Birth year lookup
2020: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 2020 have the element Earth (nạp âm Bích Thượng Thổ (Earth on the Wall)) and are Canh Tý, Year of the Rat. The Canh Tý year runs from Tết on 25 January 2020 to 11 February 2021. Born from 1 January 2020 to 24 January 2020? That is Kỷ Hợi, not Canh Tý.
| Stem-branch | Canh Tý |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Rat (Tý) |
| Nạp âm element | Bích Thượng Thổ (Earth on the Wall), element Earth |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | yellow, earth brown; red, orange, purple (Fire colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 25 January 2020 to 11 February 2021 |
| Kua, male | Đoài (Dui), West group |
| Kua, female | Cấn (Gen), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 6, East Asian age 7 |
What if you were born in January or February 2020?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 2020 to 24 January 2020 still belongs to the Kỷ Hợi year (2019); anyone born from 1 January 2021 to 11 February 2021 still belongs to Canh Tý. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 2020 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 2020 turns 6 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Canh Tý in 2026 is 7: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 2020?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Canh Tý has the Kua Đoài (Dui), West 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 colours, directions and trades go with 2020 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Bích Thượng Thổ (Earth on the Wall) belongs to Earth, so it is said to suit yellow, earth brown, and the colours of Fire, the element that generates Earth: red, orange, purple. The directions of Earth are Southwest, Northeast; trades usually assigned to it are real estate, construction and building materials, ceramics, agricultural land and produce. 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 Canh Tý 2020, 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.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Thân (Monkey) | 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Thìn (Dragon) | 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Sửu (Ox) | 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Ngọ (Horse) | 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 |
| 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 | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
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.