bói trăng

Người xưa tin vào bói trăng để dự đoán vận mệnh.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Selenomancy: A form of divination or fortune-telling based on observing the moon, particularly its phases, appearance, or halo.
   • Moon divination: The practice of interpreting omens or predicting the future by studying the moon.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người xưa tin vào bói trăng để dự đoán vận mệnh. (The ancients believed in moon divination to predict fate.)
  • Bói trăng là một hình thức bói toán cổ xưa. (Selenomancy is an ancient form of divination.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is specific and technical, primarily used in historical, anthropological, or occult contexts to describe ancient predictive practices.

Variants and Related Words

• Chiêm tinh học (n): Astrology. (A broader field of divination that may incorporate celestial bodies, including the moon.)
• Bói toán (n): Fortune-telling, divination. (The general category of practices to which belongs.)

Synonyms

• Moon divination: The practice of foretelling the future by lunar signs.
• Selenomancy: The technical term for divination by the moon.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms in Vietnamese that directly incorporate the term . The concept is itself a specific, standalone term for a divinatory practice.