The Original Asian Zodiac 6: The Ten Heavenly Stems

(Continued from The Original Asian Zodiac 5:  The Twelve Earth Branches) Ten Heavenly Stems I have to state for the record that this subject is an exhausting subject to dig into.  I kept running into a few issues, and although they are not huge issues, they exhaust me. Firstly, all the words are not modern.  They are either Middle Vietnamese, or Old Vietnamese, or Ancient … Continue reading The Original Asian Zodiac 6: The Ten Heavenly Stems

The Original Asian Zodiac 5: The Twelve Earth Branches

The Twelve Earthly branches 2020 is the year of the Metal Rat on top of the earthen wall.  Sounds quite amazing doesn’t it?  That’s the power of the Can Chi working together to give you the whole picture. Out of everything that has to do with the Asian Calendar, the twelve Earthly Branches take the cake as the most popular iconic pop stars of them … Continue reading The Original Asian Zodiac 5: The Twelve Earth Branches

The Original Asian Zodiac 2: The Moon Calendar

(Continued from The Original Asian Zodiac) In my previous post, The Original Asian Zodiac, I did promise that I would talk about the calendar system we Viets use, which is a sexagenary cycle that lasts 60 years.  Of course, since there were much more interesting things to talk about (ghosts and demons and such) I totally forgot to return to this subject. Oh hell who … Continue reading The Original Asian Zodiac 2: The Moon Calendar