Birth year lookup
What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1974?
People born in 1974 are Giáp Dần (Year of the Tiger), with the nạp âm element Đại Khê Thủy (Water of the Great Brook). The Giáp Dần year runs from Tết on 23 January 1974 to 10 February 1975.
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 | Giáp Dần |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Tiger (Dần) |
| Nạp âm element | Đại Khê Thủy (Water of the Great Brook), element Water |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 23 January 1974 to 10 February 1975 |
| Kua, male | Cấn (Gen), West group |
| Kua, female | Đoài (Dui), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 52, East Asian age 53 |
What if you were born in January or February 1974?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1974 to 22 January 1974 still belongs to the Quý Sửu year (1973); anyone born from 1 January 1975 to 10 February 1975 still belongs to Giáp Dần. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1974 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1974 turns 52 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Giáp Dần in 2026 is 53: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1974?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Giáp Dần 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 Giáp Dần 1974, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Dần is in Three Harmony with Ngọ, Tuất and Six Harmony with Hợi; it clashes with Thân and is harmed by Tỵ. Hợi is both Six Harmony and Four Clash with Dần: 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 | Ngọ (Horse) | 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Hợi (Pig) | 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| 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 | Tỵ (Snake) | 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025 |
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.