Birth year lookup
1941: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1941 have the element Metal (nạp âm Bạch Lạp Kim (Gold of the White Candle)) and are Tân Tỵ, Year of the Snake. The Tân Tỵ year runs from Tết on 27 January 1941 to 14 February 1942. Born from 1 January 1941 to 26 January 1941? That is Canh Thìn, not Tân Tỵ.
| Stem-branch | Tân Tỵ |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Snake (Tỵ) |
| 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 | 27 January 1941 to 14 February 1942 |
| Kua, male | Khôn (Kun), West group |
| Kua, female | Khảm (Kan), East group |
| Age in 2026 | 85, East Asian age 86 |
What if you were born in January or February 1941?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1941 to 26 January 1941 still belongs to the Canh Thìn year (1940); anyone born from 1 January 1942 to 14 February 1942 still belongs to Tân Tỵ. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1941 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1941 turns 85 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Tân Tỵ in 2026 is 86: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1941?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Tân Tỵ has the Kua Khôn (Kun), West group; a woman Khảm (Kan), 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 1941 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 Tân Tỵ 1941, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Tỵ is in Three Harmony with Dậu, Sửu and Six Harmony with Thân; it clashes with Hợi and is harmed by Dần. Thân is both Six Harmony and Four Clash with Tỵ: the two tables are separate conventions and contradict each other on this pair. No general rule says which one prevails, so this page does not pick a side.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Hợi (Pig) | 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
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.