Horse and Pig in love
Warm and easygoing, as long as the Horse remembers to come home and the Pig voices its needs.
Neutral
Horse and Pig Compatibility
Horse 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 Horse year
- 2038 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 Horse and Pig compatible?
An easy, neutral pairing. The Pig is generous and relaxed; the Horse is energetic and independent. The Pig gives the Horse freedom without complaint, and the Horse brings excitement into the Pig's life.
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Working together
The Horse pushes forward, the Pig maintains good relationships with everyone.
Where it goes wrong
The Horse taking the Pig's tolerance for granted.
Over time
How a Horse–Pig relationship usually unfolds
- At first. Easygoing and warm; the Pig enjoys the Horse's energy and the Horse enjoys the Pig's welcome.
- Once settled. A relaxed, generous household where the Horse roams and the Pig keeps the home fires going.
- What keeps it working. The Horse coming home when it says it will, and the Pig voicing its needs instead of quietly putting up with things.
Fixed elements
Fire Horse, water Pig
generating · controlling
The Pig’s water puts out the Horse’s fire — water that can cool a fire or drown it. On the controlling cycle the Pig sets the limits for the Horse.
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 Horse and the Pig sit on the wheel
- Horse–Pig, 5 steps apart: no classical relation.
- San He triangles. Pig with the Rabbit and the Goat (dashed); Horse with the Tiger and the Dog.
- Clash axes. Pig–Snake; Horse–Rat.
- Secret friends. In the Liu He list the Pig pairs with the Tiger; the Horse pairs with the Goat.
- Six harms. Horse and Ox; Pig and Monkey — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Horse and the Pig sit on the cycle, and the share of the century each one actually holds.
The 108-year table gives the Horse 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 Horse 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
| Horse | Pig | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Horse 2026 | Earth Pig 2019 | 7 years apart |
| Wood Horse 2014 | Fire Pig 2007 | 7 years apart |
| Wood Horse 2014 | Earth Pig 2019 | 5 years apart |
| Water Horse 2002 | Wood Pig 1995 | 7 years apart |
| Water Horse 2002 | Fire Pig 2007 | 5 years apart |
| Metal Horse 1990 | Water Pig 1983 | 7 years apart |
| Metal Horse 1990 | Wood Pig 1995 | 5 years apart |
| Earth Horse 1978 | Metal Pig 1971 | 7 years apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself a Horse or a Pig.
Horse
1966 · 1978 · 1990 · 2002 · 2014 · 2026Pig
1959 · 1971 · 1983 · 1995 · 2007 · 2019Cite this page
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