Birth year lookup
2014: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 2014 have the element Metal (nạp âm Sa Trung Kim (Gold in the Sand)) and are Giáp Ngọ, Year of the Horse. The Giáp Ngọ year runs from Tết on 31 January 2014 to 18 February 2015. Born from 1 January 2014 to 30 January 2014? That is Quý Tỵ, not Giáp Ngọ.
| Stem-branch | Giáp Ngọ |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Horse (Ngọ) |
| Nạp âm element | Sa Trung Kim (Gold in the Sand), element Metal |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | white, silver grey, metallic; yellow, earth brown (Earth colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 31 January 2014 to 18 February 2015 |
| Kua, male | Tốn (Xun), East group |
| Kua, female | Khôn (Kun), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 12, East Asian age 13 |
What if you were born in January or February 2014?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 2014 to 30 January 2014 still belongs to the Quý Tỵ year (2013); anyone born from 1 January 2015 to 18 February 2015 still belongs to Giáp Ngọ. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 2014 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 2014 turns 12 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Giáp Ngọ in 2026 is 13: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 2014?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Giáp Ngọ 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 colours, directions and trades go with 2014 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Sa Trung Kim (Gold in the Sand) belongs to Metal, so it is said to suit white, silver grey, metallic, and the colours of Earth, the element that generates Metal: yellow, earth brown. The directions of Metal are West, Northwest; trades usually assigned to it are metalwork and machinery, finance and banking, jewellery, cars and motorbikes. 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 Giáp Ngọ 2014, 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.