Birth year lookup
1940: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1940 have the element Metal (nạp âm Bạch Lạp Kim (Gold of the White Candle)) and are Canh Thìn, Year of the Dragon. The Canh Thìn year runs from Tết on 8 February 1940 to 26 January 1941. Born from 1 January 1940 to 7 February 1940? That is Kỷ Mão, not Canh Thìn.
| Stem-branch | Canh Thìn |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Dragon (Thìn) |
| Nạp âm element | Bạch Lạp Kim (Gold of the White Candle), element Metal |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | white, silver grey, metallic; yellow, earth brown (Earth colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 8 February 1940 to 26 January 1941 |
| Kua, male | Càn (Qian), West group |
| Kua, female | Ly (Li), East group |
| Age in 2026 | 86, East Asian age 87 |
What if you were born in January or February 1940?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1940 to 7 February 1940 still belongs to the Kỷ Mão year (1939); anyone born from 1 January 1941 to 26 January 1941 still belongs to Canh Thìn. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1940 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1940 turns 86 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Canh Thìn in 2026 is 87: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1940?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Canh Thìn has the Kua Càn (Qian), West group; a woman Ly (Li), East group. The Kua is worked out from the lunar year and sex, and is used to choose a house facing. See the eight directions for a Kua.
Which colours, directions and trades go with 1940 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Bạch Lạp Kim (Gold of the White Candle) belongs to Metal, so it is said to suit white, silver grey, metallic, and the colours of Earth, the element that generates Metal: yellow, earth brown. The directions of Metal are West, Northwest; trades usually assigned to it are metalwork and machinery, finance and banking, jewellery, cars and motorbikes. This is convention, not calculation: the books differ on colours and trades, and no study has shown that choosing by element changes outcomes. A house facing under Bát Trạch is worked out from the Kua above, not from the element. Kua and directions by birth year.
Which signs match Canh Thìn 1940, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Thìn is in Three Harmony with Thân, Tý and Six Harmony with Dậu; it clashes with Tuất and is harmed by Mão.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Tý (Rat) | 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Mão (Cat) | 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 |
The Three Harmonies, Six Combinations, Four Clashes and Six Harms table is a common folk convention, not the only reckoning. The Four Clashes in groups of four is a Vietnamese folk way of matching ages; the old texts call only the six opposite pairs a clash. Some schools also weigh the Heavenly Stems and the Na Yin element before calling a pair harmonious or clashing.