Birth year lookup
1990: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 1990 have the element Earth (nạp âm Lộ Bàng Thổ (Earth by the Roadside)) and are Canh Ngọ, Year of the Horse. The Canh Ngọ year runs from Tết on 27 January 1990 to 14 February 1991. Born from 1 January 1990 to 26 January 1990? That is Kỷ Tỵ, not Canh Ngọ.
| Stem-branch | Canh Ngọ |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Horse (Ngọ) |
| Nạp âm element | Lộ Bàng Thổ (Earth by the Roadside), element Earth |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | yellow, earth brown; red, orange, purple (Fire colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 27 January 1990 to 14 February 1991 |
| Kua, male | Khảm (Kan), East group |
| Kua, female | Cấn (Gen), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 36, East Asian age 37 |
What if you were born in January or February 1990?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1990 to 26 January 1990 still belongs to the Kỷ Tỵ year (1989); anyone born from 1 January 1991 to 14 February 1991 still belongs to Canh Ngọ. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1990 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1990 turns 36 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Canh Ngọ in 2026 is 37: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1990?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Canh Ngọ has the Kua Khảm (Kan), East group; a woman Cấn (Gen), 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 1990 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Lộ Bàng Thổ (Earth by the Roadside) belongs to Earth, so it is said to suit yellow, earth brown, and the colours of Fire, the element that generates Earth: red, orange, purple. The directions of Earth are Southwest, Northeast; trades usually assigned to it are real estate, construction and building materials, ceramics, agricultural land and produce. 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 Canh Ngọ 1990, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Ngọ is in Three Harmony with Dần, Tuất and Six Harmony with Mùi; it clashes with Tý and is harmed by Sửu.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Tý (Rat) | 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Mão (Cat) | 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
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.