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What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1987?

People born in 1987 are Đinh Mão (Year of the Cat), with the nạp âm element Lư Trung Hỏa (Fire in the Furnace). The Đinh Mão year runs from Tết on 29 January 1987 to 16 February 1988.

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 1987
Stem-branchĐinh Mão
Animal signCat (Mão)
Nạp âm elementLư Trung Hỏa (Fire in the Furnace), element Fire
Lunar year in solar dates29 January 1987 to 16 February 1988
Kua, maleTốn (Xun), East group
Kua, femaleKhôn (Kun), West group
Age in 202639, 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 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.

Matches and clashes for Mão, birth years 1940 to 2026
RelationMatch or avoidSignBirth years
Three HarmonyMatchHợi (Pig)1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019
Three HarmonyMatchMùi (Goat)1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015
Six HarmonyMatchTuất (Dog)1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018
Four ClashAvoidTý (Rat)1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020
Four ClashAvoidNgọ (Horse)1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026
Four Clash (direct clash)AvoidDậu (Rooster)1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017
Six HarmsAvoidThìn (Dragon)1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024

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.