Chinese zodiac · Year of the Pig
The Fire Pig: 1947, 2007, 2067
丁亥 · Ding hài · Yin Fire stem on the Water branch
A Fire Pig year pairs the Heavenly Stem 丁 (Ding, yin Fire) with the Earthly Branch 亥 (hài, the Pig). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Fire Pig years are 1947, 2007, 2067. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Fire Pig different from a Wood Pig or a Earth Pig. The popular zodiac begins each of these years at Lunar New Year and BaZi begins it at Li Chun, so both boundaries are given below for every year.
What a Fire Pig is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Fire Pig is ambitious and passionate, with more push than Pigs usually have and the same open hand.
The Fire Pig of 2007 has more push than Pigs usually have, ambitious and passionate with the same open hand, and the year the iPhone arrived suits it.
In BaZi terms the Water branch controls the Fire stem: Water restrains Fire in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the animal pushing back against the element above it, so the Pig's qualities come through strongly and the stem struggles to impose itself. The animal has the upper hand.
The rest of the Pig’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Pig page.
Fire Pig years and when each begins
The popular zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year; BaZi begins it at Li Chun, the start of spring. Both dates are given so a birth between them can be placed in either system.
| Year | Lunar New Year (popular zodiac) | Ends | Li Chun (BaZi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 22 January 1947 | 9 February 1948 | 4 February 1947 |
| 2007 | 18 February 2007 | 6 February 2008 | 4 February 2007 |
| 2067 | outside the table | … | 4 February 2067 |
The next Fire Pig year is 2067. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Fire Pigs
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1947
- Hillary ClintonAmerican politician and diplomat
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerAustrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician
- Stephen KingAmerican novelist and writer
- Dilma Rousseff36th President of Brazil, 3rd President of the New Development Bank (BRICS)
- Paulo CoelhoBrazilian lyricist and novelist
- Salman RushdieIndian-born English and American novelist
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Fire Pig start?
- The 1947 Fire Pig year began at Lunar New Year on 22 January 1947 and ran to 9 February 1948. The 2007 Fire Pig year began at Lunar New Year on 18 February 2007 and ran to 6 February 2008. 2067 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1947: 4 February 1947; 2007: 4 February 2007; 2067: 4 February 2067), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Fire Pig personality?
- The Fire Pig is ambitious and passionate, with more push than Pigs usually have and the same open hand. In BaZi terms the Water branch controls the Fire stem: Water restrains Fire in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the animal pushing back against the element above it, so the Pig's qualities come through strongly and the stem struggles to impose itself. The animal has the upper hand.
- When is the next Fire Pig year?
- 2067. The pair of stem 丁 and branch 亥 recurs every sixty years.