Chinese zodiac · Year of the Pig
The Water Pig: 1983, 2043, 2103
癸亥 · Gui hài · Yin Water stem on the Water branch
A Water Pig year pairs the Heavenly Stem 癸 (Gui, yin Water) with the Earthly Branch 亥 (hài, the Pig). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Water Pig years are 1983, 2043, 2103. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Water Pig different from a Wood Pig or a Fire 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 Water Pig is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Water Pig is the most trusting and the most easily led, warmth that needs a wiser friend beside it.
The Water Pig of 1983 is the most trusting and the most easily led, warmth that needs a wiser friend beside it, and the tradition is tender with it.
In BaZi terms the Water stem sits on a Water branch, the same element twice. Practitioners read a matched pair as a year with one clear voice: the Pig's nature amplified rather than argued with, strong in its own direction and short of counterweight. Whatever the Pig does, this year does more of it.
The rest of the Pig’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Pig page.
Water 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 13 February 1983 | 1 February 1984 | 4 February 1983 |
| 2043 | 10 February 2043 | 29 January 2044 | 4 February 2043 |
| 2103 | outside the table | … | 4 February 2103 |
The next Water Pig year is 2043. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Water Pigs
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Water Pig start?
- The 1983 Water Pig year began at Lunar New Year on 13 February 1983 and ran to 1 February 1984. The 2043 Water Pig year began at Lunar New Year on 10 February 2043 and ran to 29 January 2044. 2103 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1983: 4 February 1983; 2043: 4 February 2043; 2103: 4 February 2103), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Water Pig personality?
- The Water Pig is the most trusting and the most easily led, warmth that needs a wiser friend beside it. In BaZi terms the Water stem sits on a Water branch, the same element twice. Practitioners read a matched pair as a year with one clear voice: the Pig's nature amplified rather than argued with, strong in its own direction and short of counterweight. Whatever the Pig does, this year does more of it.
- When is the next Water Pig year?
- 2043. The pair of stem 癸 and branch 亥 recurs every sixty years.