Birth year lookup

What Vietnamese zodiac sign is 2008?

People born in 2008 are Mậu Tý (Year of the Rat), with the nạp âm element Tích Lịch Hỏa (Fire of the Thunderbolt). The Mậu Tý year runs from Tết on 7 February 2008 to 25 January 2009.

Calendar and astronomy Stem-branch, nạp âm, the Tết dates and ages are computed; the Kua number and age matches are divination conventions.

What if you were born in January or February 2008?

The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 2008 to 6 February 2008 still belongs to the Đinh Hợi year (2007); anyone born from 1 January 2009 to 25 January 2009 still belongs to Mậu Tý. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.

How old is someone born in 2008 in 2026?

Someone born in the solar year 2008 turns 18 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Mậu Tý in 2026 is 19: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.

What is the Kua of someone born in 2008?

Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Mậu Tý 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 Mậu Tý 2008, and which to avoid?

In the Vietnamese folk table, Tý is in Three Harmony with Thân, Thìn and Six Harmony with Sửu; it clashes with Ngọ and is harmed by Mùi.

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.