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The careful answer checks the exact birthday, because the first week of February 1959 still belongs to the previous Earth Dog year.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Item<\/th>\n            <th>1959 Chinese zodiac answer<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Zodiac animal<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u732a<\/span>Pig \u00b7 <em>zh\u016b<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Element<\/td>\n            <td>Earth \u00b7 <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u571f<\/span> \u00b7 <em>t\u01d4<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full year type<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Pig<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Stem-branch label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4ea5<\/span> \u00b7 <em>J\u01d0h\u00e0i<\/em> \u00b7 Yin Earth Pig<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Chinese zodiac date range<\/td>\n            <td>February 8, 1959 \u2013 January 27, 1960<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Before the zodiac year began<\/td>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 7, 1959 belongs to Earth Dog<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Next zodiac year<\/td>\n            <td>Metal Rat begins on January 28, 1960<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Compatibility pattern<\/td>\n            <td>Three Harmonies: Rabbit \u00b7 Goat \u00b7 Pig; Six Harmony: Tiger; Six Conflict: Snake<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-note\">\n      <div class=\"mark\"><i class=\"ph-bold ph-warning-circle\"><\/i><\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3>1959 changes sign after the first week of February<\/h3>\n        <p>A person born on February 5, 1959 is still Earth Dog. A person born on February 10, 1959 is Earth Pig.<\/p>\n        <p>That is a small calendar gap, but it changes the zodiac animal, the Earthly Branch, and the full 60-year cycle label.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"date-ranges\">\n    <h2>1959 Chinese zodiac dates and birthday rule<\/h2>\n    <p>For 1959, the key question is whether the birthday came before or after February 8. Dates before February 8 still belong to the Earth Dog year, even though the Gregorian year says 1959.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Birthday range<\/th>\n            <th>Correct zodiac result<\/th>\n            <th>Reading note<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 7, 1959<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Dog<\/td>\n            <td>The Earth Pig year had not started yet. These birthdays belong to the previous lunar year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>February 8, 1959 \u2013 January 27, 1960<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Pig<\/td>\n            <td>This is the actual Earth Pig zodiac year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>January 28, 1960 onward<\/td>\n            <td>Metal Rat<\/td>\n            <td>The next zodiac year begins before February 1960 arrives.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>This is why \u201cborn in 1959\u201d is not always enough. For Chinese zodiac purposes, January and the first week of February need to be checked against the Lunar New Year boundary.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"earth-pig-meaning\">\n    <h2>What Earth Pig means in the 1959 zodiac year<\/h2>\n    <p>Earth Pig combines the Pig animal sign with the Earth element. Pig brings warmth, sincerity, generosity, openness, comfort, and a strong appreciation for ordinary life. Earth adds steadiness, patience, responsibility, and practical judgment.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Animal layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Pig \u00b7 \u732a<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with sincerity, warmth, generosity, ease, trust, comfort, and emotional openness.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Element layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Earth \u00b7 \u571f<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with stability, responsibility, patience, practical care, and grounded support.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Combined reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Earth Pig<\/strong>\n        <p>Suggests warmth with a practical base: sincere, steady, trust-seeking, and more grounded than impulsive.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Simple English zodiac descriptions often make Pig sound only indulgent or easygoing. Earth changes that reading. In an Earth Pig year, the warmer Pig image is anchored by a stronger need for security, practical care, and dependable trust.<\/p>\n    <p>That does not mean every person born in the Earth Pig year is gentle, generous, or comfort-loving. The zodiac label is cultural language, not a fixed psychological profile.