Pig strengths in tradition
- Generous and kind-hearted
- Sincere and honest
- Easygoing and tolerant
- Enjoys life and shares it
2019 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Earth Pig
The 2019 Chinese year ran from Tuesday 5 February 2019 to Friday 24 January 2020.
Its sign is the Yin Earth Pig: 己亥 (Jǐ-hài) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 4 February 2019? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Earth Dog of 2018.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 4 February 2019 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Earth Dog before 11:14 China time and Earth Pig from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Dog.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Earth Pig in Chinese astrology
An Earth Pig is described as calm and patient, practical about daily life and devoted to family and friends.
The Pig, sometimes called the Boar, is the twelfth and last Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with generosity, sincerity and warmth. Earth is the element of stability and balance, linked in Chinese tradition with the turning points between the seasons.
Pig challenges in tradition
- Can be too trusting
- Tends to overindulge
- Avoids difficult conversations
- May let others take advantage
Traditions, not predictions. The Pig in love and at work · The five elements
Other Pig years
The Earth Pig every 60 years
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2019?
2019 is the Year of the Earth Pig (yin Earth, 己亥 Jǐ-hài), from 5 February 2019 to 24 January 2020. Anyone born 1 January – 4 February 2019 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Earth Dog.
What element is 2019 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 己 (Jǐ). Earth years are years ending in 8 or 9 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January or early February 2019 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 5 February 2019, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Earth Dog of the 2018 Chinese year; from 5 February 2019 on, it is the Earth Pig. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2019, 11:14 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 2019?
It was on Tuesday 5 February 2019 (China time). The next one, on Saturday 25 January 2020, began the Year of the Metal Rat.