The baby has good company! Which is to say, I'm a pig. :)

Where'd you get that pig picture? I must have it! :-)

My sources indicate this as the year of the fire pig.

ANYTHING THAT GIVES PEOPLE HOPE IN THIS LIFETIME IS WELL WORTH IT. KEEP ON BELIEVING AND MAY GOD BE WITH YOU.

I think you should double check the "600 years." I have read and heard from other sources (including local Chinese--I live in Shanghai) that the Golden Pig happens every "60 years." The reason is there are 12 zodiac signs/years that rotate with the 5 elements--earth, fire, water, wood, and gold. FYI...

Golden or No Golden, I'm gonna be a father.... Hahahahaha....

Congratulations!

You're going to love it!

Especially at 4 months, they start to look at you, laugh, smile, etc.

Mine, 7 mos, has started banging on a keyboard. Muahahahaha


Dr. Royal

sigh....
mine is going to arrive days short of the official beginning date... does that mean I am going to have a wild dog instead?

:(
Hi,
2007 is not gloden pig year,but Soil pig according to chinese 5 elements theory.

tmt and Bugmaster, my guess is that you guys are just being sour grape because you won't be a pround parent in the year of the golden pig. I, on the other hand, will be a proud mother of a little golden piggy. You can believe whatever you want to believe, while I am going to continue my believe that it IS the year of the golden pig.

Chinese Zodiac says that the Year of the Golden Fire Pig comes only once every 600 years and rumor has it, 2007 is this special year. It is Golden because the combination of elemental Fire, the sign Pig, and Yin/Yang components bring this year once every six centuries!

It is said that children born under this sign will live in comfort as wealth and luck are always near. The Fire Pig is known to have traits of wealth, prosperity, luck and fertility.

Seems it's the year of the "Golden Fire Pig"...

The first few months of '07 should be interesting: I'm married to a Chinese Singaporean; no pressure from the family to have a 'Golden Pig' baby -- just to get busy and have a baby! We'll see what we can do... and, hey, might as well strike while the fire is golden.

Gong Xi Fa Cai!
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"Fire is red or yellow, and this is associated with gold; in China, for example, red is considered a lucky color, and money is traditionally given in red envelopes. Accordingly, the Year of the Fire Pig becomes the Year of the Golden Pig. This occurs only once every 60 years, and is considered a particularly auspicious time to have children. It is believed children born during a pig year will be particularly successful in acquiring material wealth. Those born during a "golden pig" year, doubly so."
http://www.seoulselection.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3897&sid=9bf86fdad404edd19abcd3cdf5d26e36
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"According to Chinese folk customs, 2007 is the 'Year of Gold', one of the five elements, and also is the 'Year of the Pig', a sign on the Chinese zodiac. The pig is regarded as good luck for a good life. A 'Golden Pig' baby has the benefit of being born under two lucky signs."
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-01/11/content_781352.htm

It's every 60 years and not 600 years, and maybe, that's why you weren't able to find the records. But whatsoever, good news is always better than bad so don't be a pooper.

Hmmm - seeing I turn 60 this year (and if the 60 year theory is correct) I should have had a very fortunate life. I have not seen wealth yet; had bowel cancer (but did recover); my life has been stressful - but I'm not in the "looney bin" (yet) - so is that fortunate? I guess it depends if you are a pessimist or optimist? Or maybe all the good things are still to come?

The 12 Chinese zodiac signs (e.g., pig, dog, tiger, etc.)rotate through 5 elements: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. The year of the golden pig occurs every 60 yars (12 x 5), not every 600 years.

The new year should be 'Fire Pig' year, not 'Golden Pig'. Check out this website. http://www.tuvy.com/entertainment/chinese_horoscope.htm

And it's definitely every 60 years, not 600 years.

The new year is definitely a 'Fire Pig' year, not 'Golden Pig'. And it's every 60 years, not 600 years. But I heard that people born in pig year are very smart people, no matter what pig.
Check out this website. http://www.tuvy.com/entertainment/chinese_horoscope.htm

Congratulations on your upcoming Golden Pig baby!

