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The Chinese Zodiac

The Year of the Pig

Generous, sincere, and warm — the open heart that holds nothing back.
The Pig — Chinese zodiac illustration
glyph
pinyin Hài
fixed element Water
polarity Yin
the wheel turns every twelve years

Years of the Pig

1959 1971 1983 1995 2007 2019 2031 2043

The next Year of the Pig is 2031. Born in one of these years, after Lichun in early February? The Pig is your sign.

the nature of the Pig

Personality & Character

The Pig closes the cycle with the warmest heart in it — generous, sincere, and genuinely good-natured, the one who assumes the best of people and gives freely without keeping score. You are honest to the core, tolerant of others' flaws, and deeply appreciative of life's pleasures: good food, good company, comfort, beauty. There is no guile in you, which is precisely your charm — people relax around you because you are exactly what you seem. You work hard and enjoy hard, believing that abundance is meant to be shared. The shadow is naivety and indulgence — a trusting nature others can exploit, and an appetite for comfort that can drift into excess or ease. You may give until you are depleted. But your generosity is a genuine grace. At your best, you are the warm, open-hearted soul who reminds everyone that kindness and enjoyment are not weaknesses but very nearly the whole point.

In Love

You love wholeheartedly and generously, offering warmth, loyalty, and an easy, affectionate devotion. You give and give in relationships, happiest when your partner is happy, and you ask mainly for sincerity and affection in return. Your trusting heart can be taken advantage of, so choose a partner as honest as you are. Your secret friend is the bold Tiger; Rabbit and Goat share your gentle warmth. Give generously, but keep a little for yourself — even the most open heart needs tending.

In Work & Career

You bring diligence, honesty, and a genuine, easy warmth that makes you a beloved colleague and a fair dealer. You thrive in work that involves people, care, or craft — hospitality, the helping professions, business built on trust, the arts, anything where sincerity and steady effort are rewarded. You are more capable and hardworking than your easygoing manner lets on. The growth edge is boundaries; the Pig who learns to say no, and to guard against being overused, keeps its generosity a joy rather than a slow drain.

who the Pig runs with

Harmony & Compatibility

The San He Trine

The Pig’s two natural allies — the classical “three harmonies” that pull in the same direction.

The Secret Friend

The Liu He bond — the quiet, protective partner who covers the Pig’s blind spots.

The Snake

The Classical Clash — the Snake

The Snake sits directly across the wheel from the Pig. Read it as weather, not doom: a clash is contrast and friction, never a curse — two different tempos that can grate, or balance beautifully once each makes a little room for the other.

Born in January or early February? The Chinese year doesn’t begin on January 1st — it turns at Lichun, when the Sun reaches 315°, usually around February 4th. A birthday just before it may truly belong to the animal before the Pig. The calculator settles it from the real position of the Sun →

the Pig, in brief

Common Asks

What years are the Year of the Pig?
Recent Pig years include 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, and 2031. Since the year turns at Lichun (near February 4th), a late-January or early-February birthday may belong to the Dog year before it — the calculator confirms the boundary from the real solar crossing. (The Pig is also called the Boar.)
Who is the Pig most compatible with?
The Pig warms easily to the Rabbit and the Goat — its San He trine of gentle, sincere souls — and shares a lively secret-friend bond with the bold Tiger. Its classical clash is the Snake, an opposite of open heart and hidden depth whose difference can enrich as readily as it rubs.
Are Pig people too trusting?
The Pig's trust is its grace, not its flaw — it simply expects of others the honesty it offers freely. The generosity stays a joy rather than a drain when the Pig learns to keep a healthy boundary and a little kindness for itself.
your animal is only the first pillar

See Your Whole Chart

Your birth year names your animal — but a full BaZi chart holds four pillars: year, month, day, and hour, and the balance of all five elements woven through you. It’s free, and it settles your true animal to the exact moment of the Sun.

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