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"jihai-cycle\">\n    <h2>1959 in the 60-year cycle: <em>J\u01d0h\u00e0i<\/em> \u5df1\u4ea5<\/h2>\n    <p>The full traditional label for the 1959 Chinese zodiac year is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4ea5<\/span>, pronounced <em>J\u01d0h\u00e0i<\/em>. This is more exact than \u201cPig year,\u201d because it combines the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Layer<\/th>\n            <th>Chinese<\/th>\n            <th>Pinyin<\/th>\n            <th>How it shapes the year<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Heavenly Stem<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>J\u01d0<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yin Earth: cultivated, patient, practical, holding, and quietly stabilizing.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Earthly Branch<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4ea5<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>H\u00e0i<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>The branch associated with the Pig sign in the zodiac cycle.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4ea5<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>J\u01d0h\u00e0i<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yin Earth Pig, commonly written in English as Earth Pig.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-note\">\n      <div class=\"mark\"><i class=\"ph-bold ph-yin-yang\"><\/i><\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3>Yin Earth makes this Pig more settled<\/h3>\n        <p><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1<\/span> is Yin Earth. A useful image is cultivated soil: patient, supportive, practical, and able to hold what is planted in it.<\/p>\n        <p>When that Earth layer meets Pig, the reading becomes less about loose enjoyment and more about stable warmth, care, and trust.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"born-in-1959\">\n    <h2>People born in the 1959 Earth Pig year<\/h2>\n    <p>People born during the Earth Pig date range are often described through themes of warmth, sincerity, social ease, generosity, patience, trust, and practical emotional care.<\/p>\n    <p>The Earth layer gives the Pig image a more settled tone. Instead of only openness or comfort, Earth Pig symbolism suggests warmth that wants something reliable underneath it: home, trust, routine, responsibility, or a stable circle of people.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid two\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Useful cultural reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Grounded warmth<\/strong>\n        <p>Earth Pig can suggest sincerity, patience, practical kindness, stable trust, and comfort with responsibility.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">What not to do<\/span>\n        <strong>Do not reduce Pig to laziness<\/strong>\n        <p>Pig symbolism is often misunderstood. It includes sincerity, openness, generosity, and emotional trust, not only comfort.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>For a birth year such as 1959, real life context matters. Family, education, language, work, health, migration, historical environment, and personal choices all matter more than a symbolic calendar label.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"compatibility\">\n    <h2>1959 Earth Pig compatibility notes<\/h2>\n    <p>In traditional compatibility, Pig belongs to the Rabbit-Goat-Pig Three Harmonies group. This group is usually read through gentleness, emotional support, care, creativity, and relational ease. Pig\u2019s Six Harmony partner is Tiger, while its Six Conflicts pair is Snake.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Pattern<\/th>\n            <th>Signs<\/th>\n            <th>How to read it for Earth Pig<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Three Harmonies<\/td>\n            <td>Rabbit \u00b7 Goat \u00b7 Pig<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Pig brings warmth and steadiness to a softer group focused on care, trust, and emotional rhythm.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Harmony<\/td>\n            <td>Pig \u00b7 Tiger<\/td>\n            <td>Tiger adds courage and movement to Pig\u2019s warmth; Pig gives Tiger sincerity, comfort, and emotional grounding.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Conflicts<\/td>\n            <td>Pig \u00b7 Snake<\/td>\n            <td>Pig may prefer open trust, while Snake may prefer privacy and depth. The tension is openness versus guardedness, not destiny.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Compatibility is symbolic relationship language. It can help describe different rhythms, but it should not be used as a rule for love, marriage, friendship, or family decisions.<\/p>\n    <p>For the full system, read <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-compatibility\/\">Chinese Zodiac Compatibility<\/a>, <a href=\"\/three-harmonies-chinese-zodiac\/\">Three Harmonies<\/a>, <a href=\"\/six-harmonies-chinese-zodiac\/\">Six Harmonies<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/six-conflicts-chinese-zodiac\/\">Six Conflicts<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"nearby-years\">\n    <h2>Nearby years that are easy to confuse with 1959<\/h2>\n    <p>1959 should be checked with 1958 and 1960 because both edges matter: early 1959 still belongs to Earth Dog, and late January 1960 already begins Metal Rat.