Birth year lookup

What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1988?

People born in 1988 are Mậu Thìn (Year of the Dragon), with the nạp âm element Đại Lâm Mộc (Wood of the Great Forest). The Mậu Thìn year runs from Tết on 17 February 1988 to 5 February 1989.

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 1988?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1988 to 16 February 1988 still belongs to the Đinh Mão year (1987); anyone born from 1 January 1989 to 5 February 1989 still belongs to Mậu Thìn. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 1988 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 1988 turns 38 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Mậu Thìn in 2026 is 39: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 1988?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Mậu Thìn 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 signs match Mậu Thìn 1988, and which to avoid?

In the Vietnamese folk table, Thìn is in Three Harmony with Thân, Tý and Six Harmony with Dậu; it clashes with Tuất and is harmed by Mão.

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.