Pig Chinese Zodiac

Personality, strengths, compatibility and birth years

The Chinese zodiac assigns each year one of twelve animals on a repeating cycle, set by your birth year rather than your birth date. The animal describes temperament and the company you keep easily — it is a separate system from Western star signs, and the two rarely say the same thing.

Personality

The Pig is the zodiac's generous spirit — compassionate, diligent, and genuinely good-hearted. You approach life with sincerity and an open heart, seeing the best in everyone. Pigs work hard and play harder, enjoying life's pleasures without guilt.

Strengths

Compassionate, generous, diligent, warm, sincere, tolerant

Challenges

Naive, gullible, materialistic, lazy when unmotivated, over-trusting

Best matches

Tiger, Rabbit, Goat

Birth years

1947 (from 22 Jan), 1959 (from 8 Feb), 1971 (from 27 Jan), 1983 (from 13 Feb), 1995 (from 31 Jan), 2007 (from 18 Feb), 2019 (from 5 Feb), 2031 (from 23 Jan).

A Chinese year begins at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January, so the dates above are where each year actually starts. Born before that date and you belong to the previous year's animal — Aethera works this out from your full birth date.

Lucky numbers

2, 5, 8

Lucky colours

Yellow, gray, brown, gold

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The other eleven animals

RatOxTigerRabbitDragonSnakeHorseGoatMonkeyRoosterDog