Birth year lookup
1969: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1969 have the element Earth (nạp âm Đại Trạch Thổ (Earth of the Great Marsh)) and are Kỷ Dậu, Year of the Rooster. The Kỷ Dậu year runs from Tết on 16 February 1969 to 5 February 1970. Born from 1 January 1969 to 15 February 1969? That is Mậu Thân, not Kỷ Dậu.
| Stem-branch | Kỷ Dậu |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Rooster (Dậu) |
| Nạp âm element | Đại Trạch Thổ (Earth of the Great Marsh), element Earth |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | yellow, earth brown; red, orange, purple (Fire colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 16 February 1969 to 5 February 1970 |
| Kua, male | Tốn (Xun), East group |
| Kua, female | Khôn (Kun), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 57, East Asian age 58 |
What if you were born in January or February 1969?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1969 to 15 February 1969 still belongs to the Mậu Thân year (1968); anyone born from 1 January 1970 to 5 February 1970 still belongs to Kỷ Dậu. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1969 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1969 turns 57 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Kỷ Dậu in 2026 is 58: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1969?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Kỷ Dậu has the Kua Tốn (Xun), East group; a woman Khôn (Kun), 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 colours, directions and trades go with 1969 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Đại Trạch Thổ (Earth of the Great Marsh) belongs to Earth, so it is said to suit yellow, earth brown, and the colours of Fire, the element that generates Earth: red, orange, purple. The directions of Earth are Southwest, Northeast; trades usually assigned to it are real estate, construction and building materials, ceramics, agricultural land and produce. 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 Dậu 1969, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Dậu is in Three Harmony with Tỵ, Sửu and Six Harmony with Thìn; it clashes with Mão and is harmed by Tuất.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Tỵ (Snake) | 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Thìn (Dragon) | 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Tý (Rat) | 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Ngọ (Horse) | 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Mão (Cat) | 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
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.