Monkey and Pig in love
Warm and fun when the Monkey is straightforward. Broken trust is hard to repair with the Pig.
Six harms
Monkey and Pig Compatibility
Monkey and Pig compatibility: they sit 3 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Six harms”. We score it 55%.
- Relation
- Six harms Liu Hai, 六害
- Steps apart
- 3 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Monkey year
- 2028 starts Jan 26, 2028
- Next Pig year
- 2031 starts Jan 23, 2031
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Six harms
55%
Are the Monkey and Pig compatible?
Monkey and Pig form a traditional harm pairing. The Pig is trusting, generous and sincere; the Monkey is clever and sometimes manipulative. The Pig enjoys the Monkey's liveliness but can be taken advantage of, and the Monkey may underestimate the Pig's depth.
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Working together
The Monkey innovates, the Pig builds relationships — honesty about money is essential.
Where it goes wrong
The Monkey exploiting the Pig's good nature, even playfully.
Over time
How a Monkey–Pig relationship usually unfolds
- At first. The Monkey makes the Pig laugh and the Pig makes the Monkey feel welcome; the start is warm.
- Once settled. A fun, generous household — as long as the Monkey's cleverness never turns on the Pig's trust.
- What keeps it working. The Monkey being straightforward; tradition lists the pair among the six harms, and broken trust lasts.
Fixed elements
Metal Monkey, water Pig
generating · controlling
The Monkey’s metal carries the Pig’s water — the image is dew that gathers on cold metal. On the generating cycle the Monkey gives and the Pig receives.
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 Monkey and the Pig sit on the wheel
- Monkey–Pig, 3 steps apart: Liu Hai, the six harms.
- San He triangles. Pig with the Rabbit and the Goat (dashed); Monkey with the Rat and the Dragon.
- Clash axes. Pig–Snake; Monkey–Tiger.
- Secret friends. In the Liu He list the Pig pairs with the Tiger; the Monkey pairs with the Snake.
- Six harms. Monkey and Pig; Pig and Monkey — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Monkey and the Pig sit on the cycle, and the share of the century each one actually holds.
The 108-year table gives the Monkey and the Pig almost the same number of days, 3,310 and 3,306; three positions apart, they make up 1.406% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
A Monkey and a Pig can only be these numbers of years apart:
3
years apart
9
years apart
15
years apart
21
years apart
27
years apart
33
years apart
39
years apart
45
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
| Monkey | Pig | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Monkey 2016 | Fire Pig 2007 | 9 years apart |
| Fire Monkey 2016 | Earth Pig 2019 | 3 years apart |
| Wood Monkey 2004 | Wood Pig 1995 | 9 years apart |
| Wood Monkey 2004 | Fire Pig 2007 | 3 years apart |
| Water Monkey 1992 | Water Pig 1983 | 9 years apart |
| Water Monkey 1992 | Wood Pig 1995 | 3 years apart |
| Metal Monkey 1980 | Metal Pig 1971 | 9 years apart |
| Metal Monkey 1980 | Water Pig 1983 | 3 years apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself a Monkey or a Pig.
Monkey
1956 · 1968 · 1980 · 1992 · 2004 · 2016Pig
1959 · 1971 · 1983 · 1995 · 2007 · 2019Cite this page
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