Pig 豬
Water · Yin
Year of the Pig
The Pig closes the cycle with the rarest trait of all: an unarmored heart that has decided to stay that way. Generous, sincere, and genuinely fond of pleasure — the long dinner, the deep sleep, the friend who stays past midnight — Pigs assume good faith and are right about people more often than cynics predict. The shadow is over-trust and over-give: saying yes past their own limits, mistaking someone’s potential for their behavior. At their best, Pigs prove that softness survives contact with the world — and everyone near them lives a little more honestly because of it.
♥ In love
Wholehearted and affectionate; home is their love language. A Pig needs honesty above all — deceive one and the door closes with surprising finality.
◆ At work
Flourishes in hospitality, food, care, community-building, and any business where trust is the product. Zero-sum politics is the one game a Pig should refuse to learn.
Compatibility
The Pig's trine allies are the Rabbit & Goat — signs whose energy traditionally amplifies theirs. The clash opposite is the Snake: friction that can teach, but takes work. Folklore, not fate.
Pig years
Zodiac years begin at 立春 (Start of Spring, around February 4) — January and early-February births usually belong to the previous animal. Our lookup corrects for this automatically.