Pig Chinese Zodiac: Personality, Years & Compatibility
Compassionate, generous, diligent, and loving
This is the traditional association for the Pig sign. A person's birth-year element is calculated separately from the 60-year cycle. See the five-element cycle.
Personality Traits
Strengths
- ✓Generous
- ✓Tolerant
- ✓Optimistic
- ✓Sincere
Challenges
- !Naive
- !Materialistic
- !Self-indulgent
Pig Chinese Zodiac Years
In the 1900–2100 chart, these Gregorian years begin a Pig zodiac year on Chinese New Year:
The cycle repeats every 12 years. If you were born in January or early February, use your full birth date because the Chinese New Year boundary changes annually.
View the complete Chinese zodiac years chartPig in Chinese cultural tradition
The Pig is often associated with generosity, comfort, and abundance in popular zodiac traditions. The sign closes the twelve-animal cycle, after which the sequence returns to Rat. That repeating structure is useful for understanding why a birth-year-only answer can still miss the New Year transition.
How to use this guide
Use the calculator to resolve the date first, then explore the cultural material at your own pace. Do not use a zodiac profile for financial, medical, or other consequential choices.
The Five Elements in Pig Years
Chinese zodiac tradition pairs each year animal with one of five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, or Water. The animal repeats every 12 years, while the animal-element combination repeats every 60 years. The table below shows the Pig year combinations in our calendar range.
These are traditional cultural classifications, not a personality or life-outcome assessment.
A common Pig question
The calendar shifts to Rat only on Chinese New Year; birthdays before that date remain in the preceding Pig year.
See our calculation method and sources →Pig Chinese Zodiac FAQ
What years are Pig in the Chinese zodiac?
In our 1900–2100 chart, Pig years are 1911, 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031, 2043, 2055, 2067, 2079, 2091. The zodiac cycle repeats every 12 years, but the exact boundary is Chinese New Year.
Is everyone born in a Pig year a Pig?
Not always. The Chinese zodiac year begins on Chinese New Year, not January 1. Someone born before that date belongs to the previous zodiac animal.
How can I confirm my Pig Chinese zodiac sign?
Use a full birth date and compare it with Chinese New Year for that year. Zodiac Compass does this calculation automatically.