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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.

Born in 1956
Stem-branchBính Thân
Animal signMonkey (Thân)
Nạp âm elementSơn Hạ Hỏa (Fire at the Foot of the Hill), element Fire
Lunar year in solar dates12 February 1956 to 30 January 1957
Kua, maleCấn (Gen), West group
Kua, femaleĐoài (Dui), West group
Age in 202670, 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.

Matches and clashes for Thân, birth years 1940 to 2026
RelationMatch or avoidSignBirth years
Three HarmonyMatchTý (Rat)1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020
Three HarmonyMatchThìn (Dragon)1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
Six HarmonyMatchTỵ (Snake)1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025
Four Clash (direct clash)AvoidDần (Tiger)1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022
Four ClashAvoidTỵ (Snake)1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025
Four ClashAvoidHợi (Pig)1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019
Six HarmsAvoidHợi (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.