2019: Year of the Earth Pig (己亥 jǐhài)

People born in 2019 belong to the year of the Earth Pig - the 己亥 year of the traditional sixty-year cycle. This exact combination returns only once every 60 years.

> Born in January or early February 2019? In the classical reckoning the zodiac year begins at Li Chun (立春 lichun), February 4, 2019 - not on January 1. If you were born before that date, you belong to the previous year: the Earth Dog of 2018. (Folk usage often counts from Chinese New Year instead, February 5, 2019 that year - both conventions are real; the BaZi tradition uses Li Chun. Our calculator handles this for you.)

The Pig in the Earth year

The tradition reads the Pig as the generous one: easygoing, sincere, believing the best of people and often proving right. Folk tellings give the Pig an honest appetite for comfort and celebration; its table is long and everyone is invited. The classical sketch adds resilience: the Pig forgives quickly, not from weakness but from a settled heart.

The Earth Pig is the contented one in the tradition's telling: comfort made solid, a settled and generous ease.

Who the tradition pairs you with

The Pig's natural allies are its trine partners, Rabbit, Goat, and its quiet ally (六合 liuhe) is the Tiger. The tradition treats the Snake as the Pig's opposite - the clash pair (相沖 xiangchong). The full picture: Chinese zodiac compatibility.

Other Pig years

1935 (Wood Pig), 1947 (Fire Pig), 1959 (Earth Pig), 1971 (Metal Pig), 1983 (Water Pig), 1995 (Wood Pig), 2007 (Fire Pig), 2031 (Metal Pig). Same animal, different element - the tradition reads each differently.

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