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Pig Chinese Zodiac Sign: Traits, Love, Compatibility
The Pig is one of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, earthly branch 亥 (hài), the one of the double hour 21:00-23:00. Generosity and good nature - that is the heart of the character of anyone born in its year.
Pig
The Pig, sometimes called the Boar, is generosity, sincerity and good nature. Open and big hearted, you love life and share it. You believe the best of people, sometimes past the point of sense, and the warmth comes back.
In love
In love you are tender, generous and devoted, and you give from the heart without keeping score. You need a kind, honest partner who will not betray your trust.
In work
You do well where heart, generosity and reliability count: care, hospitality, work you actually enjoy. Scheming and intrigue are foreign to you.
Strengths and weak spots
The 亥 branch: hour, direction and element
In the Chinese cycle this is the twelfth of the twelve earthly branches, 亥 (hài). Tied to it are the double hour 21:00-23:00, the direction north-northwest and the fixed element Water - standing correspondences that do not move with the element of the year. Its season is winter, and in the solar calendar of the four pillars the year starts at the beginning of spring rather than on the first of January.
The links are read off the branch. The trine of affinity gathers on a single element, here Wood: Rabbit and Goat. The pair of the six harmonies gives the Tiger instead, which is a separate tradition. Straight across, six steps around the circle, stands the Snake: the clash of branches, the most charged link of all.
What to keep in mind
The branch 亥 (hài) is a yearly measure: it is the same for everyone born between two Chinese New Years. The element of the year adds the shading - suppleness, intuition, diplomacy for Water - while the hour and the city only show on a chart of the sky. For the year 2031 the switch falls on January 23: born before that date, you still count as the Dog. Your branch hands out no fate at all.
FAQ
Three questions about the branch 亥 (hài): its years, its affinities and its hour.
Which years are Pig years, counting 2031?
1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031. The wheel brings the branch 亥 back every twelve years, while the element of the year turns on ten - so the pairing of animal and element only returns after sixty. If you were born in January or early February, check against the date of Chinese New Year: in 2031 it falls on January 23, and before that date the year still counts as the Dog.
Who does the Pig get on with, Rabbit and Goat or Snake?
The best understanding comes from the trine of affinity, Rabbit and Goat: all three resting on the element Wood. Apart from the trine, the pair of the six harmonies gives the Tiger. The biggest snag comes from the opposite branch, six steps further: the Snake. That said, the branch 亥 stays a yearly measure, and real understanding reads off two whole charts of the sky.
What hour and what direction belong to the branch 亥?
The double hour 21:00-23:00 and the direction north-northwest, with the fixed element Water. Those correspondences belong to the branch itself: they do not move when the element of the year changes, the one that brings suppleness, intuition, diplomacy.
Pig is only the year you were born. The Moon, the ascendant and the planets are waiting in the full chart.
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