To all my readers and blog followers – Happy New Year.
The Pig is one of 12 animals in the Chinese calendar. The others are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit (my birth year), Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog. Pigs have a beautiful personality and are blessed with good fortune in life.
This zodiac system has existed in Chinese culture since the Qin dynasty, more than 2,000 years ago. This in turn gave rise to various compatibilities (and incompatibilities) between each zodiac, and play a major role in marriage and career decisions, fortune-telling and more!
Paired with the Celestial Stems (天干—Tiān gān), there is a 60-year calendrical cycle. Although hài is associated with earth, the years also cycle through the five elements of nature (五行—wǔ xíng).
See the table below for the full details of each year.
| YEAR | CELESTIAL STEM |
EARTHLY BRANCH |
ZODIAC | ELEMENT | YIN YANG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | yǐ | Hài | Pig | Wood | Yin |
| 1947 | ding | Hài | Pig | Fire | Yin |
| 1959 | jǐ | Hài | Pig | Earth | Yin |
| 1971 | xīn | Hài | Pig | Metal | Yin |
| 1983 | guǐ | Hài | Pig | Water | Yin |
| 1995 | yǐ | Hài | Pig | Wood | Yin |
| 2007 | ding | Hài | Pig | Fire | Yin |
| 2019 | jǐ | Hài | Pig | Earth | Yin |
| 2031 | xīn | Hài | Pig | Metal | Yin |
CHINDIA ALERT: You'll be living in their world, very soon 
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