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 Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer and basket weaver
1959 Caroline Goodall, English actress and screenwriter
1959 Dai Davies Welsh politician and independent Member of Parliament (MP)
1959 Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
1959 Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor
1959 Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge
1959 Stephen Hepburn, English politician
1959 Juan J. Campanella, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer
1959 Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator
1960 Dominique Wilkins, French-American basketball player and manager
1959 Mark Ella, Australian rugby player
1959 Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1959 Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer
1959 Kathy Mattea, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball player and coach
1959 Eliot Teltscher, American tennis player
1959 Hugo Swire, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
1959 Danny Bonaduce, American actor and wrestler
1959 Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, American author and academic
1959 Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter
1959 Sean Bean, English actor
1960 Sidney Lowe, American basketball player
1959 Susan Faludi, American journalist, author and feminist
1959 Óscar Aguirregaray, Uruguayan footballer
1959 Maurice G. Dantec, French-born Canadian science fiction writer (d. 2016)
1959 Babyface, American singer-songwriter and producer
1959 Nina Hartley, American pornographic actress/director, sex educator, sex-positive feminist, and author
1959 Ron Drummond, American author and scholar
1959 Marcus Miller, American bass player, composer, and producer