GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Loving, tolerant, honest, appreciative of luxury, gallant, trusting, careful, naive, and self-indulgent.

People in the sign of the Pig are honest, frank, and polite. They have a calm appearance and use their strong hearts and inner strength to enable them to do whatever they want. They like sleeping and eating and can become clumsy, lazy, and fat. Generally optimistic and tolerant types, they choose few friends but are kind, affectionate, and loyal for life. It’s not until they become your friends that you can appreciate their virtue, advantages, and faithful friendship. Quiet but studious and always well-informed, they do not retreat from goals. Pigs were once regarded as wealth, as they follow their intuition and can bring affluence to people.

STRENGTHS

The Pig is tolerant, optimistic, well-behaved, and hates fighting and arguing. They are kind to their loved ones. They are not afraid of difficulties and problems but try to work through them to resolve them. They treat friends sincerely and do not tell lies unless they have to. They are kind, light-hearted, have no calculation to harm others, and can usually sleep easily.

WEAKNESSES

They are trusting and sometimes naive, so they may easily fall into traps. Although they are loyal to friends, they do not have many friends. They are hot-tempered and impulsive. They are not good at communicating with others. They may not know when to stop if they play pranks on people.

ELEMENT STRUCTURE

Pig represents the beginning of winter when the Water Element is starting to gain strength. It carries mainly Yang Water, with additional Yang Wood (which needs to be activated through a Harmony with Rabbit or Goat).

CHART INTERACTIONS

Harmony: Pig belongs to the Wood Element structure, together with Rabbit and Goat. It has hidden Yang Wood which needs to be activated by a Rabbit or Goat.

Combination: Pig combines with Tiger; such combo can produce an additional Yang Wood Element.

Clash: Snake and Pig are in a double clash. Yang Fire vs. Yang Water, and Yang Metal vs. Yang Wood.

Harm: Pig and Monkey are considered to be in a Mutual Harm relationship. Monkey’s Yang Metal is trying to control Pig’s Yang Wood, while Pig’s Yang Wood is trying to obtain Monkey’s Yang Earth.