Chinese Zodiac - Pig (Boar)

2019 is the year of Earth Pig starting from Feb.5, 2019 (Chinese Lunar Near Year) and lasting to Jan. 24, 2020. Pigs are in Ben Ming Nian (zodiac year of birth) and conflict Tai Sui in 2019.

Occupying the last position in 12 Chinese Zodiac animals, Pig is mild and a lucky animal representing carefree fun, good fortune and wealth. Personality traits of the people born under the sign of the Pig are happy, easygoing, honest, trusting, educated, sincere and brave. The possible dark sides the Pig people are stubbornness, naive, over-reliant, self-indulgent, easy to anger and materialistic. They are sometimes regarded as being lazy.

Chinese: 猪 (Zhū)
Earthly Branches: Hai (亥)
Energy: Yin
Five Elements: Water (Shui)

Lucky Things

Lucky Flowers: hydrangea, pitcher plant, marguerite
Lucky Gemstone: Ruby
Lucky Numbers: 2, 5, 8
Lucky Colors: yellow, grey, brown, golden
Lucky Directions: southeast, northeast
Best Match: Sheep, Rabbit, Tiger

Unlucky Things

Unlucky Numbers: 1, 3, 9
Unlucky Colors: Red, Blue, Green
Unlucky Direction: Southeast
Worst Match: Snake, Monkey, Pig

Weekly Horoscope For Pig

Date: Jun 01, 2020 - Jun 07, 2020
You have a flat fortune this week. In terms of work, you can handle most of the emergencies in the work. You have the ability and ambition to redouble your efforts and can achieve good results. In terms of wealth, the wealth fortune is relatively flat. You'd better to save the idle money in case of emergency. In terms of love, you singles are suggested to go to the party more. Making more friends, you may encounter someone who is destined.

Weekly Horoscope for Pig

Years of the Pig

Start Date End Date Associated Element Heavenly Branch
02/04/1935 01/23/1936 Yin Wood Yi Hai
01/22/1947 02/09/1948 Yin Fire Ding Hai
02/08/1959 01/27/1960 Yin Earth Ji Hai
01/27/1971 02/24/1972 Yin Metal Xin Hai
02/13/1983 02/01/1984 Yin Water Gui Hai
01/31/1995 02/18/1996 Yin Wood Yi Hai
02/18/2007 02/06/2008 Yin Fire Ding Hai
02/05/2019 01/24/2020 Yin Earth Ji Hai
01/23/2031 02/10/2032 Yin Metal Xin Hai

Personality of Pig

Pig Man and Women Peronality Traits
Male Pig Personality   
Female Pig Personality  

Pig People's Personality by Five Elements
Click the following links to get personalities and horoscope for the five types of Pig.
Water Pig: 1983 (Feb. 13, 1983 - Feb. 01, 1984)
Metal Pig: 1971 (Jan. 27, 1971 - Feb. 24, 1972)
Earth Pig: 1959 (Feb. 08, 1959 - Jan. 27, 1960) and 2019 (Feb. 05, 2019 - Jan. 24, 2020)
Fire Pig: 1947 (Jan. 22, 1947 - Feb. 09, 1948) and 2007 (Feb.18, 2007 - Feb. 06, 2008)
Wood Pig: 1935 (Feb. 04, 1935 - Jan. 23, 1936) and 1995 (Jan. 31, 1995 - Feb. 18, 1996)

Pig People's Personality by Blood Types
→ Pig People with Blood Type O
→ Pig People with Blood Type A
→ Pig People with Blood Type B
→ Pig People with Blood Type AB

The pig, closely related to us is thought to be clumsy, lazy and smelly. While, scientific research shows that they are clever and pretty clean. There are wild boars living in mountain forests that are thought to be ferocious. It is said that when a group of boars walk together, the leader will erect his tail to show him as the leader. It is the same as the people born in the year of the Pig. If they are supervisors in an organization, they always remember to show themselves as the leader and sometimes may act arbitrarily.
 
Warm-hearted, honest and tolerant to others, the people under the Pig sign are always full of friends as they are faithful to them and set a high value on friendship. Whenever a friend is in need, they will help without hesitation. Also, they dislike quarreling and are magnanimous to let bygones be bygones. So, they usually can get along very well with others. Although thought to be materialists, they are not stingy and would like to share what they have with others.
 
In career, once meeting frustration, the Pig people is easy to lose confidence, care too much about other’s sneers, and thus look down on themselves. Therefore, try to calm down and communicate with colleagues are important at that time. On the other hand, they are diligent and always spare no effort to finish the duties. So, good luck often favors them. They are also patient in their jobs which make them good teachers.
 
