1959: Year of the Earth Pig
1959 is the Year of the Pig, 猪 , an Earth year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 8 February 1959 and runs to 27 January 1960. Born from 1 January to 7 February 1959? You are a Dog, 1958.
1959 in the Chinese zodiac
猪
Earth Pig
- Animal
- 猪 Pig
- Element
- 土 Earth, yin
- Cycle name
- 己亥年
- Starts
- 8 February 1959
- Ends
- 27 January 1960
- Matches
- Rabbit, Goat and Tiger; clashes with Snake
- Age
- Born in 1959? You turn 67 in 2026.
Say 1959 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九五九年 1959
- 己亥年 the 己亥 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九五九年出生的 I was born in 1959.
- 我属猪 I'm a Pig.
- 土猪 Earth Pig
What Earth means
土Earth is the ground everything stands on, at the centre of the five. People born in an Earth year are said to be steady and patient, the friend everyone leans on.
- Season
- 长夏 late summer
- Direction
- 中 the centre
- Colour
- 黄 yellow
Words for an Earth Pig
- 善良 kind-hearted
- 稳重 steady
- 可靠 reliable
Each year has one of five elements, 五行 , two years each, so the same animal and element meet once every sixty years. The traits are what tradition says, for fun.
The Pig, 猪
The Pig came in last, after stopping for a meal and a nap on the way. People born in a Pig year are said to be kind-hearted, generous and easy-going: they enjoy life and trust others.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1959?
1959 is the Year of the Pig, 猪 (zhū), from Chinese New Year on 8 February 1959 to 27 January 1960. Its element is Earth, so people born in it are Earth Pigs.
What if I was born in January or early February 1959?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 7 February 1959? You belong to 1958, the Year of the Earth Dog.
What element is 1959 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, 土 (tǔ). 1959 is 己亥 (jǐ hài) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Earth year; the Earth Pig comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1959 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九五九年 (yī jiǔ wǔ jiǔ nián). “I was born in 1959” is 我是一九五九年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ wǔ jiǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Pig” is 我属猪 (wǒ shǔ zhū).