Birth year lookup
1945: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1945 have the element Water (nạp âm Tuyền Trung Thủy (Water in the Spring)) and are Ất Dậu, Year of the Rooster. The Ất Dậu year runs from Tết on 13 February 1945 to 1 February 1946. Born from 1 January 1945 to 12 February 1945? That is Giáp Thân, not Ất Dậu.
| Stem-branch | Ất Dậu |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Rooster (Dậu) |
| Nạp âm element | Tuyền Trung Thủy (Water in the Spring), element Water |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | blue, black; white, silver grey, metallic (Metal colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 13 February 1945 to 1 February 1946 |
| Kua, male | Khảm (Kan), East group |
| Kua, female | Cấn (Gen), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 81, East Asian age 82 |
What if you were born in January or February 1945?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1945 to 12 February 1945 still belongs to the Giáp Thân year (1944); anyone born from 1 January 1946 to 1 February 1946 still belongs to Ất Dậu. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1945 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1945 turns 81 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Ất Dậu in 2026 is 82: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1945?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Ất Dậu has the Kua Khảm (Kan), East group; a woman Cấn (Gen), 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 1945 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Tuyền Trung Thủy (Water in the Spring) belongs to Water, so it is said to suit blue, black, and the colours of Metal, the element that generates Water: white, silver grey, metallic. The directions of Water are North; trades usually assigned to it are transport and logistics, fisheries, tourism, beverages. 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 Ất Dậu 1945, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Dậu is in Three Harmony with Tỵ, Sửu and Six Harmony with Thìn; it clashes with Mão and is harmed by Tuất.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Tỵ (Snake) | 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Thìn (Dragon) | 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Tý (Rat) | 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Ngọ (Horse) | 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Mão (Cat) | 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
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.