Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selectionAuspicious and inauspicious days classify a whole day by the twelve deities, while auspicious hours classify each two-hour block by that same set.
Updated 14 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selectionHiệp Kỷ Biện Phương Thư records Nguyệt Kỵ and rejects Dương Công kỵ nhật. An analysis of the original Chinese text, separating old rules from folk beliefs.
Updated 14 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiAm Trach is grave feng shui, judged by huyen, minh duong and thuy khau, unlike Duong Trach for the living. It covers Pham Dinh Ho's view and cai tang.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Thủy Trạch Tiết (No. 60) in Kinh Dịch pairs Khảm above with Đoài below. Its Quái từ favors moderate restraint, since harsh restraint cannot last.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
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 › 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 61 Phong Trạch Trung Phu concerns inner sincerity. It covers the Judgment, Image, six line texts, the Sequence, and practical lessons.
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 31, Trạch Sơn Hàm, opens the I Ching's Lower Canon and traces mutual attraction through six lines, from the big toe to the tongue.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 47 Trạch Thủy Khốn in the I Ching describes depleted resources and words that go unheeded, with the Judgment, Image, and six line texts.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Trạch Hỏa Cách No. 49 covers replacing the old with the new, from its Judgment and Image to why change must wait for the right moment.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiDui House in the West Group: its traits, how to identify it, favorable directions, remedies, and practical uses for West Group people.
Updated 23 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiKan houses in Bazhai Feng Shui: five-element traits, compatible directions, and guidance on the main door, bedroom, and kitchen for Kan ming people.
Updated 8 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiKun House is one of Ba Zhai Feng Shui's West Group, tied to the Kun trigram and southwest, with five-element traits and compatible directions.
Updated 3 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiExplore Li House of the East Group in Ba Zhai: five-element traits, trigram fate, compatible house directions, and remedies when facing incompatibility.
Updated 20 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiXun 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.
Updated 23 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiZhen House in Bazhai Feng Shui: its Wood traits, the gua numbers it suits, and its favorable and unfavorable directions for Zhen ming people.
Updated 28 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 19 (Lin) in the I Ching: its lines, the Earth and Lake trigrams, and lessons on leadership, nurturing, and sustainable growth.
Updated 1 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiThe eight du nien in Bat Trach, four good and four bad, plus how Duong Trach Tam Yeu places the door, master room, and kitchen.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiFeng shui split into two main schools over a thousand years: Jiangxi reads terrain forms, while Fujian li qi calculates with a compass.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingExplore the structure of the hexagram Ze Lei Sui (Following, #17) in the I Ching, along with profound lessons on following, leadership, and adaptation.
Updated 13 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingShan Ze Sun, hexagram 41 of the I Ching, holds that what is below decreases so what is above gains. Its Judgment, Image and six line texts are covered here.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingThe Heaven and Lake Treading hexagram (䷉) of the I Ching: its origins, structure, and lessons in caution and propriety for modern life.
Updated 25 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 28 Da Quo in the I Ching: its structure, meaning, and guidance for handling extraordinary pressure when a heavy burden overwhelms a weak foundation.
Updated 21 Jul 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 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 ChingKhổng Minh Thần Toán is a 384-card divination book matching 64 hexagrams with six moving lines, credited to Gia Cát Lượng by legend, not by histories.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 37, Phong Hoa Gia Nhan, addresses household order, each person's role, and influence spreading from within outward.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 55, Lei Huo Feng (豐), speaks of great prosperity and success, like the sun at noon, with a warning that once the sun peaks it will decline.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiWhat is feng shui? A look at its foundational principles, including yin-yang, the five elements and the bagua, and how they are applied in homes and offices.
Updated 10 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 46 Địa Phong Thăng in the I Ching describes gradual ascent and small efforts accumulating into something great.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram Hoa Phong Dinh, No. 50 in the I Ching, is the three-legged ritual cauldron that cooks the new after the old is discarded.
Updated 26 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 42 Phong Loi Ich in the 64 I Ching hexagrams: wind above thunder below, the Judgment, the Image, and reducing the top to add to the bottom.
Updated 26 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
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiAltar feng shui covers placement, orientation, arrangement and upkeep, creating a solemn space that draws positive energy to the family.
Updated 4 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefA guide to the Vietnamese housewarming ritual (nhập trạch): the offerings and each step in order, from the auspicious date to moving in.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboosVietnamese folk taboos for groundbreaking, construction and housewarming cover dates, directions and rituals, rooted in yin-yang and five elements.
Updated 16 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyRead love and marriage on a Tử Vi chart starting from the Phu Thê palace, then Quan Lộc, Thiên Di, Phúc Đức and Tài Bạch, with the love stars read in context.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › The twelve zodiac animalsRooster (Dậu) in the Vietnamese zodiac: personality, Metal element, harmony with Snake and Ox, clashes with Rat, Horse and Cat, plus notable birth years.
Updated 25 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Dictionary › Stems, branches & zodiac animalsThe Sixty Jiazi is a cycle of 60 sexagenary combinations of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches used to number years, months, days and hours.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Eastern › Zodiac animalsThe Pig, Cat, and Goat Harmony Triangle forms the Wood Element group of the zodiac, covering its origins and how these three signs support each other.
Updated 16 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyApophenia explains why the brain sees faces in clouds, repeating numbers and patterns in random data, plus where the line to delusion lies.
Updated 13 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › The twelve zodiac animalsThe Cat (Mão) is the fourth sign in the Vietnamese zodiac, carrying the Wood element. See personality traits, birth years, and compatibility groups.
Updated 27 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsWhale worship and the Cau Ngu festival form the spiritual core of South Central Coast fishing villages, tied to the sea and fishermen's beliefs.
Updated 19 Sept 2026Culture and belief