Decline
The Twelve Stages of Growth in Bát Tự form a life-cycle model from Birth to Nurture, gauging how strong a Heavenly Stem is across the twelve Earthly Branches.
Air-Air Element Compatibility in Astrology: The Resonance of Intellect and Freedom
Explore the compatibility between Air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) in astrology: strengths, challenges, and how to build lasting relationships.
Ngo Quyen and the 938 Battle of Bach Dang: From Tu Luong Xam to the New Temple in Co Loa
Ngo Quyen, the 938 Battle of Bach Dang, and the journey from Tu Luong Xam to the new temple in Co Loa, showing the gratitude of later generations.
Is Finding a Partner Through Kinh Dịch, Tarot, or Tử Vi Reliable? A View from Origins and Evidence
Can Kinh Dịch, Tarot, or Tử Vi truly find you a partner? This analysis weighs their origins, reading methods, and experimental evidence so you can decide.
Co Le Pagoda Festival (Ong Festival) in Ninh Binh: rituals, boat racing and the five clans
Co Le Pagoda Festival (Ong Festival) in Ninh Binh runs from the 13th to the 16th of the ninth lunar month, with processions and a boat race by five clans.
What is Binh Dia Moc (Flatland Wood) in the Sexagenary Cycle? Five Elements Meaning
Binh Dia Moc is the Na Am for Mau Tuat and Ky Hoi years, a Wood element. The article covers its traits, feng shui meaning, colors and uses.
Heavenly Stem Bing: Yin-Yang and Five Elements Characteristics in the I Ching
Heavenly Stem Bing in the I Ching is Yang Fire, tied to the Li hexagram and the sun, with traits like openness, wisdom, and a risk of impatience.
Traditional wedding customs of the Co Tu people
Co Tu weddings follow a strict process from the Ganoo proposal to the Zum ceremony, with buffalo dowries, lyrical chanting and communal dancing.
Tự Long
People's Artist, cheo actor and comedian, associated with Tao Quan and the Army Cheo Theatre
Hàn Mặc Tử
Romantic poet, author of the poem 'Đây thôn Vĩ Dạ'
The sixty stem-branch pairs crossed: sounds, harmony, clash and element relation
Every pair among the sixty stem-branch combinations, three thousand six hundred rows, giving the element relation between their sounds and the branch grouping.
Start moments of the 24 solar terms, 1900 to 2100
The start moment of each solar term across 201 years in Vietnam time, with the solar longitude of the mark and a flag for moments falling close to midnight.
