Birth year lookup
2023: what element and Vietnamese zodiac sign?
People born in 2023 have the element Metal (nạp âm Kim Bạc Kim (Gold of Foil)) and are Quý Mão, Year of the Cat. The Quý Mão year runs from Tết on 22 January 2023 to 9 February 2024. Born from 1 January 2023 to 21 January 2023? That is Nhâm Dần, not Quý Mão.
| Stem-branch | Quý Mão |
|---|---|
| Animal sign | Cat (Mão) |
| Nạp âm element | Kim Bạc Kim (Gold of Foil), element Metal |
| Colours (Five Elements belief) | white, silver grey, metallic; yellow, earth brown (Earth colours) |
| Lunar year in solar dates | 22 January 2023 to 9 February 2024 |
| Kua, male | Tốn (Xun), East group |
| Kua, female | Khôn (Kun), West group |
| Age in 2026 | 3, East Asian age 4 |
What if you were born in January or February 2023?
The sign follows the lunar year, which turns at Tết, not on 1 January. Anyone born from 1 January 2023 to 21 January 2023 still belongs to the Nhâm Dần year (2022); anyone born from 1 January 2024 to 9 February 2024 still belongs to Quý Mão. Convert a birth date to the lunar calendar.
How old is someone born in 2023 in 2026?
Someone born in the solar year 2023 turns 3 on their birthday in 2026. The East Asian (tuổi mụ) age of Quý Mão in 2026 is 4: it counts one year at birth and adds one at every Tết.
What is the Kua of someone born in 2023?
Under the Eight Mansions (Bát Trạch) school, a man born in Quý Mão 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 2023 in folk belief?
In the Five Elements convention common in Vietnam, Kim Bạc Kim (Gold of Foil) 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 Quý Mão 2023, and which to avoid?
In the Vietnamese folk table, Mão is in Three Harmony with Hợi, Mùi and Six Harmony with Tuất; it clashes with Dậu and is harmed by Thìn.
| Relation | Match or avoid | Sign | Birth years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Harmony | Match | Hợi (Pig) | 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019 |
| Three Harmony | Match | Mùi (Goat) | 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 |
| Six Harmony | Match | Tuất (Dog) | 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Tý (Rat) | 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 |
| Four Clash | Avoid | Ngọ (Horse) | 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 |
| Four Clash (direct clash) | Avoid | Dậu (Rooster) | 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 |
| Six Harms | Avoid | Thìn (Dragon) | 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024 |
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.