Birth year lookup

1979: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?

People born in 1979 have the element Fire (nạp âm Thiên Thượng Hỏa (Fire in the Sky)) and are Kỷ Mùi, Year of the Goat. The Kỷ Mùi year runs from Tết on 28 January 1979 to 15 February 1980. Born from 1 January 1979 to 27 January 1979? That is Mậu Ngọ, not Kỷ Mùi.

What if you were born in January or February 1979?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1979 to 27 January 1979 still belongs to the Mậu Ngọ year (1978); anyone born from 1 January 1980 to 15 February 1980 still belongs to Kỷ Mùi. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 1979 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 1979 turns 47 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Kỷ Mùi in 2026 is 48: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 1979?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Kỷ Mùi has the Kua Chấn (Zhen), East group; a woman Chấn (Zhen), 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 colours, directions and trades go with 1979 in folk belief?

In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Thiên Thượng Hỏa (Fire in the Sky) belongs to Fire, so it is said to suit red, orange, purple, and the colours of Wood, the element that generates Fire: green, verdant green. The directions of Fire are South; trades usually assigned to it are electricity and energy, restaurants and food service, cosmetics and beauty, advertising and lighting. 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 Mùi 1979, and which to avoid?

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

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.