1995 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Pig

1995 is the year of the Wood Pig (乙亥 Yǐhài), from 31 January 1995 to 18 February 1996. Anyone born in 1995 before 31 January 1995 belongs to the Wood Dog year.

• Animal: Pig
• Element: Wood (Yin)
• Cycle name: 乙亥 Yǐhài, year 12 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 31 January 1995
• Ends: 18 February 1996

The Wood Pig

Wood years are traditionally linked with growth, generosity and cooperation: the element of things that grow towards the light and make room for others. 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 1995?

Anyone born from 1 January to 30 January 1995 belongs to the Wood Dog year of 1994. From 31 January 1995 the Wood Pig year begins.

Famous people born in the Wood Pig year

• Gigi Hadid, born 23 April 1995
• Post Malone, born 4 July 1995
• Dua Lipa, born 22 August 1995
• Patrick Mahomes, born 17 September 1995
• Jimin, born 13 October 1995
• Doja Cat, born 21 October 1995
• Kendall Jenner, born 3 November 1995
• Timothee Chalamet, born 27 December 1995
• V (BTS), born 30 December 1995
• Florence Pugh, born 3 January 1996
• Jennie (BLACKPINK), born 16 January 1996

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.

1994: Wood Dog · 1996: Fire Rat · All Pig years · All 12 animals