1983 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Pig

1983 is the Year of the Water Pig — a Yin Water year. The animal sign is the Pig, the twelfth of the 12-animal cycle.

1983 carries the Water element (Yin Water). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Water Pig combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 1983, the Year of the Pig, are traditionally described as compassionate, generous, and easy-going. With the Water element added, intuition, adaptability, and empathy are emphasised.

The Pig is traditionally most compatible with the Rabbit, Goat, Tiger.

Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1983, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Dog (the 1982 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.