Chinese zodiac · Year of the Pig
The Wood Pig: 1935, 1995, 2055
乙亥 · Yi hài · Yin Wood stem on the Water branch
A Wood Pig year pairs the Heavenly Stem 乙 (Yi, yin Wood) with the Earthly Branch 亥 (hài, the Pig). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Wood Pig years are 1935, 1995, 2055. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Wood Pig different from a Fire 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 Wood Pig is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Wood Pig is the most generous of a generous sign, kind and persuadable, the friend who never says no.
1995 Wood Pigs are the most generous of a generous sign, and the tradition's friend who never says no describes a year that produced a great many good hosts.
In BaZi terms the Water branch feeds the Wood stem: Water produces Wood in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the Pig giving its strength upward, so the stem element is well resourced and the animal's own qualities are somewhat spent in the giving. Productive, and a little tiring for the Pig.
The rest of the Pig’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Pig page.
Wood 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 4 February 1935 | 23 January 1936 | 5 February 1935 |
| 1995 | 31 January 1995 | 18 February 1996 | 4 February 1995 |
| 2055 | outside the table | … | 4 February 2055 |
The next Wood Pig year is 2055. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Wood Pigs
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1935
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Wood Pig start?
- The 1935 Wood Pig year began at Lunar New Year on 4 February 1935 and ran to 23 January 1936. The 1995 Wood Pig year began at Lunar New Year on 31 January 1995 and ran to 18 February 1996. 2055 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1935: 5 February 1935; 1995: 4 February 1995; 2055: 4 February 2055), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Wood Pig personality?
- The Wood Pig is the most generous of a generous sign, kind and persuadable, the friend who never says no. In BaZi terms the Water branch feeds the Wood stem: Water produces Wood in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the Pig giving its strength upward, so the stem element is well resourced and the animal's own qualities are somewhat spent in the giving. Productive, and a little tiring for the Pig.
- When is the next Wood Pig year?
- 2055. The pair of stem 乙 and branch 亥 recurs every sixty years.