2019 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Pig
Year of the Earth Pig
Animal
🐖 Pig
Element
Yin Earth
Cycle position
#12 of 12
About the 2019 Pig year
- 2019 is a Yin Earth year — the Earth element colours the Pig's nature with stability, patience, and practicality.
- The Pig is the twelfth of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Pig year was 2007 and the next is 2031.
- People born in the Year of the Pig are traditionally seen as compassionate, generous, and easy-going. The Pig is said to pair most harmoniously with the Rabbit, Goat, Tiger.
Best matches for the Pig
Signs the Pig is traditionally most compatible with.
- Rabbit
- Goat
- Tiger
Frequently asked
2019 is the Year of the Earth Pig — a Yin Earth year. The animal sign is the Pig, the twelfth of the 12-animal cycle.
2019 carries the Earth element (Yin Earth). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Earth Pig combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 2019, the Year of the Pig, are traditionally described as compassionate, generous, and easy-going. With the Earth element added, stability, patience, and practicality 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 2019, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Dog (the 2018 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.
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