Obviously, any records of the awesome golden pig babies of 600 years ago were naturally destroyed by jealous non-awesome golden pig babies.

I just found this in another Korean Article, about the 600 years vs. 60 years, I guess it is a matter of who you happen to be talking to.



"There are 12 animals in the Asian horoscope, and each sign comes around once every 12 years. Put together in a combination with elements such as water, fire and earth, each year is characterized to certain special meaning. Twelve different signs with five elements means you have 60 possible combinations.

The golden pig year — calculated through yin-and-yang theory (and called a myth by the Korea Times) — happens only every 600 years. It is said that children born in the year of the golden pig will have great fortune. And it's a huge marketing event in South Korea."

I, too, am having a golden piglet this summer! I am hoping he has a wonderful life! This is exciting!

Radio host, Art Bell, -http://www.coasttocoastam.com/- mentioned the year of the golden pig Saturday night. And I decided to GOOGLE it, and came up with your site. Thanks for the info. And CONGRATS poppa to be! By the way, Art and his wife Ayrin (sp?) are expecting a baby girl in June. They've decided to name her Asia.

i love the golden pig and im getting a baby

The year of the Golden (fire) Pig Occurs every 60 years, not 600 years. a child born this year is believe to be lucky throughout their life.

I'll go for the 600 instead of the 60. Our 3rd great-grandson was born Jan. 23rd 2007, and I plan on being around to watch him gather all that luck & wealth! granny

1.The website http://www.tuvy.com/entertainment/chinese_horoscope.htm is not an accurate site, it marks the Pig as OX. For that, I won't trust its source.

2. Each element + animal sign will occur every 60 yrs, not 600.

3. Babies that were born before Chinese new year day Feb. 18, 2007 would be Dog, not Golden Pig.

Completely bullshit for the golden pig year !! I, being a Chinese, grown up in Hong Kong - China, have never heard or being told of this myth thing.

Exactly, my parents have never heard of the Golden Pig Year and they have been born and raised in china. Imagine millions of children born this year and all those wealthy children, gee what chaos would this world be in, it would be unjust, its bull. Its a myth right, no scientific fact? Well, im not that type who believes in myths. I believe in christianity, where they support science because its the discovery of our world. Not like these horoscopes myth shit that could be fake or not. No offence to any believers.

I am having two golden piggies his year :)

There is no element of "Gold". The element is "Metal". "Golden" refers to the colour of the "Fire" element, which in itself is auspicious (but aren't they all). Therefore this is the year of the Fire Pig but is also known as the "red" or "Golden" Pig. However, it is still a very auspicious year. By the way, the New Year actually started on 4th February (firts day of Spring), due to the previous year being a leap year (and hence an extra month), the official celebrations started a month later. So those born on or after 4th Feb are / will be "Golden Piglets"!. Happy New Year to one and all and much health, wealth and happiness to all the little piglets.

Yep - two golden piglets coming into my life, too!

Hi it is said that all Pigs experience a prosperous and wealthy life, And the golden year of the Pig is of more significance for Pigs born before such as me born 1983

Great good fortune? Hey, myth or fact (hard to tell the difference if you ask me) I'll take it!

I heard 60 and 600 being thrown around as the frequency of teh "GOlden Pig". I think 60 is the proper number because of the 5 element and 12 animal cycle (5x12=60). And I would agree with the earlier post about this being the Fire element.

In any case, we are expecting our own "golden pig", although my wife and I joked that we're just having a "BBQ pork" :), because in reality it's just a Fire Pig.

Also, too many people assume the new animal starts on Chinese New Year, but it's on the "First Day of Spring", which is always Feb 4th of the solar calendar. Other important dates like the Winter solstice (Dong Zhi) also happens to fall the same day each year on the solar calendar.

When is the year of the golden Ox?

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How does one find out which "Pig" (i.e golden,bronze.silver Etc...) fall under and are all pigs a good sign?

