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1995 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Pig
1995 is the year of the Wood Pig, 乙亥: from Chinese New Year on 31 January 1995 to 18 February 1996.
Generous, easy-going and sincere. The Pig closes the cycle with abundance; it is the sign of enjoying what has been earned. Wood years favour growth and beginnings: planting, building, the first steps of long projects.
The Wood Pig
Element
Wood years are associated with growth and flexibility: spring, bamboo, new shoots. In the sixty-year cycle each animal meets each element once, so the Wood Pig came last in 1935 and returns in 2055. The year's 纳音 (the "sound" of its stem and branch in the old almanacs) is 山头火.
Company
The Pig shares a trine with the Rabbit and the Goat; its secret friend is the Tiger. Those signs are said to find a Pig year easiest. A pig under a roof is the character 家, home: a household was counted complete when it kept one.
Years of the Pig
Each starts at Chinese New Year.
- 1935Wood Pig, from 4 February 1935
- 1947Fire Pig, from 22 January 1947
- 1959Earth Pig, from 8 February 1959
- 1971Metal Pig, from 27 January 1971
- 1983Water Pig, from 13 February 1983
- 1995Wood Pig, from 31 January 1995
- 2007Fire Pig, from 18 February 2007
- 2019Earth Pig, from 5 February 2019
- 2031Metal Pig, from 23 January 2031
- 2043Water Pig, from 10 February 2043
Born in 1995?
Between 31 January 1995 and 18 February 1996 you are a Wood Pig.
Anyone born from 31 January 1995 to 18 February 1996 is a Wood Pig (乙亥) and turns 31 in 2026. Generous, easy-going and sincere. The Pig closes the cycle with abundance; it is the sign of enjoying what has been earned. Wood years favour growth and beginnings: planting, building, the first steps of long projects.
Born in January or early February 1995, before the 31 January 1995 new year? Then the previous animal, the Dog, is yours: the zodiac follows the lunar calendar, not 1 January. The zodiac calculator settles it from the exact date.
Your zodiac years (本命年, when the Pig comes round again) are 2007, 2019, 2031, 2043, 2055; the next one is 2031. Tradition has you wear something red through a 本命年 for protection. The signs said to suit a Pig best are the Rabbit, the Goat and the Tiger: the compatibility table has every pair.
Questions
What is the Chinese zodiac for 1995?
1995 is the Year of the Wood Pig. Anyone born from 31 January 1995 to 18 February 1996 is a Pig; a birthday earlier in 1995, before Chinese New Year, belongs to the Dog.
When does the Year of the Pig 1995 start and end?
It starts at Chinese New Year, 31 January 1995, and ends on 18 February 1996, the day before the next new year.
What element is the Pig in 1995?
Wood (木), from the heavenly stem 乙. Wood years are associated with growth and flexibility: spring, bamboo, new shoots.
Is a baby born in January 1995 a Pig?
No. A baby born before 31 January 1995 belongs to the previous animal, the Dog. The zodiac year follows the lunar calendar, not 1 January.
Which other years were Wood Pig years?
1935. The same stem and branch return every sixty years.
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