What years are the Year of the Pig?

Recent and upcoming Years of the Pig are 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031, 2043. The next one is 2043. Because the zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, a birthday in January or early February may fall under the previous sign.

What is the Pig's personality like?

Last of the twelve, the Pig is generous, sincere, and easygoing — a warm, open-handed optimist who works hard, enjoys life's comforts, and thinks the best of everyone. At their best they are honest, kind, tolerant, optimistic; the flip side can be naive, gullible, self-indulgent, too trusting. The Pig is a Yin sign with a fixed element of Water (水).

Which signs are most compatible with the Pig?

The Pig gets along best with the Rabbit, Goat, Tiger. The one classic clash (六冲) is the Snake, the sign sitting directly opposite in the cycle.

12th sign · 猪

Year of the Pig

猪 · zhū

Last of the twelve, the Pig is generous, sincere, and easygoing — a warm, open-handed optimist who works hard, enjoys life's comforts, and thinks the best of everyone.

Element: Water (水 shuǐ)Yin

Birth years

Were you born in a Year of the Pig?

If your birth year is below, you're a Pig — but a January or February birthday may put you under the Dog, since the zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year.

1971198319952007201920312043

Personality

What the Pig is like

generoussincereeasygoingdiligent

Strengths

honest
kind
tolerant
optimistic

Watch out for

naive
gullible
self-indulgent
too trusting

Element & polarity

A Yin Water sign

Every sign carries a fixed element from the 五行 (wǔ xíng, the five elements). The Pig's is Water (水 shuǐ), which shades its character toward the qualities that element suggests.

Its polarity is Yin (阴 yīn) — the signs alternate down the cycle, and each birth year's own element layers on top, so a Pig born in one element's year reads differently from a Pig born in another.

Compatibility

Who the Pig matches

Best matches come from the harmony triangle (三合) and the six-harmony friend (六合); the classic clash (六冲) is the sign directly opposite.

Best matches

Rabbit Goat Tiger

Biggest clash

Snake

The Snake sits opposite the Pig in the cycle — the pairing tradition says strikes the most sparks.

Fortune

Lucky for the Pig

Lucky numbers

2, 5, 8

Lucky colours

yellow, grey, brown, gold

Suits careers in

entrepreneur, philanthropist, chef, healthcare

FAQ

Pig: common questions

What years are the Year of the Pig?: Recent and upcoming Years of the Pig are 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031, 2043. The next one is 2043. Because the zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, a birthday in January or early February may fall under the previous sign.
What is the Pig's personality like?: Last of the twelve, the Pig is generous, sincere, and easygoing — a warm, open-handed optimist who works hard, enjoys life's comforts, and thinks the best of everyone. At their best they are honest, kind, tolerant, optimistic; the flip side can be naive, gullible, self-indulgent, too trusting. The Pig is a Yin sign with a fixed element of Water (水).
Which signs are most compatible with the Pig?: The Pig gets along best with the Rabbit, Goat, Tiger. The one classic clash (六冲) is the Snake, the sign sitting directly opposite in the cycle.