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Year page<\/th>\n            <th>Zodiac type<\/th>\n            <th>Date range<\/th>\n            <th>Why it matters<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td><a href=\"\/1958-chinese-zodiac\/\">1958 Chinese zodiac<\/a><\/td>\n            <td>Earth Dog<\/td>\n            <td>February 18, 1958 \u2013 February 7, 1959<\/td>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 7, 1959 belongs here, not to Earth Pig.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1959 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Pig<\/td>\n            <td>February 8, 1959 \u2013 January 27, 1960<\/td>\n            <td>This is the true Earth Pig range.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1960 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Metal Rat<\/td>\n            <td>January 28, 1960 \u2013 February 14, 1961<\/td>\n            <td>January 28, 1960 starts Metal Rat, even though it is still January.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"same-cycle\">\n    <h2>1959 and other Earth Pig years<\/h2>\n    <p>The Earth Pig label repeats every 60 years. That means 1899, 1959, and 2019 share the same stem-branch label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4ea5<\/span>. What repeats is the calendar label, not the person\u2019s life story.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Earth Pig year<\/th>\n            <th>Traditional label<\/th>\n            <th>What repeats<\/th>\n            <th>What changes<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1899<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4ea5<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Earth Pig cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Historical world, family structure, and lived conditions.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1959<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4ea5<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Earth Pig cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>The lived experience of people born in 1959 belongs to their own time and choices.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>2019<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4ea5<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Earth Pig cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Modern childhood, education, family culture, and social environment are completely different.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>A useful comparison between 1959 and 2019 is therefore cultural and calendrical: the same animal-element label returns, while human context changes entirely.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"common-mistakes\">\n    <h2>Common mistakes about the 1959 Chinese zodiac<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 1<\/span>\n        <strong>Calling all 1959 births Pig<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1 \u2013 February 7, 1959 is still Earth Dog. Earth Pig begins on February 8.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 2<\/span>\n        <strong>Ignoring \u5df1\u4ea5<\/strong>\n        <p>The full traditional label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4ea5<\/span>, not only \u201cPig.\u201d<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 3<\/span>\n        <strong>Reading Earth as only heaviness<\/strong>\n        <p>In 1959, Earth is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1<\/span> Yin Earth: cultivated, practical, patient, and stabilizing.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 4<\/span>\n        <strong>Missing January 1960<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1\u201327, 1960 is still Earth Pig. Metal Rat begins on January 28.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 5<\/span>\n        <strong>Treating Pig as only indulgent<\/strong>\n        <p>Pig symbolism also includes sincerity, generosity, warmth, trust, and social ease.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 6<\/span>\n        <strong>Using zodiac as biography<\/strong>\n        <p>Earth Pig is a calendar and cultural label, not a complete life story.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n          <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"go-deeper\">\n      <h2>Want it for your own chart?<\/h2>\n      <p>Everything above is the public year picture. If you or the person you are reading this for were actually born in this year, two things go a step past what a public page can give you:<\/p>\n      <div class=\"tzl-links\">\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/product\/personalized-reading\/\"><strong>Personalized Reading<\/strong>Your full birth-chart write-up &#8211; element balance, the signs and years it traditionally clashes or harmonizes with, and a printable report.<span>See the reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/product\/couple-chinese-zodiac-compatibility-report\/\"><strong>Couple Compatibility Report<\/strong>How two birth charts read together &#8211; both sides side by side, not a generic match-score list.<span>See the report &rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"faq\">\n    <h2>1959 Chinese zodiac FAQ<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-faq\">\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the Chinese zodiac sign for 1959?<\/summary>\n        <p>1959 is the Year of the Pig. More specifically, it is the Year of the Earth Pig for birthdays from February 8, 1959 to January 27, 1960.