Birth year lookup
What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1968?
People born in 1968 are Mậu Thân (Year of the Monkey), with the nạp âm element Đại Trạch Thổ (Earth of the Great Marsh). The Mậu Thân year runs from Tết on 29 January 1968 to 15 February 1969.
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 | Mậu Thân |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Monkey (Thân) |
| Nạp âm element | Đại Trạch Thổ (Earth of the Great Marsh), element Earth |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 29 January 1968 to 15 February 1969 |
| Kua, male | Khôn (Kun), West group |
| Kua, female | Khảm (Kan), East group |
| Age in 2026 | 58, East Asian age 59 |
What if you were born in January or February 1968?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1968 to 28 January 1968 still belongs to the Đinh Mùi year (1967); anyone born from 1 January 1969 to 15 February 1969 still belongs to Mậu Thân. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1968 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1968 turns 58 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Mậu Thân in 2026 is 59: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1968?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Mậu Thân 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 signs match Mậu Thân 1968, 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.