Birth year lookup
1975: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1975 have the element Water (nạp âm Đại Khê Thủy (Water of the Great Brook)) and are Ất Mão, Year of the Cat. The Ất Mão year runs from Tết on 11 February 1975 to 30 January 1976. Born from 1 January 1975 to 10 February 1975? That is Giáp Dần, not Ất Mão.
| Stem-branch | Ất Mão |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Cat (Mão) |
| Nạp âm element | Đại Khê Thủy (Water of the Great Brook), element Water |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | blue, black; white, silver grey, metallic (Metal colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 11 February 1975 to 30 January 1976 |
| Kua, male | Đoài (Dui), West group |
| Kua, female | Cấn (Gen), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 51, East Asian age 52 |
What if you were born in January or February 1975?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1975 to 10 February 1975 still belongs to the Giáp Dần year (1974); anyone born from 1 January 1976 to 30 January 1976 still belongs to Ất Mão. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1975 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1975 turns 51 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Ất Mão in 2026 is 52: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1975?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Ất Mão has the Kua Đoài (Dui), West group; a woman Cấn (Gen), 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 1975 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Đại Khê Thủy (Water of the Great Brook) belongs to Water, so it is said to suit blue, black, and the colours of Metal, the element that generates Water: white, silver grey, metallic. The directions of Water are North; trades usually assigned to it are transport and logistics, fisheries, tourism, beverages. 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 Ất Mão 1975, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Mão is in Three Harmony with Hợi, Mùi and Six Harmony with Tuất; it clashes with Dậu and is harmed by Thìn.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Hợi (Pig) | 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
| 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 | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Thìn (Dragon) | 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024 |
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.