Birth year lookup
1989: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1989 have the element Wood (nạp âm Đại Lâm Mộc (Wood of the Great Forest)) and are Kỷ Tỵ, Year of the Snake. The Kỷ Tỵ year runs from Tết on 6 February 1989 to 26 January 1990. Born from 1 January 1989 to 5 February 1989? That is Mậu Thìn, not Kỷ Tỵ.
| Stem-branch | Kỷ Tỵ |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Snake (Tỵ) |
| Nạp âm element | Đại Lâm Mộc (Wood of the Great Forest), element Wood |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | green, verdant green; blue, black (Water colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 6 February 1989 to 26 January 1990 |
| Kua, male | Khôn (Kun), West group |
| Kua, female | Tốn (Xun), East group |
| Age in 2026 | 37, East Asian age 38 |
What if you were born in January or February 1989?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1989 to 5 February 1989 still belongs to the Mậu Thìn year (1988); anyone born from 1 January 1990 to 26 January 1990 still belongs to Kỷ Tỵ. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1989 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1989 turns 37 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Kỷ Tỵ in 2026 is 38: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1989?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Kỷ Tỵ 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 colours, directions and trades go with 1989 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Đại Lâm Mộc (Wood of the Great Forest) belongs to Wood, so it is said to suit green, verdant green, and the colours of Water, the element that generates Wood: blue, black. The directions of Wood are East, Southeast; trades usually assigned to it are timber and furniture, farming and forestry, education, paper and publishing. 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 Tỵ 1989, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Tỵ is in Three Harmony with Dậu, Sửu and Six Harmony with Thân; it clashes with Hợi and is harmed by Dần. Thân is both Six Harmony and Four Clash with Tỵ: 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.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Hợi (Pig) | 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
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.