I think that people should be allowed to believe what they wish to believe. Modern life is getting harsher as the years continue on and finding a special genuine happiness (whatever that source) shouldn't be a crime.

Let's face it, 99 percent of religions have parts where there seems to be just that little bit of hypocrisy and a few conflicting stories.

Why are there people that carry on these seemingly mindless 'stupid' beliefs? Because it's something to look forward to. I raise my eyebrow at the individual who came on here acting as if Christianity is some kind of no nonsense, one hundred percent, factual religion and fobbing the beliefs of the Chinese people - as if it were all tribal mumbo jumbo.

With my annoying critical adult mind I've seen conflicting parts to all religions and beliefs i've come across but I don't go out of my way to offend those people.

If someone tries to force their belief onto me then it's another story. I won't bite my tongue and politeness goes out the window! (haha)

Let's learn a nice phrase:

"Live and let live"!

I think the the year of the golden comes every 60 years.Im learning about chinese new year at school, and the class including the teacher thinks it comes every 60 years too.

Chinese New Year is a two week Spring festival celebrated for over 5,000 years in China. The San Francisco Chinese New Year celebration originated in the 1860's during the Gold Rush day and is now the largest Asian event in North America as well as the largest general market event in Northern California.
You are welcome to check images at

http://www.featurepics.com/Editorial/Chinese-New-Year.aspx

They say when the Messiah comes the pig will become Kosher. G-d willing he will come immediately and it will be a golden year for the world.

i dunno, but either way, you guys are very blessed.

if anyone wants a real life testimonial about feng shui, my parents are living proof. lol. we were always an average family, financially. about 6 years ago, my parents started practicing feng shui religiously and let's just say they're VERY comfortable, considering they were poor immigrants from the philippines some 35 years ago.

i don't practice it just YET, because i want to do more research before investing time, money and faith into it. but i think feng shui has its truths.

Just wanted to give a shout out to my new baby golden piglet, Trent Michael, born on 3/03/07 same day as the lunar eclipse! My first and very special kid!

Year of the Starving Pig?

In January, I wrote that according to the Chinese Zodiac, this is the Year of the Golden Pig . According

The Fire Pig became a Golden Pig because of Emperor Wu De of the Tang, who switched Chinese currency to ingots (zhu). In 627 CE, the first year of the reign of Zheng Guan was known as the jin zhu (gold ingot) year. This was a Fire Pig year, and the character for pig (zhu) is a homonym for the zhu that is "ingot." Phonetics turned a gold ingot year into a golden pig year. Memories of the prosperous Tang era, and the correspondence with a new reign, an ingot and a pig, sealed the auspiciousness of the occasion.

the year of the pig 2007 is a fire pig year

the elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and air rotate of a 12 x 5 (60 year) cycle.

there is an additional aspect to the year which is the
heaven element (which this year is gold)

so it is a golden fire pig year

(i should know, i am a metal pig and i have been waiting a long time for this year to come around)

the next time i or anyone can expect to
be in their exact year (animal/element) is on your 1st, 60th & if very lucky 12th birthday

it gets complicated - you also have a companion animal which is like your inner guide. this can be any of the animals in the twelve depending on a 2 hour slot in a 24 hour day that you were born.

hope this clears things up

pig year is the end of the cycle of 12
therefore it is a year of celebration auguring change.

auspicious, good for business and generally for having a great time - not just for those born under pig but for everyone.

pigs are loyal, calm, trustworthy and lucky to have around.

the actual animal sign is wild boar. a formidable opponent to any creature, armed with sharp tusks and a
temper not to be trifled with. beware predators, mess with a pig and risk a mortal wound when you could attack something smaller.

the chinese see that the pig eats all day, sleeps all day and has no cares in the world.

a lucky animal indeed.

the reason it is 12th in line (apparently there are many traditions) but the one i like is that the
other animals asked the pig to justify - it said it's meat was very tasty. the other animals finding this very distasteful ordered the pig to the back of the line. probably more correct in the nature of the pig

is that just as buddha was about to close the race, ( the following day) the pig casually rolled up.

what happened ? says buddha - i got hungry, stopped for something to eat and then fell asleep!

so that was that, the pig was the last animal to enter the chinese zodiac.


by
christos hatjoullis - a metal pig in a golden fire year. I'm liking that

Hurrah, my son and daughter in law have had a little golden pig today. She is beautiful and wealthy in love.

oink

so we're into April is it still Year of the yellow or Year of the red?

inquiring marketing man wishes to know!

