Birth year lookup
1987: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1987 have the element Fire (nạp âm Lư Trung Hỏa (Fire in the Furnace)) and are Đinh Mão, Year of the Cat. The Đinh Mão year runs from Tết on 29 January 1987 to 16 February 1988. Born from 1 January 1987 to 28 January 1987? That is Bính Dần, not Đinh Mão.
| Stem-branch | Đinh Mão |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Cat (Mão) |
| Nạp âm element | Lư Trung Hỏa (Fire in the Furnace), element Fire |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | red, orange, purple; green, verdant green (Wood colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 29 January 1987 to 16 February 1988 |
| Kua, male | Tốn (Xun), East group |
| Kua, female | Khôn (Kun), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 39, East Asian age 40 |
What if you were born in January or February 1987?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1987 to 28 January 1987 still belongs to the Bính Dần year (1986); anyone born from 1 January 1988 to 16 February 1988 still belongs to Đinh Mão. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1987 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1987 turns 39 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Đinh Mão in 2026 is 40: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1987?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Đinh Mão 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 colours, directions and trades go with 1987 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Lư Trung Hỏa (Fire in the Furnace) 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 Đinh Mão 1987, 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.