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What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1989?

People born in 1989 are Kỷ Tỵ (Year of the Snake), with the nạp âm element Đại Lâm Mộc (Wood of the Great Forest). The Kỷ Tỵ year runs from Tết on 6 February 1989 to 26 January 1990.

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 1989
Stem-branchKỷ Tỵ
Animal signSnake (Tỵ)
Nạp âm elementĐại Lâm Mộc (Wood of the Great Forest), element Wood
Lunar year in solar dates6 February 1989 to 26 January 1990
Kua, maleKhôn (Kun), West group
Kua, femaleTốn (Xun), East group
Age in 202637, 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 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.

Matches and clashes for Tỵ, birth years 1940 to 2026
RelationMatch or avoidSignBirth years
Three HarmonyMatchDậu (Rooster)1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017
Three HarmonyMatchSửu (Ox)1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021
Six HarmonyMatchThân (Monkey)1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016
Four ClashAvoidDần (Tiger)1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022
Four ClashAvoidThân (Monkey)1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016
Four Clash (direct clash)AvoidHợi (Pig)1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019
Six HarmsAvoidDần (Tiger)1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022

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.