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Year of the Pig
The last of the twelve, and the one most able to enjoy having arrived.
Pig years
1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031
Chinese years begin at the lunar new year, which falls in late January or February rather than on 1 January. If you were born in the first weeks of one of these years, your animal is the one before — which is the single most common mistake people make reading their own sign. The free reading handles the cutoff for you.
The Pig temperament
The Pig is generosity and appetite. Warm, sincere and genuinely hard to dislike, Pigs give freely and take real pleasure in comfort, food, company and the good parts of being alive. The sign is more capable than it looks — Pigs work hard and quietly, and their good nature tends to get mistaken for simplicity by people who later regret the assumption.
Strengths
Sincerity
A Pig means it. There's very little performance in the sign, which makes them restful company.
Generosity
Pigs give — time, money, benefit of the doubt — without keeping score.
Capacity for pleasure
A Pig can actually enjoy what they've built, which most of this cycle struggles with.
The shadow side
The trust gets exploited, repeatedly, and Pigs are slow to learn from it because the alternative feels worse than being taken advantage of. Indulgence is the other cost — comfort is easy to over-serve, and a Pig can quietly stop pushing. Naivety is the word usually used, though it's closer to a deliberate refusal to become suspicious.
The five elements
Your animal repeats every twelve years, but the element only repeats every sixty — which is why two people sharing a sign can be so unalike. The element is the half of the reading most Western summaries leave out entirely.
Wood Pig
The most generous of all. Builds wide, warm networks and gives constantly into them.
1935, 1995
Fire Pig
The most driven Pig. Ambition alongside the warmth, and a real appetite for life at volume.
1947, 2007
Earth Pig
The most grounded and content. Builds a genuinely comfortable life and knows how to be in it.
1959, 2019
Metal Pig
The most determined. Warmth with a spine — this Pig is generous and very hard to take advantage of.
1911, 1971, 2031
Water Pig
The most emotional and intuitive. Deeply feeling, and the one most at risk of giving itself away entirely.
1923, 1983, 2043
The Pig across other systems
Under a Life Path 6 this is warmth compounded — the most naturally nurturing combination in either system, and the most likely to be depleted by it. Under a 1 or an 8 the Pig's sincerity becomes a real business advantage, because people believe them, correctly.
See your whole chart, not one twelfth of it
Your Chinese sign is one of five systems. The free preview computes your element and animal from your real birth date — lunar cutoff included — alongside your Western placements, numerology and type, and writes them as one piece.
Get your free readingCommon questions
What is the personality of the Pig?
The Pig is generosity and appetite. Warm, sincere and genuinely hard to dislike, Pigs give freely and take real pleasure in comfort, food, company and the good parts of being alive. The sign is more capable than it looks — Pigs work hard and quietly, and their good nature tends to get mistaken for simplicity by people who later regret the assumption.
Which years are Pig years?
The most recent are 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031. Chinese years begin at the lunar new year in late January or February, so anyone born in the first weeks of a calendar year belongs to the previous animal.
What is the weakness of the Pig?
The trust gets exploited, repeatedly, and Pigs are slow to learn from it because the alternative feels worse than being taken advantage of. Indulgence is the other cost — comfort is easy to over-serve, and a Pig can quietly stop pushing. Naivety is the word usually used, though it's closer to a deliberate refusal to become suspicious.