Birth year lookup
1942: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1942 have the element Wood (nạp âm Dương Liễu Mộc (Wood of the Willow)) and are Nhâm Ngọ, Year of the Horse. The Nhâm Ngọ year runs from Tết on 15 February 1942 to 4 February 1943. Born from 1 January 1942 to 14 February 1942? That is Tân Tỵ, not Nhâm Ngọ.
| Stem-branch | Nhâm Ngọ |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Horse (Ngọ) |
| Nạp âm element | Dương Liễu Mộc (Wood of the Willow), element Wood |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | green, verdant green; blue, black (Water colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 15 February 1942 to 4 February 1943 |
| Kua, male | Tốn (Xun), East group |
| Kua, female | Khôn (Kun), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 84, East Asian age 85 |
What if you were born in January or February 1942?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1942 to 14 February 1942 still belongs to the Tân Tỵ year (1941); anyone born from 1 January 1943 to 4 February 1943 still belongs to Nhâm Ngọ. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1942 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1942 turns 84 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Nhâm Ngọ in 2026 is 85: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1942?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Nhâm Ngọ has the Kua Tốn (Xun), East group; a woman Khôn (Kun), West 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 1942 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Dương Liễu Mộc (Wood of the Willow) belongs to Wood, so it is said to suit green, verdant green, and the colours of Water, the element that generates Wood: blue, black. The directions of Wood are East, Southeast; trades usually assigned to it are timber and furniture, farming and forestry, education, paper and publishing. 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 Nhâm Ngọ 1942, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Ngọ is in Three Harmony with Dần, Tuất and Six Harmony with Mùi; it clashes with Tý and is harmed by Sửu.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Tý (Rat) | 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Mão (Cat) | 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
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.