Complete signature return
1911
- Lunar-year boundary
- 30 January 1911 → 17 February 1912
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 5 February 1911 at 06:10
- Leap month
- Month 6
Yin Metal year pillar
Metal Pig (1911, 1971, 2031, 2091)
Metal Pig years are 1911, 1971, 2031, 2091 within 1901–2099. 辛亥 is pillar 48 of the 60-year cycle: Yin Metal is its year-stem element, while the Pig branch remains Water.
Metal Pig personality
Metal gives the Pig's open-hearted manner firmer boundaries, pairing sincerity with a clearer account of what it is prepared to offer. Resolve helps a generous intention survive beyond its first warm expression. The difficult edge is fixed expectations: giving wholeheartedly can feel disappointing when another person expresses appreciation or returns support in a form different from the one imagined.
Born in 1911, 1971, 2031, 2091? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.
辛亥: pillar anatomy
- Animal branch
- 亥 Hai · Yin Water
- Year stem and fixed branch
- Metal generates Water
- Solar month 10
- Start of Winter · Winter
- Branch compass and double-hour
- NNW · 21:00–23:00
In the Five Phases cycle, Metal feeds Water.
Na Yin pair: 钗钏金
Metal Na Yin · paired with 庚戌 Yang Metal Dog in the 30 Na Yin pairs.
Exact date records
Metal Pig years, 1901–2099
The complete 辛亥 pillar returns every sixty years. Each record below keeps the same animal, stem element, and polarity, while its exact lunar-year boundary and leap-month pattern change.
Complete signature return
1971
- Lunar-year boundary
- 27 January 1971 → 14 February 1972
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 1971 at 19:25
- Leap month
- Month 5
Complete signature return
2031
- Lunar-year boundary
- 23 January 2031 → 10 February 2032
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 4 February 2031 at 08:58
- Leap month
- Month 3
Complete signature return
2091
- Lunar-year boundary
- 18 February 2091 → 6 February 2092
- Li Chun · Start of Spring
- 3 February 2091 at 22:30
- Leap month
- None · twelve lunar months
Metal Pig with the current Yang Fire Horse year
No named branch relation
No named branch relation
Heavenly-stem combination
辛 with 丙 · 五合
Fire controls Metal
Metal year stem with the current Fire year stem.
Same branch, five stems
Compare all five Pig elements
Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.