Born in 1959, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?

According to Chinese Astrology, 1959 is the Year of the Pig and it is the Earth element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1959 are Pigs. The Chinese Pig year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 8 February 1959 and 27 January 1960 are considered born in the Chinese year 1959 and are a Pig sign. In addition, each Pig year is also represented by 5 elements in Chinese astrology that express character and behavior. Therefore, each year it is referred to with a different zodiac animal name and a different element name, and this repeats only once in 60 years. 1959 is also known as the Year of the Earth Pig. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1959 is Yin (-) according to the Chinese calendar.

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Famous people from the Year of the Pig and 1959

Famous People Born in the Year of the Pig and Chinese Year 1959. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Pig 1959. Some of them are the following;
Date Name
1959 Tim Raines, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1960 Mark Rylance, English actor, director, and playwright
1959 Ali Campbell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 Steve Hanley, Irish-English bass player and songwriter
1959 Greg Matthews, Australian cricketer
1959 Lonny Price, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1959 Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic
1959 Koenraad Elst, Belgian orientalist and author
1959 Ikue Sakakibara, Japanese actress and singer
1959 Daniela Romo, Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess
1959 Linda Nolan, Irish singer and actress
1959 Crin Antonescu, Romanian educator and politician, former Interim President of Romania
1959 Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer
1959 Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1959 Todd Solondz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1959 Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (d. 2013)
1959 Baron Waqa, Nauruan composer and politician, 14th President of Nauru
1959 Uma Bharti, Indian activist and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
1959 Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 Jim Kerr, Scottish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1959 Daniel Xuereb, French footballer
1959 Beth Broderick, American actress and director
1959 Sakis Tsiolis, Greek footballer and manager
1960 Dominique Wilkins, French-American basketball player and manager
1959 Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
1959 Albert Owen, Welsh sailor and politician
1959 Andrew Marr, Scottish journalist and author
1960 Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician
1959 Rick Bragg, American author and journalist
1959 Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland