Birth year lookup

What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1978?

People born in 1978 are Mậu Ngọ (Year of the Horse), with the nạp âm element Thiên Thượng Hỏa (Fire in the Sky). The Mậu Ngọ year runs from Tết on 7 February 1978 to 27 January 1979.

Calendar and astronomy Stem-branch, nạp âm, the Tết dates and ages are computed; the Kua number and age matches are divination conventions.

What if you were born in January or February 1978?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1978 to 6 February 1978 still belongs to the Đinh Tỵ year (1977); anyone born from 1 January 1979 to 27 January 1979 still belongs to Mậu Ngọ. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 1978 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 1978 turns 48 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Mậu Ngọ in 2026 is 49: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 1978?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Mậu Ngọ 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 signs match Mậu Ngọ 1978, and which to avoid?

In the Vietnamese folk table, Ngọ is in Three Harmony with Dần, Tuất and Six Harmony with Mùi; it clashes with Tý and is harmed by Sửu.

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.