Dog and Pig in love
Kind, sincere and comfortable. Both value home life and loyalty, and the Pig's warmth helps the Dog feel safe.
Neutral
Dog and Pig Compatibility
Dog and Pig compatibility: they sit 1 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Neutral”. We score it 68%.
- Relation
- Neutral no classical relation
- Steps apart
- 1 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Dog year
- 2030 starts Feb 3, 2030
- Next Pig year
- 2031 starts Jan 23, 2031
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Neutral
68%
Are the Dog and Pig compatible?
Neighbors at the end of the cycle, the Dog and Pig are usually easy company. The Pig is generous, forgiving and pleasure-loving; the Dog is honest and protective. The Pig's good nature soothes the Dog's anxiety, and the Dog protects the trusting Pig from people who would take advantage.
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Working together
A cooperative, honest team, better at service and community work than at hard-edged competition.
Where it goes wrong
The Dog lecturing the Pig about indulgence, or the Pig avoiding hard conversations to keep the peace.
Over time
How a Dog–Pig relationship usually unfolds
- At first. The Pig's warmth disarms the Dog's caution early, and the Dog's loyalty makes the Pig feel lucky.
- Once settled. A comfortable, honest home where both value family and friends; the Pig softens the Dog's worrying.
- What keeps it working. The Dog easing off the lectures, and the Pig raising hard topics instead of smoothing them over.
Fixed elements
Earth Dog, water Pig
generating · controlling
The Dog’s earth dams the Pig’s water — banks that can channel a river or block it. On the controlling cycle the Dog sets the limits for the Pig.
The fixed element belongs to the animal and never changes; the element of a birth year (wood, fire, earth, metal or water) rotates every two years — see the years below.
On the twelve-year wheel
Where the Dog and the Pig sit on the wheel
- Dog–Pig, 1 step apart: no classical relation.
- San He triangles. Pig with the Rabbit and the Goat (dashed); Dog with the Tiger and the Horse.
- Clash axes. Pig–Snake; Dog–Dragon.
- Secret friends. In the Liu He list the Pig pairs with the Tiger; the Dog pairs with the Rabbit.
- Six harms. Dog and Rooster; Pig and Monkey — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Dog and the Pig sit on the cycle, and the share of the century each one actually holds.
Lunar years run 353 to 385 days, so the Pig ends up with 55 more days than the Dog over the 108-year table: 3,306 against 3,251. As a pairing, one position apart, they make up 1.381% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
A Dog and a Pig can only be these numbers of years apart:
1
year apart
11
years apart
13
years apart
23
years apart
25
years apart
35
years apart
37
years apart
47
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
| Dog | Pig | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Dog 2018 | Fire Pig 2007 | 11 years apart |
| Earth Dog 2018 | Earth Pig 2019 | 1 year apart |
| Fire Dog 2006 | Wood Pig 1995 | 11 years apart |
| Fire Dog 2006 | Fire Pig 2007 | 1 year apart |
| Wood Dog 1994 | Water Pig 1983 | 11 years apart |
| Wood Dog 1994 | Wood Pig 1995 | 1 year apart |
| Water Dog 1982 | Metal Pig 1971 | 11 years apart |
| Water Dog 1982 | Water Pig 1983 | 1 year apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself a Dog or a Pig.
Dog
1958 · 1970 · 1982 · 1994 · 2006 · 2018Pig
1959 · 1971 · 1983 · 1995 · 2007 · 2019Cite this page
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