Birth year lookup
What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 1999?
People born in 1999 are Kỷ Mão (Year of the Cat), with the nạp âm element Thành Đầu Thổ (Earth of the City Wall). The Kỷ Mão year runs from Tết on 16 February 1999 to 4 February 2000.
Calendar and astronomy Stem-branch, nạp âm, the Tết dates and ages are computed; the Kua number and age matches are divination conventions.
| Stem-branch | Kỷ Mão |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Cat (Mão) |
| Nạp âm element | Thành Đầu Thổ (Earth of the City Wall), element Earth |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 16 February 1999 to 4 February 2000 |
| Kua, male | Khảm (Kan), East group |
| Kua, female | Cấn (Gen), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 27, East Asian age 28 |
What if you were born in January or February 1999?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 1999 to 15 February 1999 still belongs to the Mậu Dần year (1998); anyone born from 1 January 2000 to 4 February 2000 still belongs to Kỷ Mão. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 1999 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 1999 turns 27 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Kỷ Mão in 2026 is 28: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 1999?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Kỷ Mão 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 signs match Kỷ Mão 1999, 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.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Hợi (Pig) | 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Tý (Rat) | 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Ngọ (Horse) | 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Thìn (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.