600 years? Golden pig? Mate, I dunno where you get your info, but it's well bodgy. I won't repeat the umpteen corrections that others have given you, except to say last golden pig year was 1971.

Anyway, here's how to work out which element maps to which year. The last digit of the year tells you the element, like so:

0,1 => gold (aka metal)
2,3 => water
4,5 => wood
6,7 => fire
8,9 => earth

Example: Current 60-year cycle started in 1984, year of the wooden mouse. 2008 is year of the earth mouse.

My boyfriend and i are both golden pigs and have always been very fortunate. Whilst we are not rich we have never had major money problems even though neither of us is in the least bit materialistic. This year my grandchild will be born and another golden pig will join our family. I should like to make a picture of a golden pig for the child and would appreciate if someone could send me a beautiful image of a golden pig which might inspire my painting. Please send it to: thebreezeandi@hotmail.co.uk

golden pig or not...i am fortunate to have 2 piggies in my so far...and this will be number 3. wealth or luck...they are the sweetest most compassionate people in my life.
my husband was born in jan 1972 and my daughter born nov 1995...i am truly blessed and i know i will continue to be...

from a stubborn ox...

Year of the Female Red Fire Pig AKA Golden Pig Once Every 60 years ... This year 4705 more correct than 4704 because year started in Dec. Chinese Calendar....

It's worth noting that the last Year of the Golden Pig was 1947, two years before Mao took power, and a year that also saw the birth of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elton John and Hillary Clinton.

The Fire Pig became a Golden Pig because of Emperor Wu De of the Tang, who switched Chinese currency to ingots.

Anyway, here's how to work out which element maps to which year. The last digit of the year tells you the element, like so:

0,1 => metal
2,3 => water
4,5 => wood
6,7 => fire (red aka golden )
8,9 => earth

Pig Element is mostly water and some wood
Golden Pig is like a ying yang thing ... fire and water
with some wood to keep the fire from burning out.
Pigs are lucky and loyal.

Is the Golden Pig Ying or Yang?
1947
1971
2007
2031

2 of these are not Golden Pigs.... But they are all The Year of the Pig.

I'm a water pig, but congrats to your golden pig!
Tell the kid it's great being a pig, b/c when other kids make fun of his appetite, it's not really being mean, it's just emphasizing a fact. Us pigs have good appetites, and we'll never starve to death!
I'm also a June pig, and apparently, the early summer pigs are especially lucky b/c everything in the world is our food. This translates into us never having to fear poverty and lack in our lives. So says my zen-buddist (sp?) great aunt. She's a smart nut and knows these things.

I'm from Jamaica...and I'm pleased to say that I also had a beautiful Golden Pig On July 1, 2007. He's my first child ...and he is such a blessing. I do believe he will be lucky in Love , wealth, health and prosperity.

congrats to all those who are having and who have become proud parents of golden piggy's.
My little piggy is due Jan 10 2008, so she just makes it :)
I'd love to add some wisdom, but I was only informed tonight that my daughter will be a Golden pig, and was given to believe that this only occurs once every 60 years.

