Birth year lookup
What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1956?
People born in 1956 are Bính Thân (Year of the Monkey), with the nạp âm element Sơn Hạ Hỏa (Fire at the Foot of the Hill). The Bính Thân year runs from Tết on 12 February 1956 to 30 January 1957.
Calendar and astronomy Stem-branch, nạp âm, the Tết dates and ages are computed; the Kua number and age matches are divination conventions.
| Stem-branch | Bính Thân |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Monkey (Thân) |
| Nạp âm element | Sơn Hạ Hỏa (Fire at the Foot of the Hill), element Fire |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 12 February 1956 to 30 January 1957 |
| Kua, male | Cấn (Gen), West group |
| Kua, female | Đoài (Dui), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 70, East Asian age 71 |
What if you were born in January or February 1956?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1956 to 11 February 1956 still belongs to the Ất Mùi year (1955); anyone born from 1 January 1957 to 30 January 1957 still belongs to Bính Thân. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1956 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1956 turns 70 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Bính Thân in 2026 is 71: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1956?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Bính Thân has the Kua Cấn (Gen), West group; a woman Đoài (Dui), 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 signs match Bính Thân 1956, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Thân is in Three Harmony with Tý, Thìn and Six Harmony with Tỵ; it clashes with Dần and is harmed by Hợi. Tỵ is both Six Harmony and Four Clash with Thân: 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 | Tý (Rat) | 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Thìn (Dragon) | 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Tỵ (Snake) | 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Tỵ (Snake) | 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Hợi (Pig) | 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Hợi (Pig) | 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019 |
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.