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The Pig at a Glance
Your Earthly Branch is Hài (亥), carrying the fixed element Water and Yin (receptive) polarity — both fixed for life, unlike the rotating element below. In the 12-animal cycle the Pig sits 12th of 12, trine-linked to Rabbit and Goat, and in direct clash with the Snake straight across the wheel. Traditionally, the Pig hour runs 9 PM – 11 PM. None of that is typed in by hand — it comes straight from the Pig's 12th-of-12 position in the cycle, computed the same way for all 12 signs.
- Earthly Branch
- Hài (亥)
- Fixed Element
- Water
- Polarity
- Yin (receptive)
- Archetype
- The Sincere Optimist
- Ruling Hours
- 9 PM – 11 PM
- Cycle Position
- 12th of 12
- Trine Allies
- Rabbit & Goat
- Direct Clash
- Snake
- Next Pig Year
- 2031 (Metal)
| Element | Year | Opens | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Pig | 1995 | January 31, 1995 | February 18, 1996 |
| Fire Pig | 2007 | February 18, 2007 | February 6, 2008 |
| Earth Pig | 2019 | February 5, 2019 | January 24, 2020 |
| Metal Pig | 2031 | January 23, 2031 | February 10, 2032 |
| Water Pig | 2043 | February 10, 2043 | January 29, 2044 |
Your nearest Wood Pig year is 1995, opening January 31, 1995 and closing February 18, 1996.
Water · Yin
The Pig: The Sincere Optimist
Everything below is true of every Pig, in any year. What makes it yours is the chart above — your Hài (亥) branch, your Yin (receptive) polarity, and the 12th-of-12 seat in the cycle a full BaZi reading builds on. Your fixed element, Water, colors how that 12th-of-12 personality actually shows up day to day.
You bring real goodwill into a room and people feel it the second you walk in. Don't mistake it for naivety, it isn't a strategy, it's just how you're built, oriented toward generosity and good faith as a way of living. You look for the best in people because that's simply where your attention lands first. That makes you warm and easy to be around in a way no one can fake, and people relax near you almost without noticing.
You're one of the more indulgent of the twelve, and you make no apology for it. You love pleasure, comfort, good food, good company, a beautiful evening that goes on a little too long. That's not a weakness, it's a healthy bond with being alive that the more rigid types never quite let themselves have. You actually know how to enjoy your life, and that's worth far more than it sounds.
The danger is that the same open hand that makes you lovely makes you easy to fool. Because you extend good faith on reflex, you can be genuinely blindsided by people running on motives nothing like yours, the ones who read your warmth as an opening. You also struggle to say no, give well past what the moment asked for, and keep discovering your generosity got quietly taken for granted.
The answer isn't to go guarded, that would cost you the best thing about you. It's to notice who keeps showing up with an empty hand. Your generosity isn't the problem. Where you keep aiming it is.
That's the Pig in general. Born under a Water branch at the 12th seat of the cycle, with Yin (receptive) polarity running underneath it, is what a full chart uses to make it specific to you.
Where it goes from here
Reading a Pig Chart
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Confirm your exact year
The Pig covers a birth year, but the Chinese zodiac year opens at Chinese New Year, not January 1 — check your exact boundary before you assume. 1995, 2007 are Pig years on this site.
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See your rotating element
Pig is fixed for life, but its paired element rotates. Your next Pig year is 2031, a Metal Pig, opening January 23, 2031.
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Read the rest of the chart
Your Year Animal is the public layer. A full BaZi reading also weighs your Day Master and the balance of the five elements, plus how your chart sits against the Pig's own 12th-of-12 cycle position and its 9 PM – 11 PM hour branch.
Pig birth years on this site
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Pig — Questions People Ask
What years are the Chinese zodiac Pig?
Pig years repeat every twelve years, each one paired with a different element. On this site, 1995, 2007 are Pig years — your next one lands in 2031, opening January 23, 2031. That's a Metal Pig year, 12th in line since the last full rotation.
What element is the Pig?
The Pig's fixed branch element is Water, but the Heavenly Stem paired with it rotates through all five elements across the 60-year cycle — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water each take a turn. The nearest Wood Pig year is 1995; the full rotation is in the table above.
What hours does the Pig rule?
In traditional BaZi, each of the 12 animals also rules a two-hour block of the day. The Pig's hours are 9 PM – 11 PM — the same branch, Hài (亥), that gives the Pig its year also governs an Hour Pillar for anyone born in that window.
Which signs is the Pig most compatible with?
Rabbit and Goat and Tiger sit closest to the Pig — Rabbit and Goat share its 12th-of-12 trine position, one of the three harmonious groupings the 12-animal cycle forms every 4 positions. Pig tends to hit more friction with Snake, Monkey — and its direct clash, straight across the cycle, is the Snake.
Is the Pig the same every year?
The animal itself never changes — anyone born in a Pig year is a Pig for life. What changes is the element: Pig sits 12th of 12 in the cycle, and each time it comes back around (every 12 years) it's paired with the next element in the 60-year rotation, which is why 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 and 2032 are all Pig years with five different elemental characters.
Where does the Pig sit in the 12-year cycle?
12th of 12. The cycle runs Rat through Pig in a fixed order, and the Pig's position sets both its trine allies — Rabbit and Goat — and its direct clash, the Snake, which always sits exactly 6 positions around the wheel.
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