You know, I just had a Golden Pig baby on May first and she is {I say this with modesty} perfect in all respects. I do know a golden Pig from 1971. My friend Amy. She is not "rich" persay but she has married a younger investment banker who adores her ... that counts right? Moreover, she is amazingly self-reliant and hard-working, so she has never gotten into debt. If my wee Piggy is anything like Amy I'll consider that plenty "lucky". Congrats on your fatherhood, BTW. Parenthood is wonderful and you will love it once you adjust to sleep deprivation and constant worry :0)

Corrections: According to several sites on the web the last year of the Golden (fire) Pig was Jan. 1947 - Feb. 1948. Not 1971. That was a Metal Pig. Lot's of places are quoting it wrong. However, it is a yin fire year and sits on water, which means a year of strife and opposing forces in the babies' lives. The good news is the Golden Pig luck is supposed to help them overcome these obstructions and come out on top. Hmmmm ... The Pigs I know have seemed to have done well in life. I am not trying to convince anyone this is true (it's mostly fun) but my Dad the Golden Pig did overcome being born in a coal mining camp of Eastern Kentucky and went to Med School and in general has landed in clover ... clover that he work his arse off for that is. So I've got my fingers crossed that my wee Piggy is as 'lucky' (i.e. smart & driven) as her grandpa.

It occurs every 60 years, not 600 years.

The last golden year of the pig was 1971. It has a 60 year cycle, not a 600 year cycle. The next golden year will be 2031.

Well, according to this article in the Washington Post that is...:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/28/AR2007022802104.html


Me? I'm a '71 Piglet. :)

i heard that golden pig comes around once every thousand years....
im glad i have a baby on the year of the golden pig....

WOW!Now Im really confused! Oh well, since no one REALLY knows what the deal is, I can make my own "myth" about mysterious Golden Pig.(Me 1971, My Baby 2007) 2 golden pigs.. Powerball here I come!

I was born in the year of the pig,1983, but i have not had a life of material wealth or any other wealth for that matter,. but my son who was born on the 1st day of the chinese new year in the year of the golden pig,i have high hopes,.
and from what i have heard from my neighbors, even though i live in San Francisco, it is every 60 years,.

well who really knows, My golden piggie was born on July 16 2007, and I hope he has a healthy, prosperous life!

My third child arrived on 2nd Oct 2007. She is truely special to us, we beleived it's our 'golden babe', and she was bless by Pope Benedict on 20th July 2008 at Randwick, Sydney. Is that great to start with for little Golden Pig.

my sis is a golden pig too

If no one correct this yet, its every 60 years, not 600 years. Cheers

my son was born april 1 2007 and he has had so much cruelty and tragedy in his young life, I can only believe he will be blessed 10 fold for what he has endured and will be all the more compassionate and wise for it. there must be a fair God out there who will bless my golden pig because he is so deserving.

This may help a few people...

It is not just because 2007 was fire pig, but fire gold pig year. It is based on three things, not two. So not every 60 years which is why it is special.

