Chinese zodiac 1947
Year of the Fire Pig
22 January 1947 to 9 February 1948
Born in 1947? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1947 it falls on 22 January 1947.
- 22 January to 31 December 1947
- π Fire Pig
- and on to 9 Feb 1948
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The Fire Pig at a glance
Animal
π Pig
Said to be generous, easy-going, sincere.
Element
η« Yin Fire
Linked with passion and drive. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
384 days
A long year: the calendar adds a thirteenth, leap month.
Other Pig years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Fire Pig years nearest to this one are 1887 and 2007.
Who gets on with the Pig
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Pig sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.