2007 Chinese zodiac sign: Fire Pig

Chinese year 2007 begins on Sunday, February 18, 2007, and ends on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, the day before the Year of the Earth Rat begins. It has 354 days, or 12 lunar months: each month starts on a new moon, so it is 29 or 30 days long. The next leap year, with a thirteenth month, comes in 2009.

The year opens with the new moon on Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 11:14 a.m. ET. In Beijing it is already February 18, 12:14 a.m. China Standard Time, and the Beijing date sets New Year's Day, so the new year begins on February 18.

The Lantern Festival, which closes the New Year celebrations, comes on the fifteenth day of the first month, so on Sunday, March 4, 2007. The year's first full moon falls on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 6:17 p.m. ET. The total lunar eclipse takes place at this same full moon.

It is year 24 of the sixty-year cycle that began in 1984 with the Wood Rat. In Chinese this year is called 丁亥 (dīnghài): the heavenly stem 丁 gives the element and the earthly branch 亥 the animal.

In Ba Zi astrology, the Four Pillars of Destiny, the year 2007 begins not at the lunar New Year but at the moment of lìchūn (立春, “start of spring”), when the Sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude: on Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 12:18 a.m. Eastern Time. That is 14 days before Chinese New Year, so anyone born between that moment and February 17 still has the Fire Dog sign in the lunar calendar but already the Fire Pig sign in Ba Zi.

This page and the calculator give your sign by the lunar calendar.

The Pig, called the Boar in some sources, closes the twelve-year cycle. It is the sign of kindness, sincerity and joy in life.

Passion, courage and a need for action. Fire adds temperament and charisma, along with a tendency to flare up.

The Fire element covers two years in a row, 2006 (yang) and 2007 (yin), and comes back every ten years: before that in 1996–1997, next in 2016–2017.

The Fire Pig has the most energy and courage of all the Pigs. Fire adds passion and drive, so it pursues its plans with zeal and knows how to carry people along. It is generous and warm. But it tends to overdo things, and it can spend money faster than it earns it.

In 2026, people born in 2007 turn 19 years old. The Year of the Fire Horse is running now, which tradition counts as a year with no special tie for the Pig. People born in 2007 reach their next běnmìngnián, the year of their own sign, in 2031, when they turn 24 years old.

The Pig comes back every 12 years, each time with a different element. The exact combination of 2007, the Fire Pig, returns every 60 years: in 1947, 2007 and 2067.