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is January 1959 Pig or Dog?<\/summary>\n        <p>January 1959 is still Earth Dog. The Earth Pig year begins on February 8, 1959.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is early February 1959 Pig?<\/summary>\n        <p>No. February 1\u20137, 1959 is still Earth Dog. February 8, 1959 begins the Earth Pig year.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the element for 1959?<\/summary>\n        <p>The 1959 Chinese zodiac element is Earth. The full stem-branch label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4ea5<\/span> <em>J\u01d0h\u00e0i<\/em>, meaning Yin Earth Pig.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What does Earth Pig mean?<\/summary>\n        <p>Earth Pig combines Pig symbolism of warmth, sincerity, generosity, and openness with Earth symbolism of stability, patience, responsibility, and practical care.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What signs are compatible with the 1959 Earth Pig?<\/summary>\n        <p>Pig belongs to the Rabbit-Goat-Pig Three Harmonies group. Tiger is Pig\u2019s Six Harmony partner, while Snake is Pig\u2019s Six Conflicts pair.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is 1959 the same zodiac type as 2019?<\/summary>\n        <p>Yes. Both 1959 and 2019 are Earth Pig years with the label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4ea5<\/span>. But the same 60-year cycle label does not mean the same personality, fate, or life story.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\">\n    <h2>Next steps<\/h2>\n    <p>Use these pages to confirm the boundary, understand Pig symbolism, and compare nearby zodiac years.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-next\">\n      <a href=\"\/zodiac-years-chart\/\">\n        <span>Chart<\/span>\n        <b>Chinese Zodiac Years Chart<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/year-of-the-pig\/\">\n        <span>Animal sign<\/span>\n        <b>Year of the Pig<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/1958-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Boundary<\/span>\n        <b>1958 Earth Dog<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/2019-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Same cycle<\/span>\n        <b>2019 Earth Pig<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/zodiac-element-combinations\/\">\n        <span>60-year cycle<\/span>\n        <b>Zodiac Element Combinations<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-compatibility\/\">\n        <span>Compatibility<\/span>\n        <b>Chinese Zodiac Compatibility<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style id=\"tzl-enh\">\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-table th{background:#262626;color:#f2f2f2}\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-next a:hover{background:var(--accent,#e1391b);color:#fff}\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-next a:hover span{color:rgba(255,255,255,.7)}\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-links a:hover{background:var(--accent,#e1391b);color:#fff}\n.tzl-toc{border:2px solid var(--ink,#0a0a0a);padding:16px 22px;margin:0 0 30px;background:var(--bg,#fff)}\n.tzl-toc-h{font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.1em;color:var(--ink,#0a0a0a);margin-bottom:10px}\n.tzl-toc-list{list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0;columns:2;column-gap:30px}\n.tzl-toc-list li{margin:0 0 7px;break-inside:avoid}\n.tzl-toc-list a{color:var(--ink,#0a0a0a);text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;border-bottom:1px solid transparent}\n.tzl-toc-list a:hover{color:var(--accent,#e1391b);border-bottom-color:var(--accent,#e1391b)}\n@media(max-width:600px){.tzl-toc-list{columns:1}}\nhtml.tzl-dark section.tzl-card{background:var(--bg)!important}\r\n<\/style>\n<script>\n(function(){function go(){var page=document.querySelector('.tzl-page');if(!page||page.querySelector('.tzl-toc'))return;var hs=[].filter.call(page.querySelectorAll('h2'),function(h){return !h.closest('.tzl-hero')&&!h.closest('.tzl-faq');});if(hs.length<3)return;var ul='';hs.forEach(function(h,i){if(!h.id){var s=(h.textContent||'').trim().toLowerCase().replace(\/[^a-z0-9]+\/g,'-').replace(\/^-+|-+$\/g,'').slice(0,50)||('sec'+i);var id=s,k=2;while(document.getElementById(id)){id=s+'-'+(k++);}h.id=id;}ul+='<li><a href=\"#'+h.id+'\">'+(h.textContent||'').trim()+'<\/a><\/li>';});var nav=document.createElement('nav');nav.className='tzl-toc';nav.setAttribute('aria-label','Contents');nav.innerHTML='<div class=\"tzl-toc-h\">On this page<\/div><ul class=\"tzl-toc-list\">'+ul+'<\/ul>';var hero=page.querySelector('.tzl-hero');if(hero&&hero.parentNode)hero.parentNode.insertBefore(nav,hero.nextSibling);else page.insertBefore(nav,page.firstChild);}if(document.readyState!=='loading')go();else document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',go);})();\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1959 \u00b7 Earth Pig Year \u00b7 \u5df1\u4ea5 1959 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Pig 1959 is the Year of the Earth Pig in the Chinese zodiac, but only for birthdays from February 8, 1959 to January 27, 1960. 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