Pig Chinese zodiac gold emblem

Year of the Pig

Earthly Branch 亥 (Hài) · Fixed Element Water
Recent years: 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031, 2043

The Pig closes the twelve-year cycle, and is traditionally read as the most generous and easygoing sign in it — genuinely happy to share what they have, and rarely holding a grudge once a conflict has passed. A Pig tends to assume good faith first.

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Pig Personality Traits

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

A Pig's warmth makes them the person others feel safe bringing a problem to, and their diligence — once they've actually decided a project matters — tends to be underestimated by people who mistake ease-going for laziness.

Weaknesses

Trusting people by default leaves a Pig more exposed to being taken advantage of, and their general contentment can occasionally shade into avoiding a confrontation that genuinely needed to happen.

Pig Compatibility

Best matchesRabbit, Goat
More challenging matchesSnake, Monkey

Rabbit and Goat both share the Pig's gentle, generous style, which makes for an easy, low-friction match. Snake's guarded, strategic style can feel at odds with the Pig's instinct to trust openly.

Pig Chinese zodiac illustration 亥 · Hài · Water

Best Careers for Pig

People-centered and hospitality-adjacent fields — event planning, food and hospitality, philanthropy, customer relations — give the Pig's generosity and warmth somewhere to land productively.

Lucky Numbers, Colors & Direction

Numbers
2, 5, 8
Colors
Yellow, grey, brown
Direction
Southeast

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