Yin Earth · 己亥 · 60-year cycle
Earth Pig Chinese Zodiac: 1959, 2019 Years
Earth Pig years in this calendar are 1959, 2019. The latest Earth Pig year is 2019; the next is 2079, a 60-year return. 2026 is not a Earth Pig year. Birth-year boundaries begin at Chinese New Year.
People born in Earth Pig years
A birthday belongs to the Earth Pig year only within one of these intervals. The days before Chinese New Year belong to the previous animal. Dates below cover this calendar’s 1902–2049 year archives.
1959: Earth Pig
8 February 1959 – 27 January 1960
己亥 · Jǐ Hài
Lunar months and festivals of 1959 →2019: Earth Pig
5 February 2019 – 24 January 2020
己亥 · Jǐ Hài
Lunar months and festivals of 2019 →
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What Earth adds to the Pig
Earth controls the Pig's Water, giving the sign's traditional openness a stronger attachment to settled routines and tangible forms of care. The Earth Pig reading focuses on a well-kept welcome, practical generosity and enjoyment of familiar comforts, with resistance when those comforts have become difficult to set aside.
The year’s visible stem is Jǐ 己, Yin Earth; the Pig branch 亥 retains its fixed Water element.
The Pig’s traditional character →Earth Pig in 2026
2026 is a Horse year. Pig and Horse occupy branches 亥 and 午.
This pair has no shared harmony, trine, seasonal meeting or Six Clash in the four groups shown here.
Read Pig with Horse →