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What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1980?

People born in 1980 are Canh Thân (Year of the Monkey), with the nạp âm element Thạch Lựu Mộc (Wood of the Pomegranate). The Canh Thân year runs from Tết on 16 February 1980 to 4 February 1981.

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

Born in 1980
Stem-branchCanh Thân
Animal signMonkey (Thân)
Nạp âm elementThạch Lựu Mộc (Wood of the Pomegranate), element Wood
Lunar year in solar dates16 February 1980 to 4 February 1981
Kua, maleKhôn (Kun), West group
Kua, femaleTốn (Xun), East group
Age in 202646, East Asian age 47

What if you were born in January or February 1980?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1980 to 15 February 1980 still belongs to the Kỷ Mùi year (1979); anyone born from 1 January 1981 to 4 February 1981 still belongs to Canh Thân. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 1980 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 1980 turns 46 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Canh Thân in 2026 is 47: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 1980?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Canh Thân has the Kua Khôn (Kun), West group; a woman Tốn (Xun), 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 signs match Canh Thân 1980, and which to avoid?

In the Vietnamese folk table, Thân is in Three Harmony with Tý, Thìn and Six Harmony with Tỵ; it clashes with Dần and is harmed by Hợi. Tỵ is both Six Harmony and Four Clash with Thân: 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.

Matches and clashes for Thân, birth years 1940 to 2026
RelationMatch or avoidSignBirth years
Three HarmonyMatchTý (Rat)1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020
Three HarmonyMatchThìn (Dragon)1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
Six HarmonyMatchTỵ (Snake)1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025
Four Clash (direct clash)AvoidDần (Tiger)1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022
Four ClashAvoidTỵ (Snake)1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025
Four ClashAvoidHợi (Pig)1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019
Six HarmsAvoidHợi (Pig)1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019

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.