The decade
2020–2030 seen through several different systems.
The decade
2030 for Canh Ngọ 1990, men: the last Tam Tai year, and why it is bright
The third Tam Tai year, yet also a Tiger–Horse–Dog trine year with the star Thái Dương, one of the three best. When the system contradicts itself, this shows what each rule is actually about.
03/10/2026 · 3 min read
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2029 for Canh Ngọ 1990, men: turning forty, and the star of money
The middle Tam Tai year, the counting age of forty, and Thái Bạch, the star folk sayings tie to emptied purses. What in this year is worth worrying about, and what is only noise.
30/09/2026 · 3 min read
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2028 for Canh Ngọ 1990, men: Tam Tai begins, and earth meets earth
The first of three Tam Tai years, and Kim Lâu Thê besides. But the year's element matches his own, which is both where it is solid and where it is easy to stand still.
27/09/2026 · 3 min read
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2027 for Canh Ngọ 1990, men: the lightest of the next five years
Horse and Goat are a harmonious pair, and 2027 falls foul of neither Kim Lâu nor Tam Tai. This is the window for what 2026 would not allow.
24/09/2026 · 3 min read
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2030 for Giáp Tuất 1994, men: the year four rules all say the same thing
His own year, the last Tam Tai, Kim Lâu, and the star La Hầu — all four land together. Here is why they coincide, and what that actually means.
21/09/2026 · 4 min read
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2026 for Canh Ngọ 1990, men: his own year, and why it weighs more on a Horse
His own year, Kim Lâu Thân and the star La Hầu all land at 37. This separates the three warnings, shows that two of them are really one, and says what in this year is actually worth watching.
21/09/2026 · 4 min read
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2029 for Giáp Tuất 1994, men: the middle year of a three-year stretch
Rooster and Dog form a harm pair, and this is the second Tam Tai year. But the star is Mộc Đức — and the middle is where people give up.
18/09/2026 · 4 min read
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2028 for Giáp Tuất 1994, men: the first Tam Tai year, and a contradiction worth reading
Tam Tai begins and Kim Lâu returns, yet the watching star is Thái Âm — one of the three best. When a system contradicts itself, which half do you believe?
15/09/2026 · 4 min read
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2027 for Giáp Tuất 1994, men: hard in a place nobody expects
The Goat punishes the Dog, and the watching star is Kế Đô. Yet this is the only year in the next five that falls foul of neither Kim Lâu nor Tam Tai.
12/09/2026 · 4 min read
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2026 for Giáp Tuất 1994, men: the strongest of the next five years
The Horse shares a trine with the Dog, Tam Tai has not started, and Kim Lâu says no to one particular thing. Here is each rule separately, and which of them carries any weight.
09/09/2026 · 5 min read
The decade
The 2020s through three systems: personal years, the stem-branch cycle and Period 9, and how to read any forecast for the decade
2029 is a closing year for someone born on 15 August and an opening year for someone born on 20 April. This piece sets three ways of dividing time side by side, and offers the one question that filters almost every forecast about this decade.
29/07/2026 · 4 min read
Coming up
Written and waiting; each appears by itself on its date.
- Born on a cusp: why sites disagree about your star sign, and how to find out for certain23/10/2026
- How the Big Five and the sixteen types differ: measuring on a scale or sorting into boxes, and why it decides how far to trust each27/10/2026
- Retook a personality test and got a different result: why it happens so often, and how to read two results30/10/2026
- What the Saturn return is: why twenty-nine is so often a messy year, and what psychologists found in people about to turn thirty03/11/2026