Begin End Heaven Element Combination Element Sign
1960 Feb 4 1961 Jun 3 金 Metal earth 鼠 Rat
1961 Feb 4 1962 Jun 3 金 Metal earth 牛 Ox
1962 Feb 4 1963 Jun 3 水 Water Gold 虎 Tiger
1963 Feb 4 1964 Jun 3 水 Water Gold 兔 Rabbit
1964 Feb 4 1965 Jun 3 木 Wood fire 龍 Dragon
1965 Feb 4 1966 Jun 3 木 Wood fire 蛇 Snake
1966 Feb 4 1967 Jun 3 火 Fire water 馬 Horse
1967 Feb 4 1968 Jun 3 火 Fire water 羊 Sheep
1968 Feb 4 1969 Jun 3 土 Earth earth 猴 Monkey
1969 Feb 4 1970 Jun 3 土 Earth earth 雞 Rooster
1970 Feb 4 1971 Jun 3 金 Metal Gold 狗 Dog
1971 Feb 4 1972 Jun 3 金 Metal Gold 豬 Pig
1972 Feb 4 1973 Jun 3 水 Water wood 鼠 Rat
1973 Feb 4 1974 Jun 3 水 Water wood 牛 Ox
1974 Feb 4 1975 Jun 3 木 Wood water 虎 Tiger
1975 Feb 4 1976 Jun 3 木 Wood water 兔 Rabbit
1976 Feb 4 1977 Jun 3 火 Fire earth 龍 Dragon
1977 Feb 4 1978 Jun 3 火 Fire earth 蛇 Snake
1978 Feb 4 1979 Jun 3 土 Earth fire 馬 Horse
1979 Feb 4 1980 Jun 3 土 Earth fire 羊 Sheep
1980 Feb 4 1981 Jun 3 金 Metal wood 猴 Monkey
1981 Feb 4 1982 Jun 3 金 Metal wood 雞 Rooster
1982 Feb 4 1983 Jun 3 水 Water water 狗 Dog
1983 Feb 4 1984 Jun 3 水 Water water 豬 Pig
1984 Feb 4 1985 Jun 3 木 Wood Gold 鼠 Rat
1985 Feb 4 1986 Jun 3 木 Wood Gold 牛 Ox
1986 Feb 4 1987 Jun 3 火 Fire fire 虎 Tiger
1987 Feb 4 1988 Jun 3 火 Fire fire 兔 Rabbit
1988 Feb 4 1989 Jun 3 土 Earth wood 龍 Dragon
1989 Feb 4 1990 Jun 3 土 Earth wood 蛇 Snake
1990 Feb 4 1991 Jun 3 金 Metal earth 馬 Horse
1991 Feb 4 1992 Jun 3 金 Metal earth 羊 Sheep
1992 Feb 4 1993 Jun 3 水 Water Gold 猴 Monkey
1993 Feb 4 1994 Jun 3 水 Water Gold 雞 Rooster
1994 Feb 4 1995 Jun 3 木 Wood fire 狗 Dog
1995 Feb 4 1996 Jun 3 木 Wood fire 豬 Pig
1996 Feb 4 1997 Jun 3 火 Fire water 鼠 Rat
1997 Feb 4 1998 Jun 3 火 Fire water 牛 Ox
1998 Feb 4 1999 Jun 3 土 Earth earth 虎 Tiger
1999 Feb 4 2000 Jun 3 土 Earth earth 兔 Rabbit
2000 Feb 4 2001 Jun 3 金 Metal Gold 龍 Dragon
2001 Feb 4 2002 Jun 3 金 Metal Gold 蛇 Snake
2002 Feb 4 2003 Jun 3 水 Water wood 馬 Horse
2003 Feb 4 2004 Jun 3 水 Water wood 羊 Sheep
2004 Feb 4 2005 Jun 3 木 Wood water 猴 Monkey
2005 Feb 4 2006 Jun 3 木 Wood water 雞 Rooster
2006 Feb 4 2007 Jun 3 火 Fire earth 狗 Dog
2007 Feb 4 2008 Jun 3 火 Fire Gold 豬 Pig
2008 Feb 4 2009 Jun 3 土 Earth fire 鼠 Rat
2009 Feb 4 2010 Jun 3 土 Earth fire 牛 Ox
2010 Feb 4 2011 Jun 3 金 Metal wood 虎 Tiger

Hi Jenny,

Thanks for the info above. It is very interesting but how do you know when is the golden year? How do you calculate the combination element to arrive at the golden year as gold doesn't seem to go in a pattern? ie. When is the next golden year?

Can you provide beyond 2020? Also why does your calculation starts 4th Feb and ends 3rd Jun?

The Chinese years have 12 signs and each sign 5 base elements. For Pig Years:
Each sign has a golden year for that sign and element it cycles 10 instances every 10 Fire Pig year from a reference is a Golden Fire Pig Year 1 in 600 Fire pig is 1 in 60 and Pig is 1 in 12.
Golden
1911***1923***1935***1947***1959***1971***1983**1995**2007***2019
Metal Water Wood Fire Earth Metal Water Wood Fire Earth

Next Fire Pig is 2067, 2127, 2187, 2247, 2307, 2367, 2427, 2487 etc
Next Golden Fire Pig is 2607 and then 3207 and 3807
Chinese years are based on the Luna year not 1 jan