1959 Chinese zodiac
豬 Earth Pig · yin
Born between 8 February 1959 and 27 January 1960: you are a Earth Pig. Born in 1959 but before 8 February 1959: your sign is that of 1958, the Earth Dog.
The year
- New Year : 8 February 1959
- Ends : 27 January 1960
- Animal : Pig
- Element : Earth (yin)
The Earth element
stability, realism, reliability.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
己亥 jǐ hài
Year 36 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1899 and 2019.
The Pig in one line
Generous and easy-going, it believes in the goodness of others.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.