Birth year lookup
2018: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 2018 have the element Wood (nạp âm Bình Địa Mộc (Wood of the Plain)) and are Mậu Tuất, Year of the Dog. The Mậu Tuất year runs from Tết on 16 February 2018 to 4 February 2019. Born from 1 January 2018 to 15 February 2018? That is Đinh Dậu, not Mậu Tuất.
| Stem-branch | Mậu Tuất |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Dog (Tuất) |
| Nạp âm element | Bình Địa Mộc (Wood of the Plain), element Wood |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | green, verdant green; blue, black (Water colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 16 February 2018 to 4 February 2019 |
| Kua, male | Ly (Li), East group |
| Kua, female | Càn (Qian), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 8, East Asian age 9 |
What if you were born in January or February 2018?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 2018 to 15 February 2018 still belongs to the Đinh Dậu year (2017); anyone born from 1 January 2019 to 4 February 2019 still belongs to Mậu Tuất. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 2018 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 2018 turns 8 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Mậu Tuất in 2026 is 9: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 2018?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Mậu Tuất has the Kua Ly (Li), East group; a woman Càn (Qian), 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 2018 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Bình Địa Mộc (Wood of the Plain) belongs to Wood, so it is said to suit green, verdant green, and the colours of Water, the element that generates Wood: blue, black. The directions of Wood are East, Southeast; trades usually assigned to it are timber and furniture, farming and forestry, education, paper and publishing. 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 Mậu Tuất 2018, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Tuất is in Three Harmony with Dần, Ngọ and Six Harmony with Mão; it clashes with Thìn and is harmed by Dậu.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Dần (Tiger) | 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Ngọ (Horse) | 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Mão (Cat) | 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Thìn (Dragon) | 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
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.