Their shortcomings are too kind-hearted to easily believe in others, lack of responsibility, near-sighted and only paying attention to the present. Also, they are not good at money management.

Please click for more about  Pig Personality Traits

Compatibility with other Animals

Each Chinese zodiac sign has compatible or incompatible signs according to their characteristics’ compatibility. If your find your signs are compatible, you could get along well in most cases. In opposite, you need to do more effort to be together harmoniously.

Following are the compatibility chart of the Pig with other signs. → more about Pig Compatibility.


Best Match

Lively Pair

Worst Match

Best Birth Dates, Months and Times

Pig's Fate by Birth Time
The birth time of people plays a very important role in terms of whether the destiny is auspicious or not. People under the Pig sign born in different time periods will have different characters and fate. Those who were born and will be born between 05:00AM - 07:00AM, 07:00AM - 09:00AM, 03:00PM - 05:00PM and 07:00PM - 09:00PM are most auspicious.

Pig's Fate by Birth Date
The Pig people born in the 4th, 6th, 7th, 11th, 17th, 24th, 29th or the 30th day are usually blessed with good luck and fortune during the whole life.

Pig's Fate by Birth Month
Best Birth Months: The pig people born in January, February, April, September and November  are lucky. Following are personalities and horoscope for Pigs born during these months.
January: The Pig People born in January are of great leaning and ability. Good fortune favors them for their whole life. Also, they are blessed with a long life, good health and happiness.
February: The Pigs with the birth month of February are very talented, kind and full of vigor. They are lucky to get help from the elders and assistance from benefactors. They could be very dignified and healthy during the life.
April: With the birth month of April, they are clever, talented, frank and honest in nature. Also, they usually are fast thinkers and eloquent. In their life, they could live comfortably, happily and gloriously. 
September: Having ample food and clothing, the Pigs born during this month are free from toil and worry. They could enjoy a leisurely life like a fairy. However, they should do more exercise to ensure a good health.
November: The Pigs born in November are smart, easy-going and also have good features. They could get respected from other by their honesty and sincerity. No matter in family or career, they are usually free of worries and pains. The whole life for them will be safe and happy.

Note: The dates and months here is based on the Chinese lunar calendar. Please use the Gregorian-Chinese Calendar Converter tool on Chinese calendar page to find your lunar birth date and month.

Pig in Love

People whose zodiac sign is Pig are good-natured, resolute, steadfast and generous. They prefer the simple life and are more pragmatic in love relationship – would like the everlasting relationship rather than the temporary passion.

How to Know a Pig is in Love with You?
Male Pigs' Attitude Towards Love
Female Pigs' Attitude Towards Love

Careers for Pig

The Pig people are gentle and warm-hearted. Therefore, they are fit to engage in social charity and welfare programs. Also, the magnanimous and tolerant Pigs can be excellent teachers. What the Pigs should avoid is financial related works as they are easy to be cheated in nature. Other suitable jobs for the Pig include scientists, writers, art creators, engineers, technologists, and health care providers.
 
● Best Working Partners: Tiger, Rabbit and Sheep
● Best Age to Start a Business for Pig: Age 40 – 50
● Best Career Field for Pig: Agriculture
● Best Business to Do: Restaurant
● Best Direction for Career: South, North and Southeast

Auspicious Chinese Names for the Pig

When selecting a Chinese name for the people born in the year of Pig, there are some dos and don’ts you need to know which are based on the characters of the Pig, zodiac compatibility and Chinese five element theories. Let's take a look at what are good and auspicious names for the male and female Pigs.
Auspicious Chinese Names for Pig Year People

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Chinese Calendar

SuMoTuWeThFrSa
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初四/4
27
初五/5
28
初六/6
29
初七/7
30
初八/8
1
初九/9
2
初十/10
3
十一/11
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十二/12
5
十三/13
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十四/14
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十五/15
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十六/16
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十七/17
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十八/18
11
十九/19
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二十/20
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廿一/21
14
廿二/22
15
廿三/23
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廿四/24
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廿五/25
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廿六/26
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廿七/27
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廿八/28
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廿九/29
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三十/30
四月 (Apr)
23
初一/1
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初二/2
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初三/3
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初四/4
27
初五/5
28
初六/6
29
初七/7
30
初八/8
31
初九/9
1
初十/10
2
十一/11
3
十二/12
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十三/13
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十四/14
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十五/15

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