Pig and Tiger in love
Traditionally a very happy match — affectionate, loyal and generous.
Six harmonies — secret friends
Pig and Tiger Compatibility
Pig and Tiger compatibility: they sit 3 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Six harmonies — secret friends”. We score it 88%.
- Relation
- Six harmonies Liu He, 六合
- Steps apart
- 3 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Pig year
- 2031 starts Jan 23, 2031
- Next Tiger year
- 2034 new year in late Jan or Feb
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Six harmonies — secret friends
88%
Are the Pig and Tiger compatible?
Tiger and Pig form one of the six harmonies. The Tiger is bold and passionate; the Pig is warm, loyal and forgiving. The Pig supports the Tiger's causes without competing, and the Tiger protects the Pig fiercely.
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Working together
The Tiger leads with courage, the Pig builds trust and cooperation.
Where it goes wrong
The Tiger's impulsiveness straining the Pig's patience over time.
Over time
How a Pig–Tiger relationship usually unfolds
- At first. One of the six harmonies: the Tiger's boldness and the Pig's warmth feel right from the start.
- Once settled. An affectionate, generous household where the Tiger protects and the Pig supports.
- What keeps it working. The Tiger slowing down on impulsive decisions that test the Pig's patience.
Fixed elements
Water Pig, wood Tiger
generating · controlling
The Pig’s water nourishes the Tiger’s wood — the image is rain on a growing tree. On the generating cycle the Pig gives and the Tiger 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 Pig and the Tiger sit on the wheel
- Pig–Tiger, 3 steps apart: Liu He, the six harmonies.
- San He triangles. Tiger with the Horse and the Dog (dashed); Pig with the Rabbit and the Goat.
- Clash axes. Tiger–Monkey; Pig–Snake.
- Secret friends. The Pig and the Tiger are each other’s Liu He partner.
- Six harms. Pig and Monkey; Tiger and Snake — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Pig and the Tiger 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 29 more days than the Tiger over the 108-year table: 3,306 against 3,277. As a pairing, three positions apart, they make up 1.393% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
A Pig and a Tiger 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
| Pig | Tiger | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Pig 2019 | Metal Tiger 2010 | 9 years apart |
| Earth Pig 2019 | Water Tiger 2022 | 3 years apart |
| Fire Pig 2007 | Earth Tiger 1998 | 9 years apart |
| Fire Pig 2007 | Metal Tiger 2010 | 3 years apart |
| Wood Pig 1995 | Fire Tiger 1986 | 9 years apart |
| Wood Pig 1995 | Earth Tiger 1998 | 3 years apart |
| Water Pig 1983 | Wood Tiger 1974 | 9 years apart |
| Water Pig 1983 | Fire Tiger 1986 | 3 years apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself a Pig or a Tiger.
Pig
1959 · 1971 · 1983 · 1995 · 2007 · 2019Tiger
1962 · 1974 · 1986 · 1998 · 2010 · 2022Cite this page
AstroHot. “Pig and Tiger Compatibility in the Chinese Zodiac.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/compatibility/pig/tiger/
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