1983 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Pig

1983 is the year of the Water Pig (癸亥 Guǐhài), from 13 February 1983 to 1 February 1984. Anyone born in 1983 before 13 February 1983 belongs to the Water Dog year.

• Animal: Pig
• Element: Water (Yin)
• Cycle name: 癸亥 Guǐhài, year 60 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 13 February 1983
• Ends: 1 February 1984

The Water Pig

Water years are traditionally linked with adaptability, perception and communication: the element that finds a way around any obstacle. The Pig closes the cycle, and tradition sees it as the zodiac's most generous sign. Pig people are described as sincere, easy-going and diligent, good company at a table and hard workers when it counts.

Born in January or February 1983?

Anyone born from 1 January to 12 February 1983 belongs to the Water Dog year of 1982. From 13 February 1983 the Water Pig year begins.

Famous people born in the Water Pig year

• Emily Blunt, born 23 February 1983
• Henry Cavill, born 5 May 1983
• Chris Hemsworth, born 11 August 1983
• Amy Winehouse, born 14 September 1983

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

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