Birth year lookup
1959: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1959 have the element Wood (nạp âm Bình Địa Mộc (Wood of the Plain)) and are Kỷ Hợi, Year of the Pig. The Kỷ Hợi year runs from Tết on 8 February 1959 to 27 January 1960. Born from 1 January 1959 to 7 February 1959? That is Mậu Tuất, not Kỷ Hợi.
| Stem-branch | Kỷ Hợi |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Pig (Hợi) |
| Nạp âm element | Bình Địa Mộc (Wood of the Plain), element Wood |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | green, verdant green; blue, black (Water colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 8 February 1959 to 27 January 1960 |
| Kua, male | Khôn (Kun), West group |
| Kua, female | Khảm (Kan), East group |
| Age in 2026 | 67, East Asian age 68 |
What if you were born in January or February 1959?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1959 to 7 February 1959 still belongs to the Mậu Tuất year (1958); anyone born from 1 January 1960 to 27 January 1960 still belongs to Kỷ Hợi. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1959 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1959 turns 67 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Kỷ Hợi in 2026 is 68: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1959?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Kỷ Hợi has the Kua Khôn (Kun), West group; a woman Khảm (Kan), 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 colours, directions and trades go with 1959 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Bình Địa Mộc (Wood of the Plain) 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 Kỷ Hợi 1959, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Hợi is in Three Harmony with Mão, Mùi and Six Harmony with Dần; it clashes with Tỵ and is harmed by Thân. Dần is both Six Harmony and Four Clash with Hợi: 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 | Mão (Cat) | 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Tỵ (Snake) | 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
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.