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What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 2005?

People born in 2005 are Ất Dậu (Year of the Rooster), with the nạp âm element Tuyền Trung Thủy (Water in the Spring). The Ất Dậu year runs from Tết on 9 February 2005 to 28 January 2006.

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 2005
Stem-branchẤt Dậu
Animal signRooster (Dậu)
Nạp âm elementTuyền Trung Thủy (Water in the Spring), element Water
Lunar year in solar dates9 February 2005 to 28 January 2006
Kua, maleTốn (Xun), East group
Kua, femaleKhôn (Kun), West group
Age in 202621, East Asian age 22

What if you were born in January or February 2005?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 2005 to 8 February 2005 still belongs to the Giáp Thân year (2004); anyone born from 1 January 2006 to 28 January 2006 still belongs to Ất Dậu. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 2005 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 2005 turns 21 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Ất Dậu in 2026 is 22: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 2005?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Ất Dậu has the Kua Tốn (Xun), East group; a woman Khôn (Kun), 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 Ất Dậu 2005, and which to avoid?

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

Matches and clashes for Dậu, birth years 1940 to 2026
RelationMatch or avoidSignBirth years
Three HarmonyMatchTỵ (Snake)1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025
Three HarmonyMatchSửu (Ox)1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021
Six HarmonyMatchThìn (Dragon)1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
Four ClashAvoidTý (Rat)1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020
Four ClashAvoidNgọ (Horse)1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026
Four Clash (direct clash)AvoidMão (Cat)1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023
Six HarmsAvoidTuất (Dog)1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018

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.