Birth year lookup

What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1953?

People born in 1953 are Quý Tỵ (Year of the Snake), with the nạp âm element Trường Lưu Thủy (Water of the Long Stream). The Quý Tỵ year runs from Tết on 14 February 1953 to 2 February 1954.

Calendar and astronomy Stem-branch, nạp âm, the Tết dates and ages are computed; the Kua number and age matches are divination conventions.

What if you were born in January or February 1953?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1953 to 13 February 1953 still belongs to the Nhâm Thìn year (1952); anyone born from 1 January 1954 to 2 February 1954 still belongs to Quý Tỵ. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 1953 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 1953 turns 73 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Quý Tỵ in 2026 is 74: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 1953?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Quý Tỵ has the Kua Khôn (Kun), West group; a woman Tốn (Xun), 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 signs match Quý Tỵ 1953, 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.

The Three Harmonies, Four Clashes and Six Harms table is a common folk convention, not the only reckoning. Some schools also weigh the Heavenly Stems and the nạp âm element before calling a pair harmonious or clashing.