Dragon and Pig in love
Affectionate and forgiving. The Pig accepts the Dragon's big personality without feeling threatened.
Neutral
Dragon and Pig Compatibility
Dragon and Pig compatibility: they sit 5 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Neutral”. We score it 68%.
- Relation
- Neutral no classical relation
- Steps apart
- 5 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Dragon year
- 2036 new year in late Jan or Feb
- Next Pig year
- 2031 starts Jan 23, 2031
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Neutral
68%
Are the Dragon and Pig compatible?
An easygoing, neutral pairing. The Pig is generous, good-humored and happy to let others take the spotlight; the Dragon enjoys being admired. The Pig's warmth softens the Dragon, and the Dragon's drive can help the Pig achieve more than it would alone.
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Working together
The Dragon leads and the Pig builds goodwill with everyone else.
Where it goes wrong
The Dragon taking the Pig's generosity for granted.
Over time
How a Dragon–Pig relationship usually unfolds
- At first. The Pig enjoys the Dragon's big personality without feeling threatened, and the Dragon relaxes around the Pig.
- Once settled. A generous, sociable household where the Dragon leads and the Pig makes everyone comfortable.
- What keeps it working. The Dragon noticing and returning the Pig's kindnesses rather than taking them as its due.
Fixed elements
Earth Dragon, water Pig
generating · controlling
The Dragon’s earth dams the Pig’s water — banks that can channel a river or block it. On the controlling cycle the Dragon 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 Dragon and the Pig sit on the wheel
- Dragon–Pig, 5 steps apart: no classical relation.
- San He triangles. Pig with the Rabbit and the Goat (dashed); Dragon with the Rat and the Monkey.
- Clash axes. Pig–Snake; Dragon–Dog.
- Secret friends. In the Liu He list the Pig pairs with the Tiger; the Dragon pairs with the Rooster.
- Six harms. Dragon and Rabbit; Pig and Monkey — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Dragon and the Pig sit on the cycle, and the share of the century each one actually holds.
The 108-year table gives the Dragon and the Pig almost the same number of days, 3,308 and 3,306; five positions apart, they make up 1.404% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
A Dragon and a Pig can only be these numbers of years apart:
5
years apart
7
years apart
17
years apart
19
years apart
29
years apart
31
years apart
41
years apart
43
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
| Dragon | Pig | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Wood Dragon 2024 | Earth Pig 2019 | 5 years apart |
| Water Dragon 2012 | Fire Pig 2007 | 5 years apart |
| Water Dragon 2012 | Earth Pig 2019 | 7 years apart |
| Metal Dragon 2000 | Wood Pig 1995 | 5 years apart |
| Metal Dragon 2000 | Fire Pig 2007 | 7 years apart |
| Earth Dragon 1988 | Water Pig 1983 | 5 years apart |
| Earth Dragon 1988 | Wood Pig 1995 | 7 years apart |
| Fire Dragon 1976 | Metal Pig 1971 | 5 years apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself a Dragon or a Pig.
Dragon
1964 · 1976 · 1988 · 2000 · 2012 · 2024Pig
1959 · 1971 · 1983 · 1995 · 2007 · 